Bucknell Student Health
Confidential Care, Right on Campus
Bucknell Student Health offers a wide range of on-site care to get students back on their feet fast and help them meet their health goals. Services include treatment for routine illnesses and injuries, sexual health, drug and alcohol education, travel medicine, nutritional education and campus outreach. Visits to Bucknell Student Health are available to all students on campus regardless of your health insurance type (whether you are using insurance from home or purchased the University plan).
Appointments should be scheduled by calling 570-577-1401. If you are unable to keep your appointment, please call to cancel.
Medical Record Requirement
All incoming students are required to submit a Medical Record Form to Bucknell Student Health prior to arrival on campus. A physical exam is part of the requirement, so please schedule one with a health practitioner as soon as possible to ensure your form is completed and sent to Bucknell Student Health on time. The deadlines for submitting the record form are:
Fall semester deadline: June 15
Spring semester deadline: Dec. 8
Insurance Requirement
All full-time undergraduate students and graduate students must enroll in or waive health insurance coverage offered through the University each year. Students who waive this coverage must provide verifiable proof of comparable coverage.
Packing Tips for New Students
As you start your Bucknell journey, prepare to stay healthy with a self-care kit. Consider bringing these items with you to Bucknell.
Your Care Options
Bucknell Student Health
We serve the Bucknell community with full suite of health, wellness and counseling services, from routine check-ups to minor surgeries and physical therapy. We can also offer referrals to local health-care providers.
Local Health Services
Bucknell Student Health has partnerships with WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg and Geisinger Medical Center in Danville — two well-respected healthcare organizations near campus. Through these partnerships, students can access specialists, emergency care and other health resources through either provider.
Illness-Related Student Absences
Class attendance policies are set by individual faculty. Students are responsible for understanding and following the attendance expectations for each course. If a policy is not listed on the syllabus, students are encouraged to ask.
Students must notify instructors directly if they are too ill to attend class. Student Health does not communicate with Bucknell University about private health information. It is the student’s responsibility to relay the appropriate amount of information needed in order to justify class absence.
For more serious illness (typically 3+ days), when a student is evaluated at student health, a healthcare provider will use their discretion and determine if an absence notification is warranted. Student Health does not provide absence notification documentation for routine illnesses (e.g., colds, minor stomach bugs) that do not meet clinical criteria for extended absence.
Missing an exam due to illness? Students should inform their professor and seek care from Student Health if needed. If a provider confirms the student is too sick for the exam, they will provide the student with an absence notification. Visiting Student Health does not automatically excuse a student from class or exams. Excused absences are based on clinical judgment and are only given directly to the student.
If a student missed class due to illness and they would like to communicate with the University about this, they are encouraged to utilize the Request for Academic Flexibility Form. Absence notification documentation can be uploaded to the Academic Flexibility Form. Off-campus healthcare provider absence documentation may also be submitted to the Academic Flexibility Form. The Academic Flexibility Form submissions are reviewed by the Associate Dean of Health and Wellness (ADH&W). After a submission, students will receive an email response back with further instructions and information.
Outreach Request Form
We are happy to provide health-related education to the Bucknell Community. Please complete the outreach form to request a program or to have us attend an event.