Health Center

Health Center

Care if the Health Center is Closed

If you feel you have an emergency, and you are on-campus, call Campus Safety at 535-7911. If you are off-campus, call 911. For non-emergency issues, you may call the MultiCare Consulting Nurse Line at 253-403-7778.


253-535-7337

Health Center
121st St. & Park Ave. Tacoma, WA 98447

Office hours:

Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 5:00pm (closed for lunch: noon - 1:00pm)

Your Health Center

Our goal is to provide quality medical care in a supportive and confidential environment, and to educate and empower students to make healthy life choices.

All PLU students are eligible for our services.  Any student can be seen for the following:

  • illness
  • physical exams
  • birth control needs
  • emotional health

Insurance questions can seem complex, but our staff can assist. Call to find out when you can be seen. More about insurance.


Flu at PLU

PLU has been designated as a high priority site to receive the H1N1 immunization when available.  Check out the PLU pandemic website, updated when necessary with the most recent information, available at www.plu.edu/flu.






Information about pain relief medications

Don't take aspirin for fever.  Use ibuprofen (Advil), naproxen (Alleve)  or acetaminophen (Tylenol) instead to prevent Reye's Syndrome. Reye's Syndrome, a deadly disease, strikes swiftly and can attack any child, teen, or adult without warning. All body organs are affected, with the liver and brain suffering most seriously.

List of over the counter medications containing aspirin to avoid

H1N1 rap-NY Physician Jon Clark MD raps about H1N1 prevention.