Services
Skidmore's Department of Health Promotion makes information available on a wide range of health topics and is committed to providing resources that will help individuals within the Skidmore community to make responsible choices. Health Promotion:
- offers student programming (on topics including sexuality, alcohol and other drugs, nutrition, stress management, relationships, eating disorders, body image and others);
- provides one-on-one consultations;
- coordinates employee trainings and workshops related to health;
- provides wellness coaching services
- conducts health assessments and research on campus; and
- offers health-related academic courses.
Programs
Programs run through Health Promotion include:
- Peer Health Educators: students committed to promoting healthy choices and lifestyles through educating and empowering themselves and their peers on a variety of health related topics
- BASICS: an assessment and education program about alcohol and/or other drugs, available to all Skidmore students. BASICS is designed to help you, the student, examine your drinking and/or drug use behavior in an judgment-free environment. It is not an abstinence-only program.
- Social Norms Campaign: An awareness campaign that aims to correct misperceptions students have around alcohol and other drug use at Skidmore.
- Friday Night Out: A fun, experiential program for students looking for something to do on a Friday Night! Events include on campus paint and sip, pottery painting, movie, and tie dye nights to off campus trips to the trampoline park, rock climbing facility, escape room, ninja gym, and a haunted hayride.