Health Center
The IWU Health Center is committed to the promotion of physical, emotional, and spiritual health and wellness of the IWU community; through offering high quality, affordable health care and treatment of acute and minor illness and injuries, and promoting wellness through health education and preventative care. The IWU Health Center is open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday and is staffed with Registered Nurses, a full-time Nurse Practitioner and a part- time Doctor. Services include:
- Treatment of acute and minor illness/injury
- Monitoring of ongoing health concerns such as blood pressure and blood sugar
- Immunizations
- Physical exams including school physicals, travel exams, employment physical, pre-nursing physical, women’s health (and PAP test)
- Laboratory test diagnostic blood work when ordered by a Health Center provider or outside practitioner. Mono, influenza, strep, blood sugar and urinalysis are provided onsite.
- Travel Care and immunizations
- Tuberculosis Testing including PPD skin test and Quantiferon Gold blood test
- Medical supplies including crutches, Ace bandages, hot/cold packs, breathing treatment machines and health education materials
- Allergy desensitizing injections are given by appointments only. The patient is responsible for providing written orders, instructions and serum from their allergist
Many services and some over-the-counter medications are free and there is no charge to see an RN. However, appointments with a Practitioner will incur a charge. Some other services in which charges are incurred include, but are not limited to: lab work, allergy injections, rapid strep and mono tests, urine tests, immunizations, breathing treatments, TB tests, travel exams and physicals.
IWU Health Center will bill to most health insurance companies. We encourage you to contact your health insurance company and find out what benefits your plan offers away from home. IMPORTANT: Health insurance is strongly encouraged for all students. The university has available a student health insurance plan for students that are not already covered through parents, guardian, employee or health insurance exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). For information regarding student health insurance contact the Health Center at healthcenter@indwes.edu or visit healthcare.gov to determine the availability of health insurance marketplace plans.
All, students, including graduate students, who attend Indiana Wesleyan University’s Marion residential campus, are required to provide a completed Health Form including proof of immunity to the IWU Health Center. Necessary documents include:
- A completed Health Form
- Record of two MMR vaccines
- Record of a current (within 10 years) tetanus vaccine
These must be received by August 15th of the incoming year for fall semester and December 15th for spring semester. The Health Form can be found at: indw.es/2015healthforms.
- Proof of immunization may be provided through the following options:
- Completed immunization record signed by health care provider
- Immunization record forwarded from high school, college, or university
- Copy of a local health department immunization record
- Immunization record maintained by the student or parent (cannot be a baby book record)
- Completed TB screen and TB test if required
Students who do not comply with the Health and Immunization Policy will not be allowed to register for the next semester, attend classes, or reside on campus the first day of that semester until proof of immunization has been submitted to the Health Center.
Excuses from class are defined in each class syllabus and are at the discretion of the faculty member and the college of Arts and Sciences. It is the policy of the Health Center to provide students with documentation for the following circumstances ONLY: an acute contagious illness and an illness requiring an extended period of recuperation.
Students needing excused absences due to hospitalization should contact Academic Affairs.
