SEAS Student Handbook

appointments online with their health care provider and are encouraged to do so (bios and
photos are available online).
GHAP (Gay Health Advocacy Project)
GHAP offers HIV testing and treatment management, PrEP and PEP consultations, STI
testing information, birth control education, and individual and group support by peers
and professional staff to students of all genders and orientation.
Counseling and Psychological Services
Counseling and Psychological Services offers short-term individual counseling, referrals
for longer-term therapy, consultations for couples, student-life support groups,
medication consultation, and emergency consultation. Students are welcome to select a
mental-health clinician (bios and photos are available online).
Disability Services
Disability Services facilitates access for students with all types of disabilities, including
physical, psychological, sensory, AD/HD, learning disabilities, and temporary and
chronic medical conditions by coordinating reasonable accommodations that facilitate
access to Columbia's academic programs, campus resources, and activities. Examples
include exam accommodations, note-taking, sign language interpretation, assistive
technology, and accessible housing coordination. Students must register with Disability
Services in order to receive accommodations and support services. Visit the Columbia
Health website for registration guidelines and additional information.
Alice! Health Promotion
Alice! Health Promotion connects individuals and groups with information and resources,
cultivates healthy attitudes and behaviors, promotes health-supporting policy, and fosters
a culture that values and supports individual and community health.
Sexual Violence Response
Sexual Violence Response works to promote behaviors that support positive, healthy, and
consensual relationships, and supports survivors and co-survivors of violence through
advocacy, connection to resources, community education, training, and engagement.
Student Health Insurance
All full-time students who do not waive enrollment and all international students are
automatically enrolled in the Columbia Student Health Insurance Plan. Confirmation,
eligible dependent enrollment and waiver requests are due on September 30 (February 15
for new spring term enrollment or June 15 for new summer term enrollment). All waiver
requests are considered, but approval is not guaranteed.
For complete information about plan benefits, dependent enrollment, waivers (domestic
students only), and other related information, visit the Columbia Health website.
Mandatory International Student Enrollment
Navigating the U.S. health care system can be complex. To help ensure that international
students have access to the highest quality of care on- and off-campus, Columbia
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