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Student Wellness

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Student Wellness

Eastern Kentucky University provides an array of resources to support the holistic health of our students. To find resources applicable resources, choose the wellness category that matches your needs.

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Student Wellness

Whitlock Building
Room 347

859-622-3436
Fax: 859-622-2402
dean.students@eku.edu

Physical Wellness

Resources to support your physical well-being on campus, including Student Health Services, Campus Recreation, understanding insurance and prescription access, and our campus gender-inclusive restroom map.

On-Campus Health Resources

  • Student Health Services
    Evaluation and treatment of illnesses and injuries; physicals; rapid tests for flu, strep throat, COVID-19, mononucleosis, UTI, anemia, blood sugar; allergy injections; TB skin testing; evaluation and treatment of STIs; mental health services
  • Sexual Health Center (part of Student Health Services)
    Pregnancy tests, pap smears, testing and treatment for some STIs, birth control evaluation and prescription, consultation for other gynecological services
  • Campus Recreation
    Recreation and fitness with an emphasis on holistic well-being

Community & Regional Health Resources

Medical Benefits Resources

  • Kynect
    Kentucky’s benefit website for Medicaid, KCHIP, premium assistance, and other assistance
  • Kentucky Medicaid
    Information and overview of benefits and requirements – scroll down on the site for ways to apply
Guide to Local Health Care Facilities & Pharmacies

Mental Health Wellness

Resources to support your mental well-being on campus, including counseling services, decompression and sensory spaces, substance use, and stress management. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, call or text the National Suicide Hotline at 988.

On-Campus Resources

  • EKU Counseling Center
    Providing workshops, group therapy, individual therapy, and more
  • EKU Psychology Clinic
    Outpatient integrated behavioral health care facility operated by the Department of Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University
  • Wellness Rooms & Sensory Spaces
  • EKU Counseling Center Relaxation Room – Whitlock 567
  • Student Stress Management Center – interactive space for sensory support & a place to rest – Rowlett 145
  • El Centro’s Decompression Room – McCreary 219

National Resources

Help Guides

Food & Nutrition Wellness

EKU and the surrounding community has resources available for students to support your wellness including food and clothing pantries, a campus dietitian, and how to access public food benefits.

On-Campus Resources

Community Resources

Government Benefits

  • SNAP Benefits
  • Check financial eligibility through the screening tool on Kynect.
  • College students also must meet different eligibility requirements. See those requirements on the SNAP for Students page. Note that meal plans that cover the majority of your meals (listed as 10 meals a week on the Clarification on Treatment of Meal Plans page) will make college students ineligible. The $300 flex plan does not make you ineligible.
  • Scroll to “Ways to apply for SNAP” on the Kynect website. (To change language, select the Language option in the upper-right corner of the webpage.)

Academic Wellness

Resources to support your academic wellness, including accessing a tutor, finding a mentor, contacting your advisor, and knowing all of the study spaces and academic workshops.

Tutoring & Mentoring

Learning Accommodations

Advising & Career Services

Social Wellness

Resources to support your social wellness, including making friends, joining student organizations, leadership opportunities, attending campus events, and supporting healthy relationships.

Student Events & Activities

Student Organizations

Student Life and First-Year Experience is home to over 200 Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) that EKU students are welcome to get involved with at any time. And if you can’t find one that interests you, you can start your own!

Spiritual Organizations

Cultural Events & Centers

Financial Wellness

Resources to support your financial wellness, including personal banking and finance classes, myths and facts about student loans, FAFSA, and financial literacy.

Financial Aid, Student Accounting & Loans

Personal Banking & Financial Management

  • Financial Literacy
    Central Bank provides financial literacy resources free to all students.
  • Money Management Course
    EKU’s FIN 201 course is a Personal Money Management course that covers insurance, family budgeting, income taxes, elementary investment principles, and more. This course can be taken by any student in any major.

Student Employment

  • Student Employment Information
    EKU’s Student Employment Program offers students unique job opportunities and student work-study positions start at $8.00 per hour and may range up to $18.00+ per hour

Student Parents

Resources for students who have children or other dependents include the Center for Student Parents, state and federal programs, and a directory for lactation spaces on campus.

