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During the spring 2017 semester, the Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) reviewed the college’s health and counseling programs and recommended moving toward a system of single administrative oversight for their operation. Following approval of that recommendation, I am pleased to announce the merger of the Weigel Health Center and the Counseling Center into a new operation called the Weigel Wellness Center. This change, effective August 22, 2017, conveys a focus on wellness that includes both the physical and mental health services provided within the Health Center building. This name change is also consistent with the recommendation of the SHAC.

I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Rock Doyle as assistant vice president for health and wellness. Mr. Doyle will be responsible for providing visionary and strategic leadership for a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to student health and wellness, including administrative leadership for student health and counseling services.

Mr. Doyle has served as associate director of medical systems and technology coordinator and as medical systems specialist throughout his nearly 20-year tenure at Buffalo State College. He has also worked for the Hemophilia Center of Western New York, where he developed policies and procedures for its clinics in both Women and Children’s Hospital and ECMC. Additionally, he was the accreditation project leader for all seven MASH Urgent Care Centers in Western New York, responsible for seeing that organization through its accreditation by the Joint Commission, the gold standard of health-care accreditations.

This new wellness administrative structure represents a more streamlined administration and provides a more integrated, holistic wellness approach to health care for students at Buffalo State.

Please join me in congratulating Mr. Doyle on his new appointment and his leadership of our holistic center for health and wellness.