Health Promotion

Find a healthy balance

Health Promotion provides strength-based prevention programs and initiatives. The unit's primary mission is to cultivate personal and community well-being for all students in college and beyond. Our prevention resources and programming are extensive and tailored for a diverse, college-aged population, with tools and services included to be well and promote a healthy campus community.

Visit us in the Wellness House

The Wellness House is home to Health PromotionSubstance Use Intervention Services, and the Collegiate Recovery Community. Our space is used for offices and programming all in one serene environment.

Located at 625 N. Eagleson Ave., you'll also find rooms for peace, relaxation, reflection, and creativity. Learn more about the Wellness House.

Programs and initiatives

Designed to prevent hazing and promote student well-being, safety, and belonging through evidence-based education, skill building, and community engagement. The program typically provides interactive training for student organizations, athletic teams, fraternities and sororities, and campus leaders on topics such as consent, alcohol and substance misuse, power dynamics, bystander intervention, mental health, and healthy group culture.

Using workshops, peer education, awareness campaigns, and policy education, the initiative emphasizes leadership accountability, respect, and early intervention strategies to help students recognize, prevent, and report hazing behaviors. The program often collaborates across student life, athletics, counseling services, and public safety departments to create a coordinated prevention framework that supports a safer and more positive campus environment.

Designed to support student well-being, strengthen coping skills, and foster a culture of mental wellness across academic and social environments. These programs typically combine prevention, education, early intervention, and peer support strategies to help students manage stress, build resilience, and maintain healthy behaviors throughout their college experience.

Services often include mental health awareness campaigns, workshops on stress management and emotional regulation, peer educator programs, suicide prevention training, wellness coaching, mindfulness and self-care initiatives, and collaborations with counseling, recreation, and student affairs departments. Grounded in public health and evidence-based practices, the program aims to reduce stigma, increase help-seeking behaviors, and empower students to thrive academically, socially, and personally while creating a supportive campus community.

Designed to support student well-being through evidence-based education, preventive health strategies, and healthy lifestyle development. The program offers workshops, peer education, individual nutrition counseling, cooking demonstrations, and outreach campaigns focused on topics such as balanced eating, body image, and chronic disease prevention. These programs often collaborate with campus dining services, recreation centers, academic departments, and student organizations to create supportive environments that encourage healthy choices and lifelong wellness habits among student populations.

We make it easy to have safer sex.

Safer Sex Express is a program where IUB students can receive free safer sex supplies. Sign-up using the online form. After your order is processed, you will receive an email to pick-up your requested items at the Wellness House located on campus at 625 N. Eagleson Ave.

Safer sex options

  • External/male condoms
  • Internal condoms/female condoms
  • Personal lubricant
  • Oral/Dental Dams
  • Latex-free and extra-large external condoms (while supplies last)
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Designed to support the physical, emotional, and relational well-being of college students through evidence-based education, prevention, and advocacy. These programs typically provide peer-led workshops, outreach campaigns, confidential resources, and collaborations with campus health services to increase awareness of consent, healthy relationships, contraception, STI prevention and testing, and sexual decision-making.

Grounded in public health principles and wellness practices, the program aims to reduce negative health outcomes, promote safer behaviors, and foster a campus culture of respect, communication, and informed choice while empowering students to make decisions aligned with their values and goals.

Designed to support student well-being, reduce high-risk substance use, and foster a healthy academic and social environment. The program combines evidence-based education, prevention strategies, early intervention through peer education, workshops, awareness campaigns, online training modules, and collaborations with campus and community partners.

Grounded in public health principles, the program emphasizes harm reduction, informed decision-making, mental health awareness, and the development of life skills that promote resilience and personal responsibility. By addressing alcohol and other drug-related concerns through responsive and student-centered approaches, the program aims to enhance student safety, academic success, and overall campus wellness.

Learn more about wellness topics

Our health experts are happy to talk to your group or class about student wellness topics.