Wellness
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
Helping cadets establish physical fitness as a lifelong habit is a goal of the Corps of Cadets. All cadets participate in a physical fitness routine.
The ROTC programs have their own physical fitness standards that all participating cadets must meet to continue in their programs. Cadets will have more than one opportunity to pass their physical fitness tests during their first semester. Consistent physical fitness test failures can result in loss of an ROTC scholarship or disenrollment from the ROTC program.
Citizen-Leader Track cadets will be expected to meet physical fitness standards by their junior year.
TRAINING FACILITIES
The corps has an obstacle course and rappel tower on campus, as well as an indoor and outdoor workout area on Upper Quad, in addition to the university's exercise facilities and Recreations Sports programs.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Virginia Tech’s Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, by appointment, provide sessions one-on-one with an upper-level nutrition student for free. A counselor can assess a cadet's current habits and help them reach their nutrition and health goals.
SCHIFFERT HEALTH CENTER
Schiffert Health Center is Virginia Tech’s on-campus health care center. The student health fee, included in each year’s tuition, covers the majority of its services — unlimited visits and most laboratory procedures.
COOK COUNSELING CENTER
Cook Counseling Center is available to provide all students with mental health services. It offers short-term individual, couple, and group counseling for any concerns that your student might have, such as stress, depression, anxiety, academic motivation, and relationship problems.
Cook Counseling Center can provide crisis consultations for currently enrolled students who have an urgent concern during weekday business hours in their Gilbert St. Office (close to the Upper Quad residence halls).
Residential students can be seen for crisis consultation in their 107 East Eggleston office. See their website for their Emergency Support hours.
Cook Counseling’s Emergency Support page also provides lists of local crisis & support, state/national crisis & support, and international crisis & support resources.
Confidentiality in the counseling relationship is protected in the Commonwealth of Virginia and this prevents the counseling staff from discussing your student’s counseling without written permission from your student.
As parents of Virginia Tech students, you can contact Cook Counseling Center if you have concerns about your student, want the center to be aware of something concerning your student, or have questions about their services and how to access them.
However, counselors cannot confirm if your student has been seen at the center nor initiate contact with your student.
It is also appropriate for you to reach out to your cadet’s deputy commandant or senior enlisted advisor if you want the Corps to be aware of something concerning your cadet.
If you are concerned about yourself or someone else needing emergency mental health care, please call 988 or go to the nearest ER.