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High Meaning
Our graduates are preparing for meaningful work with our families and in our communities.
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High Satisfaction
The high touch careers we serve are built on the rewarding foundation of helping people every day.
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High demand
In health care and helping professions, our graduates are truly in demand.
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High Impact
Our graduates have an unsurpassed impact on individuals, families and communities.
Rethink Smart
Smart is helping people, and our graduates are out there helping in a big way, making a difference in their communities every day. At the College of Health and Human Services, we're here to prepare you for a career that is high in demand, high in meaning, high in satisfaction and unsurpassed in impact. So what's your purpose? What's your passion? We can help you find it.
Calls to action
The skills of our graduates and the importance of the professions we serve have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses and physician assistants are on the front lines. We rely on public health professionals and social workers for information to guide our daily activities. Physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists are necessary to help rehabilitate those recovering from COVID-19.
Everything we do is aimed at helping you succeed. If you want to know how we can help you find an amazing career or participate in incredible research, just ask us.
Programs and Schools
Student Services
A wide array of student services are virtually available to help you prepare for a successful fall.
Advisors are available, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Make your appointment today!
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Conference Replays
Replays of our 2022 DEI Conference and the 2022 Burian Lecture, both featuring Dr. Deirdre Cooper-Owens, are now available on the DEI website.
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DEI Suggestion Box
If you have an idea or suggestion for a change we could make in the college to make it more welcoming, accessible or responsive, please use our anonymous suggestion form.
About Us Links
News and Events
Strategy Training in Post-Acute Rehabilitation
Date: Jul. 22
Time: 8:00am
This 12 hour workshop over two days (Friday attendance is mandatory for Saturday attendance) will prepare clinicians to implement an evidence-based strategy training program for people who have experienced a cognitive and motor deficit that limits their ability to plan and execute desired moveme
Promoting Sleep Health in Adults: Implications for OT Practice
Date: Jul. 22
Time: 9:00am
This 7 hour workshop will prepare clinicians to better understand how to provide sleep hygiene innervations based on evidence-based the course instructor’s findings from a research grant he had with the VA. Completing this training offers 7 CE hours.
An OT’s Guide: Evidence Based and Clinically Supported Management of Neurogenic Bowel
Date: Jul. 22
Time: 1:00pm
Despite the many advances in neurological injury rehabilitation, neurogenic bowel remains a significant barrier to independence, social participation and quality of life. This presentation will provide a brief overview of neurogenic bowel and related patient/caregiver roles and routines.
Current Evidence and Practice for the Role of OT with Assistive Technology for People with Spinal Cord Injuries
Date: Jul. 22
Time: 3:00pm
Assistive technology for individuals with SCI, specifically computer and smartphone equipment and the hardware and software devices that make these more usable, is commonly introduced by occupational therapists and its use has been well documented in the literature.
2021 Impact Report
2021 Impact Report
Learn what our staff, faculty and students are doing. Read about the ways they are affecting the professions they have chosen. See the ways they are impacting our communities.
Continuing Education at CHHS
The College of Health and Human Services offers a variety of virtual and in-person continuing education programs relevant to health care and human service professionals in numerous fields. Discounted rates are often available for WMU students.
Click the links in the calendar to the right for more information.
If you are a CHHS faculty member and are interested in developing CE programs, let us know.
Strategy Training in Post-Acute Rehabilitation
Date: Jul. 22
Time: 8:00am
This 12 hour workshop over two days (Friday attendance is mandatory for Saturday attendance) will prepare clinicians to implement an evidence-based strategy training program for people who have experienced a cognitive and motor deficit that limits their ability to plan and execute desired moveme
Promoting Sleep Health in Adults: Implications for OT Practice
Date: Jul. 22
Time: 9:00am
This 7 hour workshop will prepare clinicians to better understand how to provide sleep hygiene innervations based on evidence-based the course instructor’s findings from a research grant he had with the VA. Completing this training offers 7 CE hours.
An OT’s Guide: Evidence Based and Clinically Supported Management of Neurogenic Bowel
Date: Jul. 22
Time: 1:00pm
Despite the many advances in neurological injury rehabilitation, neurogenic bowel remains a significant barrier to independence, social participation and quality of life. This presentation will provide a brief overview of neurogenic bowel and related patient/caregiver roles and routines.
