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Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC)
SHAC is a student advisory committee consisting of 20 students. Sixteen of these students represent a variety of student organizations and four students represent the at-large student body. SHAC has been in existence since 1991. SHAC members perform the following duties:
  • Present student concerns and suggestions to the administration at Boynton Health Service and the University.

  • Participate in policy formation, program review, and program development at Boynton Health Service.

  • Provide input into the formal development of the student fee request, approve its final form, and participate in the student fee hearings.

  • Prioritize health care and health education issues for students.
    Assist in improving and enhancing existing services and proposing new ones.
Accomplishments

SHAC actively works for the well-being of the University community.

Past actions include:

  • Recommending extended clinic hours one day per week;

  • Bringing opinions regarding alcohol-sponsorship policy to the Vice-President;
     
  • Student Development and Athletics;

  • Evaluating and recommending co-payments for mental health services;

  • Recommending spending capital reserves to connect Boynton by tunnel to Basic Sciences and Coffman Union;

  • Recommending against performing abortion on campus;

  • Recommendations related to various aspects of the University-Sponsored Student Health Benefit Plan;

  • Development and presentation of student fees request.
Attention to Health Issues

Boynton Health Service focus:

  • Monitor and assess the activities of Boynton Health Service.

  • Provide consultation, advice, and feedback to Boynton Health Service staff on existing programs and policies.

  • Provide consultation and advice to Boynton Health Service staff on program modifications, new program development, and policy changes to assure that Boynton Health Service continues to best meet the needs of the University community.
     
  • Assist in the development and the presentation of the Student Services Fee request.

University of Minnesota focus:

  • Monitor and assess the issues that affect the health of the University of Minnesota community.

  • Advocate for the health of the University of Minnesota community.

  • Propose, develop, and support policies and programs that would improve the health of the University community.

  • Be a resource to students, faculty, and staff on health issues.

  • Represent the health needs of the University with other University and community groups.

Individual member responsibility:

  • Represent the needs, opinions, and ideas of particular groups within the University.

  • Consider the overall needs of the University community.

  • Be open-minded about the issues brought before SHAC and be willing to critically discuss these issues.

  • Be an active, involved, and contributing member of the committee.

  • Answer questions about SHAC activities to the groups they represent.
Membership

SHAC is comprised of students who are of designated student organizations plus four at-large members. The represented organizations are:

  • Resident's Hall Association (RHA)
  • Student Cultural Centers
  • Disabled Student Cultural Center
  • Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Queer Student Cultural Center (QSCC)
  • MSA (Minnesota Student Association)
  • IFC (Inter Fraternity Council)/ Panhellenic Council
  • Council of Graduate Students (COGS)
  • Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA)
  • Center for Health Interdisciplinary Programs (CHIP)
  • Minnesota International Student Association (MISA)

If you are interested in one of the four at large positions, please contact Dave Golden, SHAC Advisor, at (612) 626-6738 or email at dgolden@bhs.umn.edu. If you are a member of one the groups or student organizations listed in the Membership section, please check with them to determine if they have a SHAC representative.

Current Members
Lauren Beach Wobo Bekwelem
 AnnMarie Bodnia
Celia Hemmerich Nathan Holtz Heather Horton
Nicollette Peters Mike Smet Daniel Starkey

Lindsay Swanson Julie Walters Xiaoji Zhang

Workgroups
Each SHAC member is assigned to a permanent workgroup that meets on an as-needed basis to address a variety of issues. Workgroups address policy review (such as service hours, insurance coverage, and BHS protocol); consumer satisfaction (such as urgent care availability, the quality and scope of services, copayments, and prescription drug availability); and programs (such as campus safety audits and bicycle safety).

Forums
Each year members of SHAC and Boynton's administration meet with each of the groups that has a permanent seat on SHAC. These forums are an important opportunity for students to bring up issues to Boynton staff and for Boynton staff to seek out student opinions about targeted issues.

Meeting Minutes
SHAC meets at Boynton Health Service on the first and third Thursdays of each month from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Meeting minutes are presented in Word document.

Year 2009 Meeting Minutes

March 5, 2009
September 17, 2009

Year 2008 Meeting Minutes

February 7, 2008
February 21, 2008
March 6, 2008
April 17, 2008
September 18,  2008
November 20, 2008

Year 2007 Meeting Minutes

December 6, 2007
January 18, 2007
February 1, 2007
February 15, 2007
April 18, 2007
October 4, 2007
September 6, 2007
September 20, 2007

Year 2006 Meeting Minutes

September 21, 2006
October 5, 2006
October 19, 2006
December 7, 2006

Year 2005 Meeting Minutes

January 20, 2005
February 3, 2005
September 15, 2005
October 6, 2005
October 20, 2005
November 17, 2005
December 1, 2005

Year 2004 Meeting Minutes

October 7, 2004
October 21, 2004
November 4, 2004