Health Services

Residents have 24 hour-a-day access to medical professionals who are “on call” for emergency campus needs, and access to the University Medical Center during their usual hours of operation. Should you need to see the doctor during usual office hours, call for an appointment, at the same time making it known if you’ll need transportation to the Medical Center. Ask them for a written note of confirmation while there, in case teachers need it to determine excuses. If you leave for more than a weekend due to ill health, be sure to notify the Dean on duty and your evening accountability records will be adjusted.

Should you feel the need to go to the hospital emergency room, first contact the Dean on duty. He/She will call the doctor/ER with you and help assess that the trip is necessary. Should a medical or psychological emergency require intervention, a “University Treatment Team” (doctors, counselors, deans, etc.) will pool their insights and observations in order to make the wisest possible decision. Parents will be notified, and teachers advised that the student is not intentionally skipping classes. Costs arising from the assessment and treatment of such an emergency will be assumed by the student and/or family, just as would have been the case had family intervened at home.

Residents who have special health issues that require special medical waste disposal will be required to supply their own bio-hazard containers and dispose of them at approved bio-hazard waste facilities. Bio-hazard containers should not be placed in University recycle or waste bins.

If you have a health challenge that could impact your safety while away from home, or impair your ability to evacuate the building in the event of an emergency, such as a hearing impairment, history of seizures, etc., please contact a Dean immediately upon reading this.

University Medical Center
269-473-2222

Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph
269-983-8300

Lakeland Hospital, Niles
269-683-5510

Other Options for Care include:

Southwestern Medical Clinic 429-9677
5515 Cleveland Ave,. Stevensville, MI 49127
M-F 8 am – 8 pm
Saturday 8 am – 1pm

Urgent Care Medical Walk-in
269-925-6600 1850 Pipestone Rd.
Benton Harbor, MI 49022 M-F 9am-5:30pm
Sunday 12pm-5:30pm