The College offers many services to assist students in their academic progress and promote their personal growth.

College Store

The College Store is located on the first floor of the Campus Center. It offers new and used textbooks and materials for all courses, supplementary reading materials, and a book buy-back service. The College Store also offers a full line of supplies, such as toiletries, stationery, gifts, and clothing. Students can reserve textbooks, view store hours, and obtain general information about products sold at the store by visiting http://sjfc.bncollege.com.

Early Learning Center

On-campus early learning facilities are available for children of Fisher students, faculty, and staff. Limited community enrollment is available. The Center is a fully licensed child-care provider, offering a preschool program for children age 18 months through 5 years old. Additionally, the Center offers a before- and after-school program for school-age children through third grade. Both full-time and part-time enrollment is available. For more information, contact the director of the Early Learning Center at (585) 385-8327.

Dining Services

Lackmann Culinary Services is contracted by the College and offers several options for dining on campus. All venues accept meal plans, Cardinal Cash, cash, and major credit cards. Special dietary needs are accommodated by contacting the Dining Services Director. Current hours of operation, menus, and calendars are posted on the Dining Services website: https://www.sjfc.edu/student-life/dining-services/.

Meal plan participants present their ID cards for each meal transaction. All resident students must participate in a meal plan. In addition, commuter students have the option of purchasing a commuter meal plan.

Commuter students, faculty, and staff may use cash, credit cards, or utilize our Cardinal Cash declining balance option.

Meal plans and Cardinal Cash are nontransferable.

Lackmann Dining Facilities:

Ward-Haffey Dining Hall

Open 7 days a week offering dine-in “all-you-care –to-eat” meals. Several stations include soup/salad, Oriental stir-fry, pasta and pizza, hot entrees, deli and desserts.

Murphy Dining Hall

Open 5 days a week offering dine-in “all-you-care-to-eat” breakfast and dinner.

Cyber Café

This trendy café, located in the Golisano Gateway, is a great place to grab a quick bite during a break from class or on your way. The café offers Starbucks coffees, fresh baked pastries, hot breakfast sandwiches, Grab & Go salads and sandwiches, soups, snacks, and who can forget the tempting desserts!

Cardinal Café

Located in Michaelhouse, the Cardinal Café offers a variety of Grab & Go foods with healthy eating in mind, paninis, smoothies, and fresh baked goods to compliment Starbucks Coffees.

Fishbowl

This diner-style menu offers the perfect place to hang out with friends and enjoy a burger, fries, milkshake, or sandwich. The Fishbowl, located in Michaelhouse, is a student fave for late night study breaks!

Pioch Commons Café

The Pioch Commons Café offers a convenient Grab & Go location featuring Finger Lakes Coffees, and favorites from Cyber and Cardinal Cafés.

Print Center

The Print Center is an on-campus full services printing, duplication and finishing center located in Kearney Hall. Part of the Auxiliary Services department, the Print Center offers both black and full color printing and copying with the ability to scan to electronic file formats. Some of the finishing services available are binding (comb and tape), laminating, cutting and gluing. Templates, setup services and photo printing are available on a limited basis. Orders can be placed at the Print Center window or website.

Website: https://www.sjfc.edu/services/print-center/
Email: printcenter@sjfc.edu
Phone: (585) 385-8130

Campus Mailroom

Campus Mailroom is located in the lower level of Haffey Hall and coordinates all campus mail and packages for all resident students. For more information, please contact us at (585) 385-8300 or email campusmailroom@sjfc.edu.

All student accounts must be settled by the date established by the College each semester. An account is considered settled when it reflects a credit or zero balance. This can be achieved by any combination of the following:

• Establishing adequate financial aid
• Setting up a payment plan
• Paying the balance in full
• Submitting the Payment/Reimbursement from Employer Plan (PREP) form
• Arranging for direct billing to your employer

More information about these options can be found online at: https://www.sjfc.edu/student-life/student-accounts/. Students will receive a financial aid deferment of the amount they are borrowing once their loan approvals are received by the Financial Aid Office.

Students whose bills are not settled may not be allowed to drop or add classes, move into residence halls, participate in College-sponsored activities, obtain an email account or ID card, use the library, access their meal plan account, access the Athletic Center, or work or park on campus. Additional restrictions may also be imposed.

