News & Announcements

COVID-19 Guidance for Academic Year 2024-25

ACHA’s Emerging Public Health Threats and Emergency Response (EPHTER) Coalition and Vaccine-Preventable Disease (VPD) Committee have issued guidance on managing COVID-19 in the upcoming academic year (2024-25). The EPHTER Coalition…

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Leaders of the new ACHA Health and Well-Being Executive Leaders Section standing together for a photo at the ACHA Annual Meeting

Introducing the Health and Well-Being Executive Leaders Section

We are excited to announce the launch of a new member section dedicated to fostering excellence and innovation in executive leadership within higher education: the Health and Well-Being Executive Leaders…

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New Assessment Measures 14 Dimensions of Student Well-Being

ACHA proudly announces the launch of the Well-Being Assessment (formerly the Wake Forest Wellbeing Assessment), aimed at transforming the landscape of student health and well-being on college campuses nationwide. The…

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Congratulations to our 2024 Fellows and Award Recipients!

Each year, ACHA honors exemplary members nominated by their peers for exceptional service and commitment to the association and to the field of college health and wellness. This year’s Fellows…

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Meet the New Board of Directors

As we head into the summer and kick off a new programmatic year at ACHA, we are excited to announce our new ACHA Board of Directors. This dedicated group of…

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Supporting Campus Communities During the Conflict in Israel and Gaza

As an organization dedicated to well-being in higher education, ACHA believes that for a campus community to be truly healthy, it must be guided by the values of multicultural inclusion,…

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Statement on the Overturn of Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is deeply distressing, as is the language of Justice Clarence Thomas, which suggests that existing protections for marriage equality, access to…

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Clarifying the Conversation on College Student COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Institutional COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements

Recent high profile opinion pieces have presented arguments to support the rollback of various on-campus COVID-19 mitigation strategies. Several of these arguments rest upon two assertions we believe to be…

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Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Management on Campus

Note: the section on masks was revised March 2, 2022, to reflect updated CDC guidance. Dear ACHA Members and Colleagues: We recognize that, over the winter break, most of you…

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American College Health Association Recommends COVID-19 Booster Shot for All Students, Faculty, and Staff

In April of 2021, the American College Health Association (ACHA) recommended that institutions of higher education (IHEs) require COVID-19 vaccination for all on-campus college students for fall 2021. As of…

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