Health & Safety

Although the UVM campus is a very safe place to live, it is important for students to take an active role in protecting and taking care of themselves, their community and their property.

The transition to college marks a significant developmental shift from family-based adolescence to semi-independent young adulthood. There are psychological stresses with any transition.

College students sometimes feel that they are immortal and that it is unthinkable that they could become the victim of a serious crime.

Health Services is committed to maintaining and improving students’ health through preventative, diagnostic, and therapeutic care.

CWC is designed to help individuals set and achieve personal goals regarding wellness, while educating the campus as a whole about wellness topics and issues.

The state of Illinois requires each student taking 6 or more hours on any Dominican campus to document their immunization records. Required vaccinations include 2 measles (after the first birthday), a mumps, a rubella and a tetanus booster within the past 10 years.
This can be confusing to students, so help them find and submit their records if they have not already.

A nurse practitioner is available. The Campus Safety department is staffed by skilled individuals, available 24 hours a day.

At UCI's annual Parents Day, a number of questions brought up by parents and family members focused on students and their healthcare. The following summary of those questions and answers is provided as a helpful reference.

Health magazine for students and parents deals with topical issues
The December issue of the web magazine Student Health 101 (SH101) has a lot of valuable health information for students and their parents. Articles this month include: Dealing With the Stress of Finals, Winter Workout Tips...

WMU has a Critical Incident Response Planning committee that generally meets monthly. Emergency Action Guidelines (EAG) were developed to provide emergency management response and recovery should a critical incident occur at WMU. As a living document, emergency action guidelines are continually reviewed and updated.

Several students have fallen ill this season with flu-like symptoms (fever, coughing, and body aches, etc.), and Student Health Services and Human Resources would like to take the opportunity to remind the IIT community of how to minimize your risk and stay healthy, and what to do if you become sick with the flu. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines state that only patients whose illness requires hospitalization will be tested for the H1N1 flu strain, so it is important to treat all flu-like illnesses with the same level of caution.