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, get a flu shot.

Hokie Wellness is offering flu shot clinics, which all employees, undergraduate students, 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. 

Injectable flu shots will be available. Registration is required for each person who will attend a clinic, including covered family members and dependents. Use the registration links below, which contain location information and a consent form that will need to be completed before receiving the flu shot.

Blacksburg campus clinics

Clinics will be held Oct. 3 – 31 from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Flu and COVID-19 shot clinics will be held at various locations in Blacksburg including the North End Center, Steger Hall, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the Sterrett Center on Sterrett Drive, and New Hall West. Registration is required; clinic location, including the drive-through clinic, time, and vaccine choice may be selected when registering.  

Additionally, a drive-through clinic will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., outside the North End Center in the driveway. Registration is required for the drive-through clinic. The clinic is weather dependent.

Note: A student flu shot clinic will be hosted by Schiffert Health Center on Friday, Oct. 4, in the Multipurpose Room at the Graduate Life Center, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome.

D.C. Metro area clinics 

Flu shot clinics will be held on the following dates at D.C. area locations. Registration is required. 

Roanoke campus clinics

Flu shot clinics will be held on the following dates for the Roanoke campus. Registration is required.

Eligibility

• Salaried, benefited faculty and staff who are covered by state health insurance plans must show their insurance card to receive free flu shots.
• Non-student wage employees must show their Hokie Passport to receive their free vaccination.
  
• Family members and dependents covered under an employee’s health plan may receive vaccines. All family members and dependents must 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 flu shots

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 free flu vaccines 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. 
• Sentara Health Plans HMO members must go to a participating Sentara 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 more information

• For questions about Hokie Wellness clinics, contact Hokie Wellness at hokiewellness@vt.edu or 540-231-8878.
• For questions about flu shots and your health plan, contact your plan provider.
• For questions 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.