Helping Your Student Succeed

Counseling

Students can receive counseling services as long as they are a student at WOU. We offer counseling for depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, PTSD, relationship and academic concerns and much more.
Find out more about our counseling services here.

Infectious Diseases

Western Oregon University places high priority on preventing the spread of infectious diseases such as influenza, HPV, meningitis, MRSA, norovirus, pertussis, Coronavirus, and scabies.

To promote the health and well-being of the campus community, Student Health and Counseling Services offers preventive information on these diseases, as well as supplying any immunizations that are available for specific diseases.

Insurance

WOU does not provide medical insurance to students.

Information about the Oregon Health Plan

Immunization Schedules

Following are the recommended immunization schedules for adults and adolescents. These schedules are approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/recs/index.html).

Adult (over 18 years old) (PDF)

Adolescent (7 to 18 years old) (PDF)

Is It a Cold or the Flu?

Different viruses cause the cold and flu. The two sicknesses share symptoms, but flu is more severe. Below are some ways to help your student distinguish if they have a cold or the flu.

Cold – runny nose, mild aches, mild cough, sore throat, may have a low fever.

Flu – fever is usually 101 degrees or higher, more severe aches, headache, mild runny nose.

For more information about our services, please contact our staff at:

Phone: (503) 838-8313

Email: health@wou.edu

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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