PRE-PARTICIPATION CLEARANCES FOR VARSITY ATHLETES
Pre-participation clearances for student athletes: All varsity athletes must undergo an evaluation by the Student Health Center to be cleared to participate in varsity athletics. This evaluation includes a detailed medical history, and physical examination separate from that recorded on the student's pre-enrollment health report. The Athletics office is responsible for scheduling these evaluations for all varsity participants.
CLEARANCES FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS PARTICIPATION
All students participating in overseas academic programs must undergo a pre-travel assessment (overseas physical examination or OSPE). This OSPE can be performed by a personal health care provider or at the Student Health Center. The International Programs Office is responsible for providing the forms for this evaluation but they can be downloaded from this website by clicking on OSPE in the navigation bar to the right. The overseas clearance involves a detailed medical history and physical examination, the extent of which is determined by the needs of the individual student and the country which they will be visiting.
STUDENT TEACHING CLEARANCES
Students must be cleared by the Student Health Center to participate in their professional semester/student teaching assignment. The Student Teaching Office sends us a list of student teaching candidates prior to every semester. Students on these lists are notified several months in advance by our office of the steps they need to take to complete the process and be cleared medically for student teaching. These steps usually include the gathering of information that is missing from their Student Health Center record. The missing information may include a current, satisfactory pre-enrollment health report performed by their personal medical provider, all necessary immunization information, tuberculosis screening, and health history information. Once this information is received and determined to be acceptable, the Office for Student Teaching is notified that the candidate is cleared to participate in student teaching.
