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High Impact
Our graduates have an unsurpassed impact on individuals, families and 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 Meaning
Our graduates are preparing for meaningful work with our families and in our 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 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.
Student Services
In-person learning is suspended on Nov. 18. Student services are still available virtually to help you finish your semester strongly.
Advisors are available, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Virtual Walk-in Wednesdays all semester long!
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The College of Health and Human Services has released a Statement on Race and Antiracism. We announce a proactive stance on race and antiracism and propose measurable actions to work against racism in support of all of our students.
The CHHS Committee on Diversity and Inclusion meets monthly. Along with staff and faculty representatives from each unit in the college, the committee includes student representatives to ensure that student voices are heard.
News and Events
Child Welfare Series 2021 | The Pot is Boiling Over. Can you Hear It?
Date: Aug. 6
Time: 10:00am
This training provides an opportunity for child welfare workers, and those that work with children, to identify issues within the process related to white privilege, racism, implicit bias and power which impacts their ability to provide positive outcomes for all involved. CE's Offered: 3 Social Work
2020 Impact Report
2020 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.
Congratulations Retirees
Congratulations Retirees!
Traditionally, the college has recognized its retirees at its year-end gathering. However, because of the University's shutdown in spring 2020 due to COVID-19, that all-hands meeting did not occur as usual. So we celebrate them here, and thank them all for years of dedication to our students, to the college, and to WMU.
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, contact Lisa Brennan at lisa.brennan@wmich.edu.
From Social Work to Social Movements: Being Allies in the Fight to Dismantle Systems of Oppression
Date: Apr. 15
Time: 8:30am
This two day workshop/seminar is designed to have participants think about how systems of power and oppression function in our communities and how social movements are central to challenging the power of those systems of power. This offering is built on Synchronous and Asynchronous platforms and offers 12 Social Work CEUs.
Advocating for Older Foster Youth’s Educational Needs
Date: May. 20
Time: 10:00am
Understanding the systems that support youth, positively and negatively, allow parents, relatives, caseworkers, staff, mentors and other supportive adults to effectively engage and advocate for meaningful outcomes that are youth focused. CE's offered: 3 Social Work
Child Welfare Series 2021 | Going Beyond Self- Care: Working with Trauma
Date: Jul. 14
Time: 1:00pm
In this course, you will begin to understand how witnessing trauma or experiencing your own trauma will impact you. You will learn the signs of compassion fatigue and burnout for yourself and other workers. You will have an opportunity to explore your own skill set in relation to self- care and will practice at least two activities that can be incorporated into your daily self- care practice. Trainer: Jessica Gladden, Ph.d LMSW. CE offered: 3 SW
