Your New Student Health Center!

           
                        Location: Lindburg Avenue & Broadway
                        Construction cost: $4 million*
                                    *Does not include costs of landscaping, parking areas, and plaza
                        Square footage: 11,400
                        Student fees: $12 per semester per student
                        Ground breaking: Fall '08
                        Estimated completion: Fall '09

The mission of the Pittsburg State University Student Health and Counseling Services is to promote the health and well being of students in order to enhance their educational experience and support their retention to graduation.  A growing enrollment, an increasing need for more health care services by students, and limitations of the current facility demand the construction of a new student health center.

Why It’s Needed

Affordable health care
The health center does not refuse treatment to anyone based on ability to pay. Two-thirds of PSU students have either no insurance or are underinsured. For a significant number of PSU students, the health center is the only health care they will have access to during their college years.

Looking to the future
The growth in enrollment and addition of staff and equipment has resulted in significant inadequacies of the physical space housing the current operations. A new student health center would allow PSU to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for health care services by students.

Current separation of services
Student Health Services and University Counseling Services are currently two separate operations housed in different parts of the university. The proposed student health center would allow those two services to be brought under one roof once again, achieving operational efficiency and allowing physicians and staff to easily consult one another on cases, as well as increase awareness about the services available to students.

How it’s funded

The funds to build the health center will come from a mix of private gifts and students fees.  The university’s goal is to raise the entire project cost of 4 million from private gifts.  However, because of the necessity to move the project forward, the university asked for the support of $12 per student each semester.  AS private gifts increase, this student fee will decrease or be eliminated.