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Health Center at Auraria

A tri-institutional department that provides medical, mental health and outreach services to all stu

07/08/2025

Meet your provider!

Ike Wheeler - PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Where are you from:

I’m from all over. I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and lived there until I moved to Colorado when I was 11. I lived in Colorado until I went to college in Massachusetts when I was 19. I lived in Connecticut for a job one summer and spent a lot of time in Rhode Island before moving to Knoxville, Tennessee, after college. After 3 years in Knoxville, I came back to Colorado for a couple years before moving to Oberlin, Ohio. I lived in Oberlin for 10 years – living in one home longer than at any other time in my life - before moving back to Colorado in late 2024.

Favorite thing to do:

I enjoy spending time with my family most of all. I also enjoying being outside, pretty much anywhere, in any weather (though I prefer dry to humid); reading (fiction mostly, some poetry and creative nonfiction); and playing games of all kinds.

Advice to students in college:
· Cultivate curiosity
· Follow your interests
· Spend time with people who are different from you
· Ask for help if you need it

Advice to younger self:

I’m not sure I’d want to give my younger self any advice. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to learn and grow, including from mistakes and missteps I’ve made along the way, and I wouldn’t want to trade those for knowing better without such experience.

Mythbuster:

I don’t know about a mythbuster, but a random and curious fact - blue birds aren’t blue. More specifically, they lack blue pigmentation, in contrast to yellow and red birds which produce pigmentation in these colors. The blue color we see in blue birds is related to the interaction between light waves and the structural composition of the birds’ feathers. A bit more information about this phenomenon can be found on this webpage maintained by the Smithsonian:

https://www.si.edu/stories/when-blue-bird-not-blue.

06/20/2025

YOU decorated roughly 300 Project Angel Heart bags this semester!! We just picked up about 300 more! 😱😱
Why should you decorate a bag?
• You have a chance to bring joy to those receiving medically tailored meals in these bags
• You get to practice Art Therapy
◦ Setting time aside to get creative is a wonderful way to practice self-care.
◦ Art therapy can help you cope with the ongoing stressors of life & school. Drawing, doodling, painting can be a great way to express difficult feelings.
• You can make it a social hour! Bring a friend from class, meet a stranger. Strangers are just friends you haven’t met yet.
• Also there is something so special about giving back to your community, it can also promote resilience in your everyday life!
More info about these bags
• Have fun being creative! Draw cheerful designs, pictures, scenery, animals, or whatever comes to mind. If you make a mistake, create something new out of it!
• Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer before decorating.
• Decorate one side only.
• Feel free to write your first name and age on the bags

06/17/2025

has always been more than a holiday. Juneteenth has become not only a time to commemorate Black liberation from the institution of slavery, but also an acknowledgment of resilience, solidarity, and culture of the Black community. Juneteenth allows us all to join together to celebrate the freedoms and lives that generations before have fought bravely to secure.
To commemorate Juneteenth, the Health Center will be closed this Thursday. We also wanted to take a moment to share with you our staff pics for our Reading List for Juneteenth. All of which can be found in our personal DEI library. 📚
• The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
◦ If you believe that talking about race is impolite, or that “colorblindness” is the preferred approach, you must read this book! Read away to debunk the most pervasive myths today.
• The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
◦ If you are interested in learning about how you can practice anti-racism in your everyday life, this is the book for you!
• Medical Apartheid, by Harriet A. Washington
◦ This book recounts the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment. While the information is difficult to read, the story should still be told.
• Race Talk, by Derald Wing Sue
◦ If you are interested in understanding and facilitating difficult dialogues on race, this book is for you!

05/05/2025

Take a study break 😎Join us for a peaceful guided stroll designed to help you slow down, reconnect with nature, and find a moment of calm in your day. We plan on meeting at the Auraria Campus Starbucks at 11:30 to start our stroll around campus together with light refreshments!
⏰Monday | May 5th, (Today)
⏰Tuesday | May 6th
⏰Monday | May 12th
⏰Tuesday | May 13th

04/25/2025

Do you recognize this? 👀
If you don’t, please take a second to read. While overdose deaths are down from record highs, too many young lives are still at risk from fake prescription pills made with fentanyl. Pictured here is Narcan, a life-saving medicine that anyone can carry with them to save a life. Join us & CU Wellness for Fentanyl Awareness Day on Monday, April 28th, from 1:30pm-4 pm in the tavern space of Turnhall to learn about the different resources we have on campus to fight again the fentanyl epidemic. 💪💪Pick up Narcan, Fentanyl testing strips, and life-saving facts!

