The Student Health Center is committed to providing quality medical care for illnesses/injuries accurate health education information so that students can make informed choices regarding their health care and behavior alternatives as applicable. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the Center's convenient location and reasonable charges. "Health Care for the Student Body" is more than just a slogan, it is indicative of the Center's interest and concern for students and their futures.

Emergency Notification
In case of campus emergencies, the University uses an emergency notification text messaging system. For information on how students can sign up for e2campus and add parent’s cell phone numbers, see https://e2campus.uccs.edu/

Parents are also encouraged to sign up for the Parent e-mail listserv. Parent messages are sent throughout the academic year, to let you know about new items on the UCCS Parent Web site: http://www.uccs.edu/parents/

Police services are provided by the Department of Public Safety at UCCS and residents should promptly report to the Department of Public Safety, x3111, and the Office of Residence Life and Housing any incident of theft, vandalism, or unsafe conditions.  Whenever possible, the resident should furnish a detailed description of the offender, time and date, make and color of the car, license plate number, etc.  Call 911 in case of an emergency or to report criminal activity. An emergency is defined as any immediate threat to life or property.  Incidents that are not life-threatening or criminal in nature, but require assistance from a Residence Life staff member, call the on-duty cell phone.
The university has a policy regarding the use of this text messaging service for EMERGENCIES ONLY.  To sign up for text messaging go to the public safety webpage Routine, non-emergency or non-urgent events such as an early morning winter weather delay or closure which are well-broadcasted by news media in time for notification to the UCCS community will not be text messaged.