University Health Services offers convenient care services
to all part-time and full-time Kent State University faculty
and staff.

Kent State University Health Services is holding flu shot clinics for Kent State faculty and staff. Information about flu clinic dates and locations are available at www.kent.edu/hr/benefits/flu-shot-clinics.

The flu shot is covered 100 percent for faculty, staff and dependents covered under the Kent State employee health insurance policy. Those not covered under the employee’s health insurance are welcome to receive a flu shot for $30. Additional clinics will be available to faculty and staff on all Kent State campuses.

In addition to flu shot clinics, University Health Services offers convenient care services to all part-time and full-time Kent State faculty and staff. University Health Services also accepts orders from community physicians as a convenience.

“We offer services like lab tests, X-rays or physical therapy, things their primary physician orders, they can conveniently get here,” says Dr. Angela DeJulius, director of University Health Services.

There also are new policies in place for students. This year, international students are required to have health insurance. This health insurance plan costs international students $821 for the fall semester, charged to their bursar account.

“It’s a student health insurance policy that we reviewed bids for,” DeJulius says. “And we found the most cost-effective, affordable policy we could find for the students, so I believe that it’s a good policy.”

University Health Services considered all the options for uninsured international students.

“The risk of international students being here without insurance created some problematic situations for students,” DeJulius says.

Citing the costs of surgeries and emergency room visits, DeJulius believes this newly mandated student insurance policy is important to protect international students.

Beginning this fall, there will be a spring class registration hold placed on newly enrolled students who have not submitted immunization records, says DeJulius.

“There are more and more outbreaks of measles and mumps around the country and on college campuses, so we have to take it seriously,” DeJulius stresses.

For more information about the flu shot clinics, visit www.kent.edu/hr/benefits/flu-shot-clinics.

For more information about immunization, visit www.kent.edu/UHS/immunizations or email immunizations@kent.edu.

For more information about University Health Services, visit www.kent.edu/uhs.