04/22/2025

🐾🐶 PET THERAPY = BEST THERAPY 🐾🐱
Finals stress? Cured (temporarily) by cuddles. 🥹💕
Huge thanks to our furry friends and their humans for bringing all the calm, comfort, and tail wags today! Whether you stopped by for a snuggle or just smiled from afar — we hope it brought a little joy to your day. 🐕✨
Already counting down to the next one… 🐾

02/07/2025

Love Your Body Week: February 10th-14th
This February, celebrate body positivity and empowerment with Love Your Body Week, a tri-institutional celebration hosted by CU Denver’s Health Promotion team! Join us for a variety of events designed to inspire confidence, challenge body image norms, and promote self-love. From fitness classes to a powerful “Smash the Self-Doubt” plate-shattering event, we’ll have activities all week long to help you embrace your unique self while creating new social connections.

Highlighted Events:
✨ Body Empowerment Fitness Classes
✨ Advocating for Women’s Health Panel
✨ Collage & Bracelet-Making Empowerment Event
✨ Smash the Self-Doubt Plate-Shattering Experience

Get involved and show yourself some love this Valentine’s week!

01/24/2025

The Health Center at Auraria loves our entire Auraria campus community! We are committed to monitoring policy changes and staying educated about our rights and the rights of our students, faculty, and staff.

Our clinic celebrates all facets of our client's identities, including their names and pronouns. Some of the services we offer to uplift and support our LGBTQ+ community are:
-Transgender and gender expansive care
-Emergency mental health services
-Family planning support
-DEIA training for our clinicians
(Of course, all of these services and supports are available and beneficial to all our clients, not just LGTBQ+ folks! No one likes being called the wrong name, after all. 🤗)

We love our diverse campus, and we know that for our immigrant and undocumented students have a safe, successful, and fun time on campus is critical for our community to thrive. We want you here! The Health Center at Auraria provides care to patients in a private and confidential setting. You do not need to be insured to see us! You do not have to be documented to see us! If you have questions about cost, please call us at 1-303-615-9999.

You can also visit our website to learn more about our policies regarding confidentiality, privacy, and insurance management. A Notice of Privacy Practices is provided to all patients when completing the registration paperwork, but we are happy to schedule time to discuss your rights with you if you have additional questions.

We hope you feel safe to come to us with your questions and concerns. We are on campus tabling every week, and many of us are students as well as employees! We are here for each other and stronger together. ❤️

[Alt Text: There are three pictures in this post:
The first is a group of student employees and full-time staff sitting on blankets in green grass on a sunny day. They are smiling at the camera and enjoying a picnic.

The second is a group of student employees and full-time staff standing in a line, locking arms and smiling.

The third is a group of student employees holding a rainbow flag and gender expansive care pamphlets in front of a sign for the Auraria Health Center.]

12/20/2024

A little holiday cheer from some of the Health Center at Auraria team members. Have a great Winter Break!

07/15/2024

Meet Your Provider! Dr. Z, MD Where are you from: I was born in Chicago, but grew up in a nearby suburb called Roselle.
Favorite thing to do: My favorite thing to do is either triathlon training or zoning out in front of a TV
Advise to students in college: My simply advice to student is to try different things, like clubs or classes, that you normally wouldn’t think you would like. It is an opportunity to try things, meet different people, go places. You may like it.
I would tell my younger self to work harder or put more time into things and not just get by on talent.
My mythbuster is chicken soup doesn’t cure a cold. The v***r coming off the hot soup helps open up congested noses and sinuses. The salty soup helps replenish electrolytes and the watery soup rehydrates us. So the soup helps, but doesn’t cure.

07/08/2024

Meet Your Provider! Natalie Nowak, MS, RD
Where are you from: Chicago, IL - the proper city [😉]
Favorite thing to do: be in nature - hiking, camping, stargazing; make pottery
Advise to students in college: Take your time, explore your interests, connect with your peers/resources. Be kind to others.
Advise to younger self: Follow your gut and don’t worry about what every one else is doing.
Mythbuster: That gluten should be avoided, while this is true for some people who may be sensitive, gluten is a wonderful source of protein and fiber!

06/27/2024

Farm Fresh Finds Await! 🌽🍅 Dive into a bounty of locally grown goodness at Rowdy’s Corner’s farm stand! From crisp veggies to sweet fruits, we’ve got your taste buds covered. Swing by today and savor the flavors of the season! 🌞 Fam stands are every Thursday over the Summer from 11am-2pm through June 20th-August 8th. You can find the Rowdy crew out on the JSSB lawn, please consider giving a $10 donation for each bag of produce. Available to everyone!

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Denver, CO
80204

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 3pm

Telephone

+13036159999

Website

http://www.healthcenter1.com/

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