The Engle Center: Health Services

The Engle Center for Counseling and Health Services offers medical and counseling support to Messiah College students. The center is located in the heart of campus, right behind the Jordan Science Center. Scroll down for current health service hours and additional information, including how to contact the on call nurse. See map of our campus location.

Incoming students, click here for  information about health forms and immunization requirements.  Click here for downloadable forms. Read our Position Statement on Meningitis Vaccine. To view the online version of the student health insurance brochure, go to Insurance Brochures  and enter the appropriate policy number. For residents of the United States, the policy number is BSA-00122 . For international students, the policy number is BSA-00123.

Health Services Information for Fall/Spring 2008/2009:

Office Hours:  Mon thru Fri 8 AM to 5PM, Monday evening 5PM to 7PM Walk-ins welcomed! Nurse Practitioner Clinics: Monday 10:00AM to 7:00PM Tuesday thru Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM By appointment only Allergy Shots: All allergy injections are given during Provider Clinics by appointment only. All students are required to stay for 20 to 30 minutes following their injection to have their site(s) checked by a nurse. No allergy injections will be given during the last 30 minutes of any scheduled clinic.

Telephone: 691-6035  or Ext. 6035 Physician Clinics: Wednesday 8:00AM to 12:00PM By appointment only To make appointments call Ext 6035 or stop by our front desk to schedule.

On-call nurse:The on-call nurse is available after hours and weekends while school is in session. The number to call is 717-649-3153. If you are unable to reach her please contact Public Safety at 717- 691-6005 and they will contact the nurse for you. This information is also on the phonemail message left at ext. 6035.

Self Care Room:Located in  Health Services, near the receptionist's area, is our "Self Care Room", which has been set up as a convenient place for you to diagnose and self treat simple respiratory infections. A structured questionnaire leads you through the process of evaluating your own symptoms and selecting the appropriate over-the-counter medications, if needed, and there are bins of over the counter medication available. Just leave a form for whatever medication was taken. If your assessment reveals symptoms which fall outside of the guidelines for self treatment, you may then see the nurse for further evaluation.

For information on MRSA Preparedness and Prevention at Messiah College please click here.   For a MRSA Frequently Asked Questions Information Brochure produced by the Center for Disease Control, click here.  For the Center for Disease Control's website on MRSA,  click here.

Please visit our STD page for information on STD's and the latest statistics from the March CDC Conference on STD's.