About Us

 

The Office of Health Promotion, located on the 2nd floor of the V.B. Harrison Health Center, is a resource center for Ole Miss students looking for information or needing help with a variety of health-related topics and issues.  Students are welcome to stop in or make appointments with any of the staff listed below to address topics of interest.  Our mission is twofold: 1. Advocate for well-informed and healthful choices and 2. Encourage striving for wellness in a positive, empowering, and open environment.

Much of our work focuses on alcohol education and risk reduction.  The BASICS, JADE, and AlcoholEdu programs are administered through the Office of Health Promotion.  However, you may see Health Promotion staff or Peer Health Educators in a variety of other venues, locations, or situations on campus.  We frequently participate with campus culture/environment committees and task forces, host events at the Union, answer questions and participate in interviews for students writing Daily Mississippian articles or class research papers, help RAs with health-related programming in the residence halls, visit classes, and contribute to the highly popular “Hotty Toddy Potty Times.”

Currently, the Office of Health Promotion is linked with two federal grant programs.  The Assistant Director for Health Promotion is working with faculty in the Legal Studies Department to oversee the work of the Violence Prevention Office (208 Odom Hall), funded by the U.S. Department of Justice.  The Assistant Director is also working with faculty in the Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation to participate in a U.S. Department of Education subcontract for a statewide coalition to address underage alcohol use and abuse (www.under21staydry.com).

Our Staff

Barbara Collier, MSN, CFNP – Director University Health Services
1st Floor V.B. Harrison Health Center, (662) 915-7272
Barbara has worked as an administrator and practitioner in Student Health Services since 1997.  Her education includes BSN (University of Southern Mississippi), MSN (Mississippi University for Women), and she is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

Erin Murphy Cromeans, MS, CHES– Assistant Director of Student Health for Health Promotion
226 V.B. Harrison Health Center, (662) 915-6543
Erin joined the Office of Health Promotion in 2009, but has been in Oxford for ten years and considers it home.  Her education includes B.S.-Exercise Science, M.S.-Health Promotion, and M.S. -Nutrition and Hospitality Management (all from The University of Mississippi).  Erin is currently working on a Ph.D. in Higher Education for Student Personnel and is certified as a Health Education Specialist by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.  Erin loves anything and everything to do with Ole Miss Athletics.  If her family is not spotted in Vaught Hemmingway Stadium or at Swayze Field, she can be found in Marks, MS duck hunting!  Hotty Toddy, Go Rebs!

T Davis, MS, CHES– Health Educator and Peer Health Education Advisor
226 V.B. Harrison Health Center, (662) 915-6543
T joined the Office of HealthPromotion in 2009. She completed her undergraduate degree in Leisure Service Management at the University of Florida (Go Gators!) and her Masters in Health Promotion from the University of Mississippi. Currently, T is working toward a Doctorate in Health Behavior. Prior to coming back to the University of Mississippi for her Ph.D.

 

Rhonda Tompkins, BSGS –Operations Supervisor
226 V.B. Harrison Health Center, (662) 915-6543
Rhonda joined the Office of Health Promotion in 2007.  Her education includes BSGS (Delta State University).  Prior to working with the Office of Health Promotion, Rhonda was with Employee Health Services.  Also an Oxford native, Rhonda is a wealth of information and goes out of her way to help students make the connections they need in town in order to succeed on campus.  Rhonda is the sonic glue that keeps the office and its many programs running smooth and efficiently.

Adam Mausolf BS– Graduate Assistant –Office Of Health Promotion
Adam joined the program in 2011 as a masters student in the community counseling program. His education includes a Bachelor degree from Central Michigan University (go chips) and three years of world traveling. Adam's interest in the field is Adventure Counseling and working with Higher ED.

 

 

 

Erin Griff BS– Graduate Assistant – Office Of Health Promotion
Erin joined the program in 2012 as a Master student in Health Promotion. Her education includes a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from The University of Mississippi.