Health Services
Peace offers a wide variety of health services within its Wellness Center in Joyner House. Our experienced staff members provide routine treatment for minor illnesses and injuries and health education in various forms. Routine exams and care on campus is free to all full-time residential students; other students can be seen for a small fee.
OFFERINGS
- Treatment of minor illnesses
- Comprehensive Physical Exams
- Over-the-counter medications
- Flu Clinic
- Strep testing, mono testing, urinalysis, glucose testing and pregnancy tests
- Nutrition advice and weight monitoring
- Confidential and Free STD testing
Email Health Services: healthservices@peace.edu
Call: 919-508-2502
NOTE: All medical records of services received in the Wellness Center are confidential and maintained separately from your student and academic records. Student medical information may not be released without written authorization or if required by law.
Counseling
The Wellness Center in Joyner House provides short-term, professional counseling to students coping with the challenges of college life. This includes support with everyday problems like stress management, or more serious problems such as depression or anxiety. Counseling services are free to all traditional undergraduate students.
OFFERINGS
- Individual, short-term counseling
- Group counseling
- Crisis intervention
- Referrals to off-campus professionals as requested or needed
- Outreach programming
ULifeline is an anonymous online resource to learn more about your thoughts and feelings, and to reach out for help if necessary. Visit ULifeline.org to take a confidential screening, to research mental health conditions or to locate resources at William Peace University.
Email Counseling Services: counseling@peace.edu
Call: 919-508-2502
TimelyCare
William Peace University students have FREE*, 24/7 access to virtual care services with TimelyCare — the virtual health and well-being platform from TimelyCare, designed for college students. *Students are charged a one-time fee upon enrollment and then have unlimited access to TimelyCare throughout the year.
Students do not need insurance to access TimelyCare services.
Download the app in the Google Play or Apple app store. As part of Peace's partnership with TimelyCare, students have access to services including:
- MedicalNow: On-demand support for common health issues, including cold, flu, and allergies.
- TalkNow: 24/7, on-demand emotional support to talk about anything, including anxiety, relationships, depression, and school-related stressors.
- Scheduled Medical: Choose the day, time, and medical provider that best works for you.
- Scheduled counseling: Choose the mental health provider that best works for you (12 visits per year).
- Health Coaching: Develop healthy lifestyle behaviors, including nutrition, sleep habits, time management, and mindfulness.
- Psychiatry: Appointments are available through referrals.
- Self-Care Content: Visit the “Explore” page within TimelyCare for guided self-care content, including yoga and meditation sessions, as well as group conversations with our providers on a variety of health and well-being topics.
Students have access to TimelyCare services 365 days a year.
That means you have access during breaks, after-hours, and any time you need support! Visit timelycare.com/WPUwellness to get started or scan the QR code.
Health Insurance
Peace requires that all full-time day students have health insurance.
If you have your own health insurance:
- Consolidated Health Plans/Wellfleet will send you an email when the waiver portal opens. As soon as you receive the email, please click on the link and complete the required information to waive the Peace Insurance. The student assistance number for AIG is 888-722-1668.
- Simply visit the “Enroll/Waive” section of the Wellfleet webpage.
- The deadline to waive health Insurance will be found in the upper left-hand corner under “Alerts” on the Wellfleet main page. All full-time day students in the fall semester have the option to waive their health insurance in the fall semester. Only new full-time day students in the spring semester will have the option to waive their health insurance during the spring semester.
CLICK HERE TO WAIVE YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE
If you do not have your own health insurance:
- You will not complete the waiver, and you will automatically be enrolled in the student insurance plan.
- The Policy on file with the University becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on August 1 and terminates at 11:59 p.m. on July 31.
- For specific questions, contact Student Accounts at studentaccounts@peace.edu.
For additional information/details regarding the insurance plan and coverage, Visit Wellfleet.
The Importance of Mental Health Awareness
Now, more than ever, it is important to be mindful of our mental wellness. Peace cares about you, so we are sharing tools and resources that may be helpful to cope and thrive during times of uncertainty. The following tips are from Mental Health America.
We are all in this together.
- Online screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Don’t want to talk to one of our Peace counselors? Try this anonymous mental health screening.
- Call 988 – The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free, confidential support for people in distress and prevention and crisis resources for you and your loved ones. The number is 988 or you can call 1-800-273-8255.
- That discomfort you’re feeling is grief. Read this article from the Harvard Business Review.
- Find more resources from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
