The Fresno State Student Health and Counseling Center (SHCC) sits year-round with open doors on the corner of Shaw and Barton Avenues, offering an array of services to students at no additional cost to the Mandatory Health Fee of $226 per-year, which students pay in their tuition.
This could mean that, according to some standards of “girl math,” most services provided at the SHCC are “free.”
The SHCC offers services from routine physical exams to dermatology appointments, and scheduling is as simple as clicking a button on the SHCC website.
Here’s a breakdown of every mental and physical health service that students have access to on campus, just steps away from that pesky 9 a.m. class. 
Medical services
- Diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury.
- Immunizations, tuberculosis testing and flu shots.
- First aid care.
- Medical exams.
- Physical therapy.
- Dermatology.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) testing and treatment.
- Birth control consultations, methods and prescriptions.
- Gender affirming care (hormone replacement therapy).
- Medical abortions.
- Minor procedures.
- On-site X-ray, laboratory and pharmacy services.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Individual counseling.
- Group counseling.
- Crisis intervention.
- Psychiatry services.
- After-hours counseling.
- Referral counseling (Let’s Talk).
Wellness services
- Nutrition consultations.
- Confidential survivor advocacy support and advice (sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking).
- Mental Health Screening Day.
- Wellness Wednesday.
- WATCHDOG safety summit (CPR).
- Wellness Retreat.
- Keeping it Sexually Safer (KISS) program.
- Bulldogs for Recovery.
- Parent Scholar Initiative.
- e-Check up to Go (alcohol and cannabis online educational modules).
- Wellness on Demand presentations (classrooms and health education programs).
- Outdoor fitness court (outside of North Gym).
- Student Recreation Center.
- Wellness to-go vending machine in Resnick Student Union.
Though services at the SHCC are ready to be provided by the bucketful, a staggering number of students do not make use of its potential. In 2024, 403 students took a poll at a SHCC open house, and a stark 54% of them had never visited the facility before.
Janell Morillo, associate vice president of Student Health, Counseling and Wellness, hopes that this statistic will change.
“I think that it would just be wonderful for students to realize that they are paying for this service,” Morillo said. “They really should take advantage of that.”
Morillo explained that out of all the neglected areas in the SHCC, the pharmacy takes the cake for the least used, but is one of the most plentiful.
“We sell over 300 over-the-counter medications, we can fill any prescription and everything is at a very low cost,” she said.
Morillo explained that the SHCC is an indispensable part of a student’s educational journey by supporting all facets of their health, and in turn, supporting the production of a strong GPA.
“We have a saying here that [says], ‘if you don’t feel well, you’re not going to do well in the classroom,’” she said.
During the fall and spring semesters, the SHCC is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and during the summer from 7 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
