Welcome to the Center for Health & Wellness

Health

The Center for Health and Wellness encourages everyone to practice self-care, creating a productive, healthy indoor environment. For additional information, please call 718-390-3158 or email our office studenthealthservice@wagner.edu.

Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Semester Office Hours:

  • Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
  • Saturday & Sunday, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM (excluding holidays)

Winter 2024 Office Hours (December 3rd to January 22nd): Monday through Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (exceptions noted below).

  • We are open Saturday, 12/7 and Sunday, 12/8 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
  • We are closed from Tuesday, 12/24 to Wednesday, 1/1. We will re-open on Thursday, 1/2.

Counseling Services: Our psychologist and counselors are available during the fall and spring semester for mental health support. Schedule your appointment Monday – Friday with one of our counselors. Call the Center for Health and Wellness office (718) 390-3158.

All registered Wagner College students are eligible for care at the Center for Health and Counseling/Wellness Center. The office functions as a screening, diagnostic and treatment center but does not maintain an infirmary. Students harboring a communicable disease must contact the Center for Health and Wellness and speak with a nurse about further instructions; after evaluation, arrangements are made for their care with their parents or guardians. In addition we contract Quest and LabCorp laboratory services. Counseling services are available during the academic year.

Our goal is to enhance the health and well being of our students in support of their learning and success.

The Health and Wellness Center embraces a holistic approach to provide accessible, high quality health care. We practice and educate students on the right to health equity, social justice, human dignity and respect for all. We are providers of student centered services, providing professional excellence, responsiveness and ethical practice. We provide a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to well health with active inclusion of student involvement.

Important Insurance Information

ALL full-time undergraduate students taking 12 or more credit hours (4 units) and ALL full-time graduate students taking 9 or more credit hours are required to provide proof of health insurance effective in New York annually.

A copy of the student’s health and prescription insurance cards must be on file in the Center for Health and Wellness and kept up to date.

Medical insurance enrollment and waiver forms for Fall 2024 open June 1st, 2024 and close on September 7, 2024 Eastern Time. If you do not comply within that time period you will automatically be billed for a comprehensive plan. When submitted in the Fall, it covers one academic year. Click here to complete the forms!

 

All students MUST waive or enroll in  the First Student Health Insurance provided by the College. If your insurance is not accepted as equal to the minimal insurance requirement set forth by the State of New York, then you will be automatically enrolled in our policy, which will provide you with full comprehensive coverage during this 2023- 2024 academic year.

Students having primary insurance may waive the mandatory Wagner College student health insurance by visiting the following link: www.eiia.org/institution/wagner-college. This link also provides access to policy information, health insurance ID card, claim forms, and phone contact information. The Center for Health and Wellness offers all students use of our professional services including our Counseling staff.

Click here for EIIA details on your wellness access plan