Welcome to the Kalamazoo College Student Health and Counseling Center!
Kalamazoo College Student Health and Counseling Center offers free or low-cost confidential medical and counseling services to support the well-being of all students. Our integrated approach promotes physical, mental, and emotional health in a safe, inclusive environment.
We welcome every student and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, height, weight, pregnancy status, national origin (ancestry), physical abilities, mental abilities, socioeconomic status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or health insurance status.
Our Mission is to provide exceptional care and to empower students toward lifelong health and wellness.
Our Integrated Approach
Medical Care: Illness and injury treatment, immunizations, sexual and reproductive health, prescriptions, routine checkups, and preventative education.
Counseling & Mental Health: Individual therapy, crisis support, short-term counseling, and connections to long-term or specialized care. All counseling and mental health visits are free.
Wellness & Education: Programs, workshops, and outreach that encourages healthy choices, nutrition guidance with a dietician, resilience and stress management.
Schedule an Appointment
Schedule an appointment in your MyChart (currently under construction), stop in, or call 269.337.7200. To provide the best quality care, appointments can last 20-60 minutes, please plan accordingly. If you cannot keep your appointment, cancel the appointment as soon as possible so that another student may be seen. Failure to keep an appointment without prior notification may result in a charge to your student account.
Walk-Ins
Urgent visits are available during open hours. Schedule an appointment in your MyChart (currently under construction), stop in, or call 269.337.7200.
Hours/Location
Monday – Friday During the academic Term
10 AM-4PM
Other hours by arrangement
Hicks Center, 1st Floor, West Wing
Schedule an appointment in your MyChart (currently under construction), stop in, or call 269.337.7200.
Emergency and After Hours
- Integrated Services of Kalamazoo (ISK) Psychiatric Urgent Care
In-person, mobile clinic, or by phone
Call 269-373-6000 24 Hours/ 7 Days a Week - For life-threatening emergencies, call 911
- For the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, call 988
- For urgent issues, call Campus Safety 269.337.7321
- If you need to speak to a resident doctor on call at the Family Practice Clinic at WMed for non-emergency medical advice at night or on weekends, call 269.585.0200. Be sure to identify yourself as a Family Medicine patient and a Kalamazoo College student.
For more information, visit our Resources page.
Health News and Updates:
Concerned about a student? The CARE team is a collaborative, multidisciplinary group that works together to identify, assess, and support community members who are struggling or are engaging in concerning behaviors. Our goal is to intervene, assist, and provide comprehensive support to students experiencing challenges and/or exhibiting threatening or concerning behaviors.
Protect the Hive: Respiratory Virus Guidance (COVID, Flu, RSV)
Cope Network is supplying Narcan/naloxone kits.
Important Links
Confidentiality
The confidentiality of your visit and your medical records are essential to providing the highest quality health care. Visits to the Student Health and Counseling Center are confidential and are completely separate from the rest of your Kalamazoo College records. Information you share will not be disclosed to anyone who is not involved in the treatment process without your written permission.
The Student Health and Counseling Center uses Epic Electronic Medical Records. This involves separate but integrated healthcare providers, delivering healthcare together, and sharing personal health information for clinical care services and related healthcare operations and activities. Only authorized individuals may access and use protected health information in Epic. Registered nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, physicians, counselors, clinical staff, and consultants giving direct care may read and enter data on a chart. All staff sign a confidentiality form. Those employees with access to medical information shall respect the doctrine of confidentiality and not divulge any information contained in the medical record unless they are authorized to do so by the student.
Your medical records or any information about you may only be released with your authorization by submitting the Records Release form, except in certain cases specified by law.
Confidential information will not be released without valid written consent from you except under the following circumstances:
- If a client is involved in court matters, we may be required to release records per court order.
- Kalamazoo College Student Health and Counseling Center staff have access to this EHR and may share information among themselves for the purpose of referral and/or coordinating care
- Healthcare providers are required by law to report certain communicable diseases.
- We may also release information in aggregate for research, public health, and safety issues or to your health insurance for specific billing purposes.
- We are obligated by law to report suspected child or elder abuse and neglect to the Department of Health and Human Services.
- We are obligated to take appropriate action if a client represents an imminent threat of harm to themself or others, and to take any necessary action to prevent such harm from occurring.
Note:
The links provided on this site are for educational or informational purposes only. The goal is not to provide medical advice or to replace the assistance of a trained healthcare professional. Please convey issues, questions, or medical concerns to your healthcare provider.