Health & Safety
CDHP coordinates with many departments on campus to connect students enrolled in services to additional resources that they may need in their pursuit to become a healthcare professional. These resources can provide tangible benefits to your educational experience because they ease stress, improve quality of campus life, enhance health and wellbeing, improve your GPA, or teach valuable skillsets that make you a stronger student. Utilizing them can help you get through challenges and grow as an individual and thrive.
Campus Security patrols the main campus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays on vehicle, foot, and bicycle. Security is posted at the parking structure as well as continuous patrols in all parking lots and security posts around the campus. Security escorts are available for anyone who would like to use them when walking between campus destinations in the evenings.
Pomona Location
309 East Second Street, 1st floor
Pomona, CA 91766
Phone (909) 706-3000
Escort Services
From cell phone: (909) 706-3000
Campus Phone: Ext. 3000
COMP-Northwest Location
200 Mullins Drive
Lebanon, OR 97355
Phone: (541) 259-0301
CHS- Northwest Location
2665 S. Santiam Highway
Lebanon, OR 97355
Phone: (541) 974-7900
Safety App: To download the SafeZone app, please visit: https://www.westernu.edu/security/safezone/. Downloads are available for Android and Apple iOS.
The WesternU Crisis Assessment Response and Evaluation-Students (CARES) a multidisciplinary team was created to best support a safe, inclusive and supportive campus environment for all. The CARES team strives to intervene early and develop appropriate best practices to support referred students. The team’s goal is to promote the wellbeing and success of each student while prioritizing community safety reporting up to the WesternU Threat Assessment Team (TAT) as needed. Among local crisis counseling services made available to referred students, they may also call the Emotional Wellbeing Solutions (EWS) for Students through OptumHealth at (800) 234-5465. You may also visit OptumHealth’s web site www.liveandworkwell.com and click the “register” button. If you would like to enter the site anonymously, go to www.liveandworkwell.com and click the “Click here to enter using only an Access Code” button on the right side. A field will appear, and you can enter your Access Code, “westernu”.
Students also have the option to make an appointment with an on-site Optum counselor either in-person (in Pomona, CA, or Lebanon, OR) or virtually via tele/video counseling. Please visit https://www.westernu.edu/students/services/counseling/ for information about meeting with one of the Optum Pre-Authorized Providers.
All WesternU full-time students have direct access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for Students through OptumHealth. Under this Employee Assistance Program for Students, you and any member of your immediate household are eligible for up to six (6) free counseling sessions for each “incident” or situation. Students must make an appointment. On campus providers do not require an authorization code.
California
Anna Couch, PhD, MA, MFT
Pumerantz Learning Center (PLC)
4th floor, Room 415
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday, Noon to 7 PM
Wednesday, Noon to 6:30 PM
Thursday, Noon to 6 PM
Phone: (952) 3687-4090
Luis Orozco, DSW, LCSW
Pumerantz Learning Center (PLC)
4th floor, Room 415
Hours of Operation:
Monday and Friday, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Phone: (763) 348-0000
COMP-Northwest Location
Lisa Schulz, PhD
200 Mullins Drive, Suite A2
Hours of Operation:
On Campus: Tuesday, 10 AM to 3PM
Michele Ribeiro, EdD, ABPP *
200 Mullins Drive
Email: mribeiro@westernu.edu
* Dr. Ribeiro provides counseling services to DO students independent of Optum. Email to make an appointment.
CHS-Northwest Location
Lisa Schulz, PhD
2665 S Santiam Highway, Office 1007
Hours of Operation:
On Campus: Wednesday, 2 PM to 7PM
WesternU Health
Pomona Location
795 E. Second Street
Pomona, CA 91766
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM
Phone: (909) 706-3900
Oregon Location
Oliver Station
5909 SE 92nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97266
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM
Phone: (503) 771-0055