Northland’s Health Center provides medical services to the students on campus. This facility furnishes nonprescription medication and first-aid supplies to treat minor illnesses or injuries. The Health Center is available to all students from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Registered nurses provide daily care for illness or injury as well as preventive health care. After office hours, an on-call nurse is available for phone consultation. Off-campus doctors’ appointments can be arranged through the university nursing staff. For serious illness or injury, the Health Center nurse will make arrangements for further treatment at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain, Michigan. The Health Center staff consists of two full-time, registered nurses, Mrs. Sandy Seely and Miss Jill Johnson, as well as two work study receptionists who help with scheduling appointments and receiving calls. Mrs. Seely, the director of the Health Center, is also a licensed EMT which is an added benefit to the Health Center due to the rural location of the school.
Not only does the staff of the Health Center desire to meet the physical needs of the students, but they also desire to meet the spiritual needs as well. Often, physical symptoms result from various responses to life’s problems. When students arrive at the Health Center with life-dominating issues, a door of opportunity opens for the nursing staff to assess each situation, to give advice, and to encourage the students in their personal walk with Christ. At times the Lord allows serious physical trials or tragedies to occur in the lives of the students. These difficult times are an avenue through which the Lord allows the Health Center staff to develop friendships with the students as they offer comfort and counsel. Students are often referred to the Student Life Office for further counseling in an effort to meet specific spiritual needs.
The Health Center’s mission statement is "to assist the faculty, staff, students, and visitors with health promotion, disease prevention, and health protection through assessment, education, communication, and discipleship opportunities." Mrs. Seely’s one-on-one interaction with her Emergency Response students reflects this mission statement as she trains these students to identify and care for the physical needs of others. The Health Center staff look forward to each opportunity they have to help the students take care of their bodies for the glory of God.