Student Handbook - Tougaloo College

• Non-credit courses which do not satisfy graduation requirements in the student’s declared
degree/certificate program, are not counted either as attempted or completed credits.
• Remedial courses (credit bearing courses numbered below 100) do count as both
attempted and completed credits although remedial credits are excluded from the pace of
completion and maximum timeframe evaluation.
Please Note: Federal Financial Aid recipients may receive aid for a maximum of 30
attempted remedial credit hours.
HEALTH SERVICES
The Office of Student Affairs and the staff of the George A. and Ruth B. Owens Health and
Wellness Center work in concert to provide medical services to students. Medical services are
made available to students through a contractual relation with a Community Health Center that
leases space in the health and Wellness Center to operate a Medical Clinic. The Medical clinic is
open from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. – Monday through Friday. Each student is assigned a “Health
Services” fee at the time of registration, which allows access to the medical clinic as often as
needed for illness or injury. The staff also provides a variety of scheduled healthful living and
preventive health education programs, services and activities for faculty, staff, students and the
community at-large. The process for students and staff to receive after-hours medical services is
outlined in the Student Handbook under the heading of Health Services.
The Medical Center staff includes:
• a licensed physician
• a registered nurse/family nurse practitioner, and
• other health care professionals
The Health/Wellness Center’s Medical Clinic will provide emergency treatment and first aid for
common, minor, illnesses and accidents that may occur while the student is on campus. The
Health Center will provide referrals to off-campus health facilities and physician specialists if the
need arises. When a student visits the Health/Wellness Center’ Medical Clinic, the nurse will
review the medical record and use the data provided by the medical record in the assessment of
the presenting illness.
All students who attend Tougaloo College will have a complete and current medical record on
file in the Health/Wellness Center’s Medical Clinic prior to registration for classes.
A complete and current medical record includes:
• Documentation of a current physical examination by a licensed physician documented
on Tougaloo College Medical Record Form
• Documentation of current immunizations for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
• Documentation of tetanus booster
• Documentation of current T.B. Skin test
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