The Booth Wellness Center at Utah Tech University offers various medical and mental health services, along with yearly on campus events that every student can attend.
Medical health services
The center provides multiple medical services for the students:
- sick visits
- urgent care
- wound care
- medical tests
Mental health services
The BWC also offers mental health services which help with:
- emotional issues
- behavioral issues
The services are available by scheduling an appointment at the center. Students can make an appointment on the website, call 435-652-7755 or visit in person.
“Anyone can make an appointment, come and see us, and then you get to determine whether you want to continue,” Carla Weaver, director of medical services and health promotion, said.
Events
The BWC hosts events throughout the school year.
One of the events is Nobody Told Me This, which is held every Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Gardner Student Center.
Weaver said topics range anywhere from boundaries, sleep survival for students and financial wellness.
“We also have a Decompress and Stress Less event, which is at kind of around finals,” Weaver said. “The one this semester is at Holland [and] there is hot cocoa, donuts and the therapy dogs.”
Wellness Fair
The most recent event organized by the BWC was a Wellness Fair. The event was Oct. 1 at the Gardner Plaza.
The event included vendors who provided information about well-being and services to students.
Weaver said the event featured over 45 vendors, who were people from the campus resources and community resource centers.
Reagan Bottoms, BWC student wellness and prevention coordinator, said, “We have so many different options that they [students] can really come and see at our Wellness Fair.”
Organizations such as Zion Massage College and Rising Sun Therapy were among the organizations providing resources.
Kate McKinnon, an admissions adviser at Zion Massage College, comes to the event every year to tell students about how they can be healthy.
“We are [a] federally accredited massage school [which] offers 900-hour and 600-hour courses,” McKinnon said.
The organization offers different types of massage, such as Thai massage, Swedish massage and chair massages.
“We like to have a really well-rounded approach and what we teach our students as well, so they are able to help everyone be healthy,” McKinnon said.
The health benefits of the massages include reduced pain, flexibility, relaxation and improved circulation.
Angela Shields, therapist and owner of Rising Sun Therapy, said it’s her second year coming to the Wellness Fair. She provides students with professional advice on mental health and offers appointments with her.
“I specialize in trauma, relationships and self-development, [help to] figure out who [students] are, who they want to be,” Shields said.
For the entire academic year, the faculty of BWC is present to help the students.
“We are completely focused on students,” Bottoms said. “Whether it is providing counseling services, medical services or having awesome events like this on campus.”
