Vermont Health and Wellness Services
Middlebury Health and Wellness Resources
Middlebury’s Center for Health and Wellness provides a number of health and wellness services to Bread Loaf students including:
- 24/7 access to medical and mental telehealth through TimelyCare
- Acute care at Health Services
- Situational or short-term care at Counseling
- Health coaching with Health and Wellness Education
Students should bring medications, self-care supplies, and prescriptions necessary for the duration of the summer program. The Center for Health and Wellness cannot provide intensive counseling, surveillance of chronic health conditions, medication refills, or non-acute elective health care.
TimelyCare
Enrolled students have access to a remote care choice called TimelyCare. It provides 24/7 access to on-demand and scheduled medical and mental health care at no added cost to students. Additionally, the platform provides on-demand and live wellness classes. TimelyCare can be accessed via mobile app or desktop browsers at go.middlebury.edu/timelycare (select the single sign-on option and use your Middlebury email address and password to log in).
Health Services
Health Services can help students in navigating local and regional healthcare options and avoiding the expense of hospital emergency care for urgent or routine care. To make an appointment call the Nurse Triage Line at 802-443-3290 so we can assess how best to meet your healthcare needs.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:15 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Centeno House, main campus
After-hour health needs can be directed to TimelyCare. Urgent or emergent situations should be directed to Public Safety (802-443-5911) and/or Porter Hospital’s ExpressCare or Emergency Department.
Counseling
Middlebury’s Counseling office provides short-term counseling, crisis support, psychoeducational groups, consultation, and referrals to other mental health resources. Limited in-person counseling will be available on the Bread Loaf campus. To make an appointment or review resource options, call 802-443-5141 or email counseling@middlebury.edu.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:15 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Centeno House, main Middlebury campus
After-hours mental health support can be accessed through TimelyCare. Emergent situations should be directed to Public Safety (802-443-5911) and/or Porter Hospital’s Emergency Department.
The Bread Loaf campus also has a summer student support staff liaison who will be available to advise students, faculty, and staff who wish to access mental health, ADA, DEI, or Academic support services. She can be reached at alosano@middlebury.edu for in-person or Zoom appointments, and will be on the Bread Loaf campus once a week during the session.
Health and Wellness Education
Health coaching is available with professional health educators in Health and Wellness Education to support students as they set goals, name challenges, unearth values and strengths, and access intrinsic motivations to develop and sustain healthy behaviors and attitudes. Students can schedule up to two follow-up appointments with a health educator for a total of three coaching sessions per health issue. To schedule a health coaching appointment: go.middlebury.edu/askhwe.
Local Medical Resources
University of Vermont Health Porter Medical Center Express Care (for non-life-threatening injuries or illnesses)
115 Porter Drive, Middlebury; 802-388-5678
Hours: Monday–Friday 9 am-7 pm; Saturday 9 am–5 pm; Sunday 9 am–3 pm
University of Vermont Health Porter Medical Center Emergency Department
115 Porter Drive, Middlebury; 802-388-4701
Hours: 24/7