Health & Wellness

Student Health Center (SHC)

shsu.edu/healthcenter

The SHC is an on-campus primary care, outpatient clinic that provides enrolled students with preventative care services, a women鈥檚 health clinic, laboratory testing, a pharmacy, and dental services.

Clinic visits are covered as long as you are paying the medical services fee each semester. You may have additional charges for any laboratory testing, pharmacy charges, and any procedures or supply charges. And the good new is any fees are charged directly to your SHSU account, so you don鈥檛 have to worry about paying at time of service.

SHSU Food Pantry

shsu.edu/foodpantry

You can get quality and nutritious meals from the Food Pantry during distribution days. The student-led Food Pantry was created to serve SHSU students who struggle with food insecurity and to educate the public about food insecurity.

SHSU Rec Sports

shsu.edu/recsports

Maintaining a healthy body also means staying active and exercising regularly. The SHSU Rec Sports Center has amazing facilities to keep you active.

Take a dip in the RSC pool, get pumped at the free weights, tone up with the weight machines, or climb on the indoor rock wall. You can even grab some friends for a friendly game of indoor basketball or racquetball or go outside to play tennis or sand volleyball.

Nutrition Education Program

shsu.edu/dept/recreational-sports/programs/fitness/nutrition-education.html

Also, as a registered student, you can get free consultation about nutrition through the Nutrition Education Program. This program was developed through a collaboration between the Rec Center and the Dietetics master's program to offer complete wellness and nutrition information to the university community.

Meet with a , get your , or learn more about nutrition through the Nutrition Education Workshops.

SHSU Counseling Center

shsu.edu/dept/counseling

College life is a change for everyone, and sometimes it can feel a bit overwhelming. The SHSU Counseling Center is here to help by providing individual, couples, and group therapy to currently enrolled students as well as other services.

We understand you鈥檙e busy with class, work, and other responsibilities, and sometimes your schedule or life makes it hard to get in-person therapy. The Therapy Assistance Online program, a great resource with that happens. Find engaging videos and skill-building exercises to help overcome anxiety, depression, and other common concerns.