Student Health and Counseling Services Content

County Health Agency, 51�Թϱ�� Notify Campus of Whooping Cough Cases

Julia Ann Easley — May 16, 2025 - 11:00am

51�Թϱ�� is distributing the letter from the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, below, to share with the campus community that four cases of whooping cough have been identified in the last month among 51�Թϱ��’ roughly 40,000 students.

Student Health and Counseling Services is working in coordination with the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, and contact tracing is being conducted to identify and notify those who have been in close contact with the infected persons.

51�Թϱ�� Initiates Contact Tracing After Case of Contagious Tuberculosis Identified

Julia Ann Easley — December 20, 2023 - 12:06pm

Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, 51�Թϱ�� offers the following public health information:

Student Health Center Forms Public Health Unit

Julia Ann Easley — August 22, 2022 - 3:45pm

The 51�Թϱ�� student health center has formed a public health unit to help chart prevention efforts, patient care and campus response related to infectious diseases — including COVID-19 and monkeypox (MPX) — and other public health issues.

Transcript of Media Availability

Julia Ann Easley — February 28, 2020 - 5:03pm

This is a transcript of the video of the media availability.

Student Health Center a Leader in LGBTQ Equality

Dave Jones — September 17, 2019 - 2:50pm

Student Health and Counseling Services is one of only three student health centers in the nation to be designated an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader for 2019.

The designation arises from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual Healthcare Equality Index, which this year had 680 participants, including student health centers and full-fledged medical centers.

Community Members Urged to Check Immunity to Measles

Julia Ann Easley — May 16, 2019 - 11:07am

The Davis campus is urging students and employees to check their immunity to measles and consider vaccination.

TRANSITION: Paul Kim Appointed Director of Counseling Services

Julia Ann Easley — March 19, 2019 - 10:07am

Paul Kim, who has been supporting student well-being at 51�Թϱ�� for a decade, is the new director of Counseling Services in Student Health and Counseling Services, or SHCS. He had been serving as interim director since July.

51�Թϱ�� Promotes Texting Option for Crisis Counseling

Julia Ann Easley — May 22, 2018 - 8:44am

Students and others at the 51�Թϱ��, Davis, now have their own path to connect with a national service that provides crisis counseling through text message conversations.

51�Թϱ�� Releases 2 Audit Reports

Julia Ann Easley — February 13, 2018 - 4:52pm

51�Թϱ�� is releasing two audit reports on Student Fees and Counseling Services. The review on Student Fees was concluded in September 2017. The audit on Counseling Services was completed in December 2017.

Chancellor May: Abusive Behavior Is Unacceptable

Kimberly L Hale — December 11, 2017 - 11:00am

Dear 51�Թϱ�� Community,

Every day, it seems, we learn about instances of sexual harassment and sexual violence from courageous individuals who share their experiences from years ago or from more recent times. Just last week, Time magazine named “The Silence Breakers” as its 2017 Person of the Year to recognize those women and men who have told their own stories of sexual harassment and assault. They are people who “... helped force a nationwide reckoning” and who are “voices that launched a movement.”