The Center for Health and Well-being is collaborating with partners both on an off campus to provide a fun-filled week sharing sexual health education with GVSU students. The planning committee is student-led with student wants and needs in mind.

Our approach, as we work to promote sexual health on campus, is to engage in evidence-informed, sex-positive, inclusive, affirming, and empowering messages to all students so that we can reduce shame and stigma while supporting students in making the best decisions for themselves. To that end, we will be hosting events on a variety of topics, identities, and sexual activities to give students the tools they need to make informed decisions for themselves.

We support all students as they navigate their own sexual health - whatever that means to them.

Sexual Health at GVSU

The Facts about Sexual Health at GV

Get Yourself Tested: STI Testing

Free Condoms

Ask WIT Peer Educators

Sexual Health Presentation Requests

WIT's Sex Ed Blog Series

Location: Kirkoff 1142

Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm

Registration Required 

Where: Center for Women and Gender Equity ( Kirkoff 1201)

When: 4:00pm-5:00pm

*Registration not required.

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Where: Kirkhof 1142 

When: 3:30pm-7:30pm

*Registration not required.  Walk ins welcome! 

FREE STI and HIV Testing 

• Note the change of location from Holton Hooker to Kirkoff
• FREE STI and HIV Testing 
• The Ottawa County Department of Public Health will be offer either urine or vaginal swabs for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
• The Red Project will be hosting free rapid HIV testing 

Where: Kirkhof 2263

When: 12:00pm-1:30pm.

Registration is required

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This multi-author event offers a trauma-informed space of deep listening as together we explore ways of processing religious/spiritual trauma, abuse, and pain through writing. Through personal memoirs, fiction, and academic research, each of these (im)Pure Michigan authors has found their works to be avenues of processing and naming wrongs. Join us as together we lean into journeys of breaking free from pain and finding healing together. Each session will consist of the authors sharing sections of their respective books followed by moderated Q&A and an opportunity to take home their works. GVSU students will receive a discounted rate for book purchases. 

Session 1: Breaking Up with Purity Culture will take place in the afternoon on the Allendale Campus and Session 2: Processing Religious Trauma Through Art will take place in downtown Grand Rapids on the GVSU Health Campus. Register here for one or both sessions. 

** Trigger Warning: the content of both sessions may be emotionally challenging, disturbing, or triggering. While we will have measures in place at the event to create a trauma-informed space, we want to be sure participants are aware of the discussion they are entering into in advance. **

The event will feature:

• Cait West - Michigan State graduate in creative writing and publishing, and author of Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy (2024).
• Dr. Sara Moslener - writer, researcher, and lecturer in Central Michigan University's Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion, and author of Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence (2015) and the forthcoming After Purity: Race, Sex, and Religion in White Christian America.
• Dawn Burns - assistant professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures, and author of fiction and creative nonfiction, including Evangelina Everyday (2022).

Where: DCIH 104 (DeVos Center Interprofessional Health)

When: 700pm-9:00pm

Registration is required

RSVP for this event

This multi-author event offers a trauma-informed space of deep listening as together we explore ways of processing religious/spiritual trauma, abuse, and pain through writing. Through personal memoirs, fiction, and academic research, each of these (im)Pure Michigan authors has found their works to be avenues of processing and naming wrongs. Join us as together we lean into journeys of breaking free from pain and finding healing together. Each session will consist of the authors sharing sections of their respective books followed by moderated Q&A and an opportunity to take home their works. GVSU students will receive a discounted rate for book purchases. 

Session 1: Breaking Up with Purity Culture will take place in the afternoon on the Allendale Campus and Session 2: Processing Religious Trauma Through Art will take place in downtown Grand Rapids on the GVSU Health Campus. Register here for one or both sessions. 

** Trigger Warning: the content of both sessions may be emotionally challenging, disturbing, or triggering. While we will have measures in place at the event to create a trauma-informed space, we want to be sure participants are aware of the discussion they are entering into in advance. **

The event will feature:

• Cait West - Michigan State graduate in creative writing and publishing, and author of Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy (2024).
• Dr. Sara Moslener - writer, researcher, and lecturer in Central Michigan University's Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion, and author of Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence (2015) and the forthcoming After Purity: Race, Sex, and Religion in White Christian America.
• Dawn Burns - assistant professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures, and author of fiction and creative nonfiction, including Evangelina Everyday (2022).

Where:

When: 

*Registration not required.

Walk ins Welcome! 

FREE STI and HIV Testing 

• FREE STI and HIV Testing 
• The Kent County Health Department will be offer either urine or vaginal swabs for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
• The Red Project will be hosting free rapid HIV testing 

Where: Kirkoff 1142

When: 4:00pm-5:00pm

*Registration not required.

Claire to provide description 
 

Where: Kirkhof 2263

When: 6:30pm-8:00pm

Registration not required 

Stacey to provide description 

Where: Kirkoff Lobby

When: 11:00am-1:00pm

We are excited to bring you a beautiful blend of nature and positivity with our Flower & Affirmation Giveaway! 

How It Works:

• Receive an inspiring affirmation card to uplift your spirit and keep you motivated and a beautiful flower.

Whether you're treating yourself or gifting a loved one, this giveaway is all about embracing the beauty of life and spreading positive energy. 

Where: DeVos Campus Lobby

When: 11:00am - 1:00pn

We are excited to bring you a beautiful blend of nature and positivity with our Flower & Affirmation Giveaway! 

How It Works:

• Receive an inspiring affirmation card to uplift your spirit and keep you motivated and a beautiful flower.

Whether you're treating yourself or gifting a loved one, this giveaway is all about embracing the beauty of life and spreading positive energy. 

Thank you to our planning committee members!!

Many thanks to Alyssa Biel, MSW Candidate 2025 at GVSU, for spearheading the planning during her practicum with the Center of Health and Well-being