Welty Center Student Health Services
11 Merriam Street
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Phone: (509) 527-5281
Fax: (509) 527-4999
Ellen Collette, ARNP
Health Center Director
colleted@whitman.edu
Virginia Matthews
Administrative Assistant
matthevm@whitman.edu
The College recognizes health maintenance and promotion as essential to both learning and efficiency. Good health in all respects is a determining factor in the academic success of students attending college. In support of these goals, the Welty Center Student Health Services, located at 11 Merriam Street, offers students convenient primary health care.
Our goal is to provide a therapeutic environment that, by caring for the whole person, contributes to the College’s overall academic mission. We combine high-quality health care with the warmth of a home away from home.
The Health Center is open to all full-time registered students regardless of type of health insurance. The Health Center is open 24 hours each day during the academic year, concurrently with housing and food service availability. Whitman College has the only 24-hour health center in the Northwest.
We are staffed both night and day with professional and qualified nurses who operate under written protocols from the Medical Director (G. Tom Underhill, M.D.).
With 12 beds available, we offer in-patient care both for serious and minor illness and simple cases of stress and fatigue. We recognize and affirm the need to treat “the whole student” and not just overt symptoms. Any student who feels the need of Health Center services is warmly welcomed and assisted in any possible way.
There is no cost for in-patient care except for a $1 meal charge for those students who are not on a meal plan.
Each weekday morning, between 8 and 10 a.m., a physician is available free of charge for consultation and examination. Appointments are not necessary; however, pre-arrangement is recommended for full physical exams for which there is a charge. Full physical exams are done on a time-available basis. The director of the health center, a family nurse practitioner, is available on an appointment basis for patient examination and consultation (and physical exams) between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. In addition, physician consultation is available in the event of a serious illness, accident or emergency care.
The Health Center staff welcomes visitors and hopes both students and parents will stop by and get acquainted with us and our services.
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