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Medical center contributes to students' health
What does a local hospital share with Bradley? A common goal, perhaps, of good health – both physically and mentally.
Lisa Fix-Griffin meets with a student in the new Wellness and Counseling Center.
Methodist Medical Center of Illinois gave a gift of $1 million to Bradley University’s Markin Family Student Recreation Center, which in turn, went to help support the Wellness and Counseling Center located in the lower level.
“Methodist and Bradley have enjoyed a long-standing relationship,” said Michael Bryant, CEO of Methodist. “It’s an extremely important relationship to us and we certainly want to do what we can. We’re thrilled that Bradley gave us the opportunity to participate and be a factor in the lives of young people.”
Methodist wanted to support the Markin Center and the Counseling Center in particular, according to Bryant. “The mission of the Markin Center is health, and that’s very consistent with our mission,” he said.
A plaque in honor of the medical center’s donation will be outside the Counseling Center, stating: “Methodist Medical Center is proud to support the Wellness and Counseling Center.”
Liz Adams, a Bradley director of development, said, “Leadership gifts like the one from Methodist really are the reason we were able to build Markin. We really couldn’t have done it without them.”
The Wellness and Counseling Center moved their offices to the lower level of Markin with the other health services that Bradley offers.
A student checks in for his appointment.
Before the move, they were one office short, said Dr. Janine Donahue, director of counseling. The old location was not big enough to accommodate the graduate student interns working in the center along with a new counselor that was added to the staff last fall. “We have enough space now that we’re in Markin,” Donahue said.
The new office and location has been a crucial change for students.
“Having a nice, fresh, clean office setting really is a nice environment for students to come in. I think students feel comfortable; we’re easily located and accessible now,” Donahue said.
Junior Nafia Khan mentions another benefit of having the Wellness and Counseling Centers in a main building on campus. “There’s no stigma attached to seeking help since these students are going to the same place where other students are going to also be healthy and exercise; they don’t have to feel so uncomfortable this way,” Khan said.
The Wellness and Counseling offices are now in the same location as the Bradley Health Center, which has also helped in terms of efficiency and time utilization. “Now we are just one floor away; that makes it very nice that we can access records more rapidly, and get them to the counseling center more quickly,” Donahue said.
The newly available space in Markin is also increasing the Wellness and Counseling Center’s ability to use this space for the benefit of students. “We’re in the process of formulating a stress management group. A couple of the counselors will run it; it will be a group to teach skills of coping with stress and relaxing,” Donahue said.