The goal of Mount Mercy Health Services is to encourage and assist students, faculty, and staff in the process of learning to independently select healthy behaviors. Learning about positive health behaviors is an ongoing process of progressive changes in addition to taking charge of an individual’s life. The purpose of learning is to empower the individual to assume appropriate responsibility for one’s own health. This process will continue throughout your college career and is an integral part of the total educational experience.The Health Services Department is here to assist you in making well-informed choices, and to increase awareness of healthy life style choices by offering educational programs for the general health care needs of the campus community.