The College reserves the right to transfer past due accounts to an external collection agency when internal efforts have been exhausted. Collection costs and other legal fees incurred will be billed to the student account and become the responsibility of the student.

Penalties

The College reserves the right to deny admission or registration to any person who has not paid in full all outstanding financial obligations to the College. The College may, at its sole discretion:

• Refuse to admit or register the student
• Cancel the student’s registration
• Bar the student from attending class
• Remove the student from residence housing
• Withhold the student’s transcripts and diploma

Payment Plan

St. John Fisher College allows students to finance their balance over the course of the semester. Students/families that choose to establish a payment plan must enroll online and set up automatic deductions from a checking account or savings account, There is a $40 enrollment fee per semester.

Payment/Reimbursement from Employer Plan (PREP)

The Payment/Reimbursement from Employer Plan, or PREP, enables students to defer the amount of tuition and fees that their employer indicates it will pay. Students who qualify to use PREP to defer their tuition will not be required to submit payment until the semester has ended and grade reports are available. PREP is only available to students who are in good financial standing with the College and who receive payment of their tuition from their employers.

If Student Accounts does not receive payment for the balance in full by the deadline, a late fee of $200 will be assessed. St. John Fisher College reserves the right to rescind or refuse this payment option if the College is notified that the student is no longer eligible to receive tuition benefits. Failure to earn a required minimum grade in order to receive payment from an employer and/or withdrawal from a class does not excuse the student from being charged all applicable tuition and fees for that semester.

Direct Billing to Your Employer

Your balance may be deferred if your employer will pay the College in full upon receipt of a bill. To obtain this deferment, submit a letter from your employer stating this, and a bill will be generated directly to your employer for payment.

Forms

Further details and downloadable forms can be found at https://www.sjfc.edu/student-life/student-accounts/. For more information, please contact Student Accounts by phone at (585) 385-8061 or by email at studentaccounts@sjfc.edu.

Refund of Overpayment on Student Account

An overpayment refund is processed only when there is an actual credit balance on a student account. If the application of loans, scholarships, grants, or any other payment creates a credit balance, a refund will be generated. Students will be notified by email that a refund has been generated and will be informed of when and where it will be available.

The Media Center has a full-color television studio, sound recording facilities, and film production and editing facilities, as well as a complete range of the standard equipment used for audiovisual support and production.

The Veterans Affairs Certifying Official, located in the Registrar’s Office, Kearney 201, provides students with information and assistance relating to veterans’ benefits and concerns. The Certifying Official may be contacted by phone at (585) 385-8031.

For information on educational benefits and eligibility, visit the VA online at: benefits.va.gov/gibill/ or call 1 (800) 442-4551.

The Charles J. Lavery Library meets the information needs of 21st-century students. A blend of traditional and electronic resources covering a broad range of subjects is available to the Fisher community. The library’s print collection is complemented by an extensive offering of online scholarly resources available at: www.sjfc.edu/library.

Information resources include 300,000 volumes and access to approximately 40,000 print and electronic periodical titles.

The library provides a variety of study venues. Individual and group study areas, a computer lab, and a floor designated for quiet study make the library a popular spot on campus for research, meetings, and instruction. It is also a great place to relax with comfortable furniture; popular books, magazines, and DVDs; and well-stocked vending machines.

Research Assistance

Professional librarians welcome students to the library Help Desk during day and evening hours. There is also a 24/7 online chat reference service. Our librarians are information specialists committed to the academic success of all students. Individual research guidance is available by appointment.

Learning Commons

The Learning Commons supports student learning, research, and use of technology. This state-of-the-art facility enables students to conduct research and produce projects in one location, steps away from a Help Desk staffed by technology students and Librarians. In the Learning Commons, students have access to 36 PC workstations, 5 Macintosh multimedia workstations, and 3 group workstations. Throughout the library there are 38 additional PC workstations as well as Wi-Fi. Students may also borrow laptops at the Information and Checkout Desk for short-term use in the library.

Curriculum Center

Geared toward educators and pre-service educators at all levels, the Curriculum Center occupies 1,250 square feet on the Lower Level of Lavery Library. The Center simulates the typical K-12 school library, and offers a range of fiction, non-fiction, school textbooks, and lesson-planning resources all aligned with NYS Standards. Ample work space, combined with ready access to materials and the professional assistance of the Education Librarian, provides an ideal environment for project and lesson development.

