学生健康 & 安全

Cox Cottage houses the Christian Science Nursing Department and our Christian Science Practitioner’s Office for the College campus. It is accessible to college students seeking Christian Science healing during the academic year. 另外, Cox Cottage has care rooms that are always open to community members who seek healing through Christian Science.

Christian Science practitioners are experienced Christian Scientists who dedicate their lives to praying for others. They have taken an in-depth course in spiritual healing and have a proven track record of helping people experience God’s healing presence and power.

Christian Science nurses provide practical non-medical care that supports a patient’s individual decision to rely on Christian Science for healing. They work in tandem with a Christian Science practitioner, who is engaged by the patient to provide healing treatment through prayer. 

Christian Science nurses support the expectation of a complete and quick healing and maintain an environment that is conducive to spiritual healing. 他们可以在以下方面提供帮助:

• 个人护理及清洁

• 站着，走着，四处走动

• Encouraging normal nourishment, including preparing food and assisting with eating

• 清洁和包扎 

• Moral support and reassuring the patient of God’s care and ever-presence

• Reading aloud from The Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy

While there are no medical options available immediately on the Principia College campus, we can assist all our students with health insurance, 医疗预约, and transportation assistance to 医疗预约. 

At Principia College, you pay a monthly premium to have health insurance which:

• Offers discounted rates when you go to a doctor or hospital in your insurance network

• 限制你的自付费用

• Covers expenses after you pay a copay or meet your deductible

• 提供网络内供应商的折扣价格

• Gives you free access to UWill, a college-focused tele-counseling service

Students can schedule a doctor’s appointment with an in-network provider. 需要帮忙去赴约? 你可以预约乘车 三县农村交通 至少提前24小时1点.844.874.7433. Or, students can book a ride with 学生生活 by emailing StudentLife@principia.edu. 这两种都取决于可用性，所以提前计划.

用于骨折等紧急护理, 咳嗽, 削减, 皮疹, sprains and minor allergic reactions or medical emergencies, there are medical care facilities all within 15 miles of campus. 在这些情况下, students can rely on the 学生生活 department or their house Residential Counselors to help with emergency transportation if needed.

All Principia College students receive free access to UWill, a virtual mental health and wellness service that provides video-based and message-based counseling. Uwill offers an immediate connection to a licensed therapist based on student preferences, 24/7/365危机连接, 健康活动.

使用UWill，您可以:

• Receive free, immediate access to teletherapy with a therapist of your choice

• Select a therapist based on your preferences including issue, gender, language, and ethnicity

• Find a time that fits your schedule with day, night, and weekend availability

• Choose your appointment type—video, phone, chat, or message

Principia College prides itself on being a safe campus. All Principia houses have locked outside access doors that can only be accessed with approved key cards, and there are also locks on all room doors and storage spaces. 另外, every room has one locking cabinet per student. Our houses have an integrated 火-safety system with state-of-the-art sensors and alarms.

Our Resident Coordinators support the security measures of the house by living on-site, and our 24-hour 校园安全 makes standard security checks around every building on campus throughout the day and night.

Our on-campus 安全 Committee was created as a place for students to voice any safety concerns they may have. The campus has multiple alert systems in place to notify students of emergencies, 以及定期的安全培训.

Principia College’s 校园安全 office is tasked with providing the protections required to keep our students and community safe. 校园保安昼夜不停地工作, 24/7, 监控, 警卫, and support the emergency and safety needs on campus.

The office handles a wide variety of safety policies and protocols, 比如应对龙卷风和地震, 武器, 破坏公物, 闯入者, 烟花, 宠物, 野生动物安全. 校园安全 is also responsible for ensuring compliance with 火 safety requirements set forth by the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office. 

The main road leading on and off campus is staffed by a Security Officer, 谁驻扎在校长学院的正门. Anyone without a registered campus vehicle decal will be stopped. 

In times of emergency, 校园安全 can be reached immediately by dialing ext. 拨打校内电话5111或618.374.5111. Community members may also call 911 from most phones on campus to reach the Jersey County Emergency Dispatcher for police, 火, 或者在需要的时候提供救护车服务.

The 校园安全 office can help students to secure vehicle registration, 成为合格的司机, 举报盗窃, 让他们的车发动起来, 找到校园里丢失的物品, 了解更多校园安全指南.