Hey Tar Heel! 🐏 Did you know that your campus fees cover many well-being services at Carolina? It’s true – you have access to lots of resources focused on supporting your health care, mental health, and overall wellness! As you focus on your needs this semester, reach out to these services and see how they can support you.
Campus Health: Campus Health offers a variety of medical services to all students, including immunizations, gynecological care, gender affirming care, dental care and more. All students, graduate students, postdocs, and partners/spouses who pay the Campus Health fee (typically included in your student fees) are eligible.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS): CAPS is a confidential service focused on providing mental health support. Services include individual and group therapy, access to embedded counselors, medication management, and referral coordination. CAPS is available to all students, graduate students, postdocs and partners/spouses who have paid the Campus Health fee (typically included in student fees).
Campus Health Pharmacy and Student Stores Pharmacy: These two pharmacies are available for all your medication needs. The pharmacies can fill new prescriptions, refill ongoing medications, provide vaccines and give access to over-the-counter medications. Check out the International Travel Clinic for Carolina students who are traveling globally, and the OTC vending machines in Rams Head and the Carolina Union.
Student Wellness: Student Wellness offers a variety of resources focused on promoting well-being. This includes webinars on different dimensions of well-being, an alcohol and substance use resource center, and sexual health resources. Student Wellness also offers wellness coaching – a free service available to all students, graduate students, and post-docs where coaches work with students to meet their wellness goals.
Heels Care Network: This collection of mental health and wellness resources is designed to support everyone on campus, and includes information on finding support groups, learning strategies for promoting mental health, connecting with trainings or advocacy organizations, and finding wellness events on campus.
Campus Recreation: Campus Rec offers a wide variety of fun activities and facilities to promote your physical health including several gyms, swimming pools, outdoor courts/fields, and climbing walls. Every student receives access to Campus Recreation through their student fees, meaning that there is no extra cost to using Campus Rec’s facilities or equipment, participating in fitness classes, or playing intramural sports. Be sure to check them out – there’s something for everyone!
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