The Elcan Family Fund for Wellness Innovation is generously gifted to Campus Life. It allows for the launch of TigerWell, a collaborative, cross-campus health, wellbeing, and resilience initiative that coordinates and amplifies existing resources.
UHS Timeline
21st Century
2015
During a measles outbreak, Employee Health is instrumental in determining clearance for at-risk students and employees
20th Century
1983
The Occupational Medicine division (now Employee Health) was formed to meet the needs of employees
1982
UHS became the 13th college health service to be accredited by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
1980
Student Health Advisory Board (SHAB) was created, and has been an active student voice for campus healthcare to the present day
1979
A Health Education area (now called Health Promotion and Prevention Services) was created to focus on prevention
1972
The Sexuality Education Counseling and Health (SECH) Program, a division for reproductive health care, was initiated
1971
The Counseling Center (now called Counseling and Psychological Services) became a division of University Health Services
1962
The Department of Health was renamed University Health Services and expanded to include clinical and counseling services, with a reduction in the size of the Infirmary service
1925
Construction of the second Isabella McCosh Infirmary, through funds raised by the University and the Ladies Auxiliary to the Isabella McCosh Infirmary, to accommodate increasing enrollment
1920
Princeton University, along with 51 other U.S. universities, formed the American College Health Association (ACHA), the first association to advance health and well-being of college students.
1911 - 1936
Joseph E. Raycroft, founding member of the American College Health Association (ACHA) was appointed Chairman of Health and Physical Education
19th Century
1880
The Malaria and Typhoid Fever Epidemic resulted in the death of 10 students. The Trustees of Princeton University authorized the creation of a Sanitary Committee to improve the sewage problems on campus.
