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High demand
In health care and helping professions, our graduates are truly in demand.
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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 Meaning
Our graduates are preparing for meaningful work with our families and in our communities.
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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 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
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.
About Us Links
News and Events
Searching Beyond WMU Libraries Collections
Date: Jun. 16
Time: noon
Location: Webex
Learn about alternative search tools that can be used to find and access articles and citations to scholarly information when the resources you need are not available through University Libraries. Registration requested.
U.S. Independence Day recess
Date: Jul. 5
Time: All day
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.
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.
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
Child Welfare Series 2021 | The Pot is Boiling Over. Can you Hear It?
Date: Aug. 6
Time: 9:00am
This training will provide an opportunity for child welfare workers 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 offered: 3 SW, Certificate of Participation
Virtual Nurse Educator Workshop | Strategies for Teaching in the Clinical Setting
Date: Aug. 21
Time: 8:00am
WMU Bronson School of Nursing UPSILON EPSILON CHAPTER of Sigma Presents Virtual Nurse Educator Workshop Strategies for Teaching in the Clinical Setting. Contact Hours: 3.75 Awarded
