Student Handbook

 

Health and Immunization Policy

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 (physicals are optional)
  • Record of two MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccines
  • Record of a current (within 10 years) Tetanus Pertussis, Diphtheria (T dap) vaccine
  • Record of a meningitis vaccine given after age 16 and before age 21

These must be received by August 1st of the incoming year for fall semester, and December 1st for spring semester. The Health Form can be found on the Health Center Portal Page.

Proof of immunization may be provided through the following options:

  • Completed immunization records 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)

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.

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