Instruction

Librarians welcome opportunities for instructing groups or individuals and offer current instruction in the use of all types of information sources. Classes in information literacy are taught in all subject areas using hands-on techniques and active learning.

Interlibrary Services

Lavery Library Interlibrary Loan is a free service provided to the Fisher community. The library is a member of the Rochester Regional Library Council, which represents a collection of more than 3,400,000 titles, as well as the IDS Project, which represents the collections of over 65 academic libraries in New York State. Lavery Library works within these two associations to swiftly provide quality resources not owned by this library. Lavery Library’s Interlibrary Loan service also extends beyond the region to obtain resources from national and international libraries.

The Health and Wellness Center is located on the first floor of the Wegmans School of Nursing building in Suite 107, and is open during the academic year Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

The Health and Wellness Center provides compassionate, high-quality medical and mental health services, and wellness education to students. In promoting wellness, we also serve as a health and medical resource for the campus community.

Services available at the Health and Wellness Center include visits for illness; women’s health; men’s health; counseling services; STD testing; laboratory services; annual health updates for athletics, nursing students and pharmacy students; and prescription delivery from a local Wegmans pharmacy. Over 3,000 student health visits take place each academic year.

Appointments

Appointments are highly encouraged, with walk-in appointments sometimes available. Please schedule your appointment online or call (585) 385-8280. Appointments usually can be made for the same day. Remember to bring your St. John Fisher College ID card and health insurance card each time you are seen in the Health and Wellness Center. Visits to the Health and Wellness Center are confidential.

Emergencies

If there is an on-campus emergency, students should contact Security at (585) 385-8111. For off-campus emergencies, students should call 911.

Medical Excuses

The Health and Wellness Center does not provide medical excuses for classes missed due to temporary illnesses. Students who will be absent from classes for three days or more due to extenuating circumstances such as illness or family emergency should contact the Center for Academic Advising and Support Services at (585) 385-8034 for an official notification to be sent to the student’s instructors. The student should follow up with his/her instructors as soon as possible.

Charges and Student Health Insurance

St. John Fisher College strongly encourages all students to maintain adequate health insurance coverage at all times. The College offers a student health insurance plan with basic health care coverage. Information about the plan is available online. Health insurance coverage may be also available for New York state residents through nystateofhealth.gov.

There is a charge for office visits with the Health and Wellness Center professional health care providers. We accept health insurance and bill your health insurance company directly for services covered by your plan. We do not bill you for those services—only the insurance carrier. Because all students pay a comprehensive fee that supports the basic operations of the Health and Wellness Center as part of their regular college charges, we do not charge a co-payment for services. All students with a lapse in health insurance coverage will be charged $25 to their student account for each medical visit to the Health and Wellness Center. Students with financial hardship can request this fee be waived. Medical hardship status is granted on a case-by-case basis.

Fees for any lab tests are billed by the laboratory company. Students who need treatment or services beyond what we provide are referred to outside specialists or hospitals. Your insurance plan may cover all, part, or none of these costs. Students or their parents are responsible for all costs incurred outside the Health and Wellness Center.

Students need to bring their Fisher ID card and a copy of their health insurance card to each visit to the Health and Wellness Center.

Mandatory Health Requirements

New York State Public Health law requires post-secondary students enrolled in six or more credit hours in colleges within New York State to provide proof of immunity against measles, mumps, and rubella and to complete and sign a Meningitis Response form indicating whether they have had the meningitis vaccine or have made a decision not to have it. Students born prior to January 1, 1957 still need to complete and sign the Meningitis Response form but are exempt from the measles, mumps, and rubella requirements except for students enrolled in programs requiring clinical rotations in a healthcare facility (e.g., nursing, pharmacy, and mental health students).

If a student fails to submit the required proof of immunizations within 30 days after the start of classes, he or she will be withdrawn from classes until proof of immunity is submitted. A fee of $300 will be assessed for reinstatement to classes. In addition to measles, mumps, and rubella immunizations, the American College Health Association strongly RECOMMENDS that students entering college be vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria, polio, varicella (chickenpox), hepatitis B, and meningitis.

To ensure the Health and Wellness Center provides the best possible health care services, and all students meet NYS Public Health Law requirements, all incoming students should complete and return the required health history, physical, and immunization information.