EKU Resources

  • Center for Student Parents
    Guidance, academic support, advising, workshops, referrals and employment opportunities
  • Eastern Scholar House & Kit Carson Commons
    Provides housing to low-income single parents enrolled in any certification or post-secondary education program. Contact Jackie Dean, Housing Director at 859-408-7025 with questions about eligibility or a request to apply.

Child Care

State & Federal Resources

Community Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Individuals

Lactation

Safety & Advocacy

Safety and advocacy resources, including campus safety, Violence Prevention training, local resources to support victims and survivors of domestic and relationship violence, and updating your personal information in myEKU.

Campus Safety

Sexual Assault and Discrimination

  • EKU Police
    Call 859-622-1111 for emergency assistance or to make a police report.
  • Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX
  • EKU Violence Prevention
    To make an appointment with EKU’s Violence Prevention Coordinator, email Anne Goodman or visit her in Powell 013.
  • EKU Counseling Center (Confidential)
    Call 859-622-1303 for an appointment or stop by Whitlock 510 during regular business hours for a walk-in appointment.
  • Student Health Services (Confidential)
    Call 859-622-1761 for an appointment.
  • Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource Center of the Bluegrass (Confidential) Located in Richmond, Lexington, Danville, and Georgetown, Ampersand provides information about safety and medical care, counseling, advocacy, support groups, workshops, and more. They also provide in-person support to survivors who are hospitalized after an assault. To talk to a crisis counselor 24/7, call 800-656-HOPE (4673). To call the Lexington support line, call 859-253-2511.
  • National Sexual Assault Hotline/RAINN (Confidential)
    The National Sexual Assault Hotline provides basic information for survivors or friends/family of survivors as well as short-term crisis intervention and support and other resources. Call 800-656-HOPE (4673) or for more information, go to the RAINN website.

Domestic Violence

  • EKU Police
    Call 859-622-1111 for emergency assistance or to make a police report
  • Hope’s Wings (Confidential)
    Hope’s Wings staff can assist callers in safety planning, respond to general questions about domestic violence, provide referrals, and share additional information about programs and services. Located in Richmond, KY. Call 859-623-4095.
  • Greenhouse 17 (Confidential)
    Greenhouse 17 is an advocacy agency that provides trained crisis counselors to help those harmed by intimate partner abuse. They also provide emergency shelter, safety planning, legal advocacy, and information about a variety of resources. Located in Fayette County, KY. Call 859-233-0657 or the 24-hour hotline at 800-544-2022.
  • Love Is Respect (Confidential)
    A national organization that provides advice regarding a personal relationship or that of a loved one. Call 866-331-9474 or 866-331-8453 or text “loveis” to 22522.
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline (Confidential)
    NDV provides immediate support to help victims find safety.
    Call 800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit the NDV Hotline website and use the chat feature in English or Spanish.

Legal Support

  • AppalRed
    Located in Richmond, KY, AppalRed provides free legal services to low-income and vulnerable populations in Eastern and South Central Kentucky. For more information, go to AppalRed’s website or call 866-277-5733.

Housing & Transportation

Housing options, campus and local public transportation, and regional resources that provide transportation.

Student Housing

  • EKU Housing and Residence Life
    Students can apply for EKU Campus living
  • Requesting Emergency Housing
    To request emergency housing through EKU, call the EKU Housing Office at 859-622-1515 or the Office of the Dean of Students at 859-622-3436. To find other options for housing in the area, go to MyKY.info.

Campus Transportation

  • Big E Transit provides shuttles around campus for students as well as a weekend route to shopping centers in Richmond. See the route schedule or download the Big E Transit App for Apple or Google Play. Choose “Big E Transit” from the system list.

Madison County Transportation

  • Kentucky River Foothills may provide affordable transportation to medical appointments and other needs by appointment. See details on their website or call 859-624-2046 for more information or to ask about reserving a ride.

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