Check Up Before Checking In

An important step in the college preparation process is protecting one’s health, says USU physician Jim Davis. Before coming to campus students should check with their doctors to ensure immunizations are up-to-date. Recommended vaccines include measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); chickenpox; hepatitis B, meningococcal and the new tetanus, diptheria, pertussis combo.

Jim Davis is the Utah State University physician and director of USU’s Student Health and Wellness Center. The center serves as the primary care clinic for USU students and provides a variety of educational and awareness programs in alcohol, tobacco and substance abuse, healthy relationships, sexual assault and rape prevention, nutrition, peer pressure and safe recreational practices. For more information call 435-797-1660 or visit the center’s Web site.