Health & Wellness Requirements

All incoming students must complete and submit all required health history and immunization forms via the RIT Wellness Portal. These forms must be completed and submitted as soon as possible to prevent delays or disruptions to your enrollment. 

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Welcome to RIT Wellness

As you complete the New Student Checklist health and wellness items, it is important to understand some of the on-campus health and wellness services that will be available to you here at RIT.

• The Student Health Center provides primary and urgent care services to RIT students in a culturally sensitive manner. Services range from support for acute medical concerns to sexual health and immunizations. The office has limited commonly prescribed medications on site and can assist with prescription delivery options for students who must fill prescription medications away from home. With respect to COVID-19, please visit the RIT Ready website for the most up-to-date information. 
  
  
• Counseling and Psychological Services offers short-term, goal-focused individual therapy, group therapy, crisis support, and psychiatric services in an open, safe, and confidential environment. If you currently, regularly see a professional for counseling or need long-term or specialized treatment, we recommend that you continue treatment with your provider or contact our Case Management team for off-campus options. 
  
  
• The Case Management team assists students in connecting to resources on- and off-campus, as well as helping students navigate complex personal problems including health insurance, food and housing insecurity, financial concerns, and more. All RIT students are expected to have health insurance that provides coverage in our community. While most plans cover out of network emergency department visits, they may not provide coverage for follow-up and urgent care visits, physical therapy, specialist appointments, or services outside our scope of on-campus health and counseling services. As it takes time to connect off-campus, early planning is encouraged for students who may benefit from these additional resources. 

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Disability Services Accommodations

Disability Services employs an interactive, student-centered process to determine and approve reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. At RIT, we value disability as a facet of diversity, and are committed to fostering an inclusive campus community. Disability can take many forms: visible or hidden, temporary or permanent, static or episodic. Accommodations can help mitigate barriers in any facet of the RIT experience, whether academic, residential, or co-curricular, and may support needs related to mental health, learning, chronic illness, communication, mobility, and more. We encourage students to connect with us as early as possible, as accommodations are not retroactive.

Important note: 

On June 30, 2022 we will no longer send important RIT email communications, including New Student Newsletters, to your non-RIT email account. If you have not yet activated your RIT account, please do so immediately by following the account activation instructions that were sent to the email address supplied on your admissions application. For detailed account management information please contact the RIT Service Center by calling 585-475-5000 visit help.rit.edu. 

Reminder:

Have you started your Virtual Orientation?

As we mentioned in the first newsletter, all incoming students must complete all RIT Virtual Orientation modules before you arrive on campus for your in-person Orientation experience. You can go through this program at your own pace. If you need to take a break, you can log back in at any time and pick up where you left off. The virtual orientation experience will provide you with important information, including an introduction to services and resources, to help you successfully launch your RIT journey.