Student Services
Bay Mills Community College provides a number of student services designed to assist students to succeed in a college environment. The student services staff is available to assist students in achieving their academic and career goals, and personal/cultural development.
Student Services has access to a number of programs and agencies, which can assist students attending BMCC.
Student Council
The Student Council at BMCC may consist of full and part-time students, with the exception of BMCC employees. Student Council officers include a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and sergeant-at-arms. Officers are elected from the student body-at-large at the beginning of the fall semester each academic year. The Student Council President also represents the students as an ex-officio member of the BMCC Board of Regents.
The Student Council provides BMCC students the opportunity to participate in self-government. The objective of the Student Council is to teach its members, through active participation in college government, responsibilities and duties to their fellow students and to the college. The Student Council sponsors extracurricular activities and promotes student interest in the college as a whole. It fosters understanding among the faculty, students, and administration and can serve as a student representative when issues important to the student body need to be brought to the attention of the administration.
Bay Mills Indian Community Public Transportation Schedule
BMIC Public Transportation Schedule file
For the most up-to-date schedule please visit https://www.baymills.org/ and find the "Public Transportation Schedule" file under the Services menu.
Student Immunizations
Are vaccines required?
No. While vaccines are not mandatory, the College encourages everyone to get vaccinated.
** Students enrolled in Health Professions programs involving clinical placements are required to be vaccinated and show proof of current immunization records. Required vaccination status is based upon the requirement of clinical agencies and may be subject to change based upon the student's program. Students with questions regarding clinical requirements should contact their program director for additional information.
Flu Vaccine
Influenza vaccine is offered to students at a discounted cost beginning in September and continuing until the end of the fall semester. Updates will be posted on this website as more information becomes available. Influenza vaccine is recommended for college students at high risk for complications from the flu due to certain chronic illnesses.
Hepatitis B Vaccine
Hepatitis B is a serious infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus. It can be prevented by vaccination. Three injections are necessary to provide immunity and are given as follows: 1st dose, anytime; 2nd dose, 1-2 months after first dose; 3rd dose, 4-6 months after the second dose.
Completion of the 3-dose series of Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for all college students.
Meningitis Vaccine
Meningitis is an inflammation of the lining surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This condition can be caused by several different organisms such as bacteria and viruses. Because meningococcal meningitis can cause grave illness, and can be fatal, it requires early diagnosis and treatment. Studies have indicated that freshman college students, particularly those who live in residence halls, constitute a group at a modestly increased risk for meningococcal disease. This type of meningitis is preventable by vaccine.
One dose of meningococcal vaccine is recommended for college students at high risk, particularly those who are freshman and living in residence halls.
Tetanus & Diphtheria (Tdap) Vaccine
Tetanus (lockjaw) and diphtheria are serious diseases. Tetanus is caused by a germ that enters the body through a cut or wound. Tetanus causes serious, painful spasms of all muscles.
Diphtheria spreads when germs pass from an infected person to the nose or throat of others. Diphtheria causes a thick coating in the nose, throat or airway that can lead to breathing problems, heart failure, paralysis and death.
After a booster dose during early adolescence, usually around age 11, a Td booster is needed every 10 years, or as early as five years if you have a dirty wound.
One Tdap booster within the last 10 years is recommended for all college students.
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
Mumps is a viral infection of the salivary glands. People with mumps usually feel sick initially with nonspecific symptoms, such as headache, loss of appetite, and low grade fever. This is usually followed within 24 hours by swelling of the salivary glands, particularly the parotid glands in front of and just below the ears. Jaw and ear pain may be associated. As compared to children, adults diagnosed with mumps have more serious disease and more complications. Complications can include meningitis, orchitis, oophoritis, or mastitis (inflammation of the testicles, ovaries, or breasts), pancreatitis, and spontaneous abortion. There is no cure for mumps, only supportive treatment. Despite its potential to produce serious illness, the virus is rarely fatal.
Mumps is contagious. Transmission of the mumps virus occurs through direct contact with infected mucus or droplets from the nose and throat. It can be spread through kissing, sharing drinking or eating utensils, coughing, or sneezing. Because college communities tend to concentrate large numbers of persons in living, learning, and social environments, students in this population are at increased risk of acquiring the virus.
The best way to protect yourself from the mumps virus is through immunization. The American College Health Association and the Center for Disease Control now recommend that all college students have received two doses of MMR (Measles/Mumps/Rubella) vaccine or have evidence of immunity through natural disease. Two doses of MMR vaccine are recommended for all college students.
Varicella (chickenpox) Vaccine
Chickenpox is a common childhood disease characterized by fever, malaise, and an intensely itchy, blistery rash. Complications such as secondary skin and blood infections, encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), and pneumonia are more severe and more common in adolescents and adults.
A