Policies and Information

Health Services is open from 8:30 a.m. - noon and 1 - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. Counseling Services is open from 8:30 a.m. - noon and 1 - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday.

At the Cox Health and Counseling Center, we care about your health and well-being. That's why we offer access to emergency contraception (Plan B) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at no additional cost. Plan B helps prevent pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Available over the counter, Plan B does not cause abortion.

During the week, you can find Plan B conveniently located in the lobby of the Cox Health and Counseling Center — no questions asked. Simply scan the QR code to help us track inventory, and your medication is available to be dispensed with a QR code containing important information on use, risks/benefits, contraindications and side effects. If the Cox Center is closed, Campus Safety can assist in granting student access to the lobby.

On weekends when the Cox Center is closed, emergency contraception is available in the foyer of the building. Campus Safety can remotely let you into the space — again, with no questions asked. Please use the QR code on the bin to help us track inventory.

If you have any questions regarding Plan B, other methods of contraception or your health in general, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via your student health portal in the "Ask a Nurse Practitioner" secure message box or via email at health@kenyon.edu.

Your health matters, and we're here to support you — whenever you need it.

Kenyon College believes that the entire campus community is best positioned to remain healthy when all persons are immunized. Accordingly, first-year and transfer students are required to provide proof of full immunization prior to the start of the academic term. Please review the immunization requirements and exemption guidance. Follow the instructions at the bottom of the immunization requirements page to upload required documentation into the student health portal.

The Office of Campus Safety has certified medical responders who are available at all times, and the College Township Fire Department responds to emergency calls in Gambier. Several options for emergency and acute care are available within five miles of campus: Knox Community Hospital, Knox Public Health’s Health Center, and two urgent care facilities. Knox Community Hospital can provide some specialty providers; please refer to their website for a full list of services/providers.

Cox Health and Counseling Center works with you to make sure you receive needed medication.

View frequently asked questions about prescriptions.

All Kenyon students must be covered by a health insurance plan. Students are eligible for and included in the Student Health Benefits Plan facilitated by Aetna unless coverage has specifically been waived. This plan is fully compliant with the Affordable Care Act and is required for all full-time students who are not covered under their family’s domestic health/hospitalization plan, an individual health plan or Medicaid. 

The health and counseling fee, paid each year, covers your visits to the Cox Health and Counseling Center. However, if you need specialty care, diagnostic testing, referrals and medications, you will need to pay co-pays, deductibles and coinsurance when using the College health plan.

Your home medical provider should fax any important treatment information to either Health Services at 740-427-5527 or Counseling Services at 740-427-5446.

Student Accessibility and Support Services can assist students and parents to coordinate accommodations relating to diet, housing, academic needs or transportation while they are here at Kenyon.

All student care and support is confidential (licensed healthcare professionals) and private (staff whose duties do not require a professional license). Student health information will not be shared with any person unless the student has given permission by completing a Release of Information form.

If you are concerned that confidentiality or privacy has been violated, please contact 740-427-5415.

Before you arrive at Kenyon, please share information about your health history with the Cox Health and Counseling Center. You will receive an email with instructions for accessing a series of health history forms during the summer. This information is needed for Health and Counseling to provide you with proper care. 

If you have serious medical needs, contact us well in advance of your arrival to discuss available local options. Our staff will do everything possible to coordinate care with a student’s primary care provider/specialist when necessary.