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Harper College is committed to providing a campus culture and environment that strives to promote and enhance the overall wellness of its students, staff, faculty and surrounding community. Harper Wellness provides various programs, events and resources so everyone is supported and best prepared to...

LEARN WELL • WORK WELL • LIVE WELL

 

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIONHARM REDUCTIONHARPER HAPPENINGSLIGHT THERAPY

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCESPREGNANCY TESTsSAFER SEX AND STI/HIV TESTING THE BUDDY SYSTEM

NEW to Harper Wellness: NARCAN® Vending Machine

A Naloxone (Narcan) Vending Machine is now available on campus for all faculty, staff, and students in Building L, across from the Bookstore. This vending machine, funded by the Kenneth Young Center and supported by Harper Wellness, provides life-saving Naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, at no cost to students, faculty, and staff. This initiative aims to empower the campus community to respond immediately in emergencies, saving lives and promoting overall health and safety. To learn more, visit our Harm Reduction Supplies page or contact Harper Wellness at wellness@harpercollege.edu. 

What is Well-Being?

There are varying definitions for the term well-being. However, to put it simply, Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines well-being as, “the state of being happy, healthy, or prosperous.”

Striving to be well and creating a sense of well-being is a lifelong and iterative process. There is no definitive endpoint. Maintaining or striving for positive well-being is the culmination of small things we can do over time to help improve or maintain our overall sense of happiness, health and resiliency.

This doesn’t mean that we can never be sick or have a bad day. Instead, when we experience those difficult moments in life, we have developed a variety of skills, knowledge and behaviors that make it easier to bounce back and manage those moments. To learn more, see our Wellness Dimensions page.