Protect yourself and others by getting a flu shot

From: Hokie Wellness

Fall is the time when respiratory illnesses, like flu, begin to spread. To protect yourself and others this fall and winter, follow these public health guidelines and get a flu shot!

Hokie Wellness is offering flu shot clinics, which all employees, undergraduates, and graduate students are able to attend. Family members and dependents covered under an employee’s Virginia Tech health plan may also attend the clinics. Employees may get their flu shot during work hours; please work with your supervisor with regard to scheduling questions.

Flu shot clinics will be held Oct. 2 - 31. Injectable flu shots will be available. Registration is required for each person who will attend a clinic and may be found below. Please register using the links below, which contain location information and a consent form that will need to be completed before receiving the flu shot.

Clinic details

• Clinics dates: Oct. 2 – 31
• Clinic times: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. ** See the schedule for the Blacksburg campus below. Information about Roanoke and the Innovation Campus location and greater Washington, D.C., metro area clinics will be shared with those employees and students directly.
• All attendees will need to register for clinics.
• A drive-through clinic will be held Saturday, Oct. 21, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., outside the North End Center in the driveway. Registration is required for the drive-through clinic too.  

Blacksburg campus

• Steger Hall – Foyer of conference center, all clinics 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Dates: Oct. 2, 9, 30
  • Register here
• North End Center, all clinics 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • Oct. 4, 18, 25 - Room 2410
  • Oct. 21 – Drive-through clinic
  • Register here
• New Hall West – Downstairs training room
  • Oct. 16 – 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  • Register here

NOTES: 

A student flu shot clinic will be hosted by Schiffert Health Center on Oct. 11 in Owens Ballroom at Squires Student Center, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Eligibility

• Salaried, benefitted faculty and staff who are covered by state health insurance plans must show their insurance card to receive a free flu shot.
• Non-student wage employees must show their Hokie Passport in order to receive their free flu vaccination.
• Family members and dependents covered under an employee’s health plan are able to receive vaccines. All family members and dependents need to be registered to attend and must have proof of insurance coverage.
• Undergraduate and graduate students must also show an insurance card to receive a free vaccine.

Other ways to get a flu shot

If you are unable to make it to a Hokie Wellness clinic, flu shots are also available at most local pharmacies and through health care providers.

State health plan members may get a free flu vaccine at pharmacies participating in their health plan’s network. 

• COVA Care, COVA HDHP, and COVA HealthAware members also may receive flu shots at no cost from network physicians’ offices and other participating providers.  
• Kaiser Permanente HMO members must go to a participating Kaiser medical center. 

Contact your health plan provider if you have questions about your benefits or for information on receiving flu vaccines from non-network providers or pharmacies. If you plan to get your flu vaccine at a pharmacy, be sure to call ahead to confirm the pharmacy is participating in the program and that shots are available. An appointment may be required.  

For questions

• About Hokie Wellness clinics, contact Hokie Wellness at hokiewellness@vt.edu or 540-231-8878.
• About flu shots and your medical plan, contact your plan provider.
• From students, contact Schiffert Health Center at health@vt.edu or 540-231-6444.
• Visit Virginia Tech’s Public Health Information site for information about common communicable illnesses such as the flu, COVID-19, RSV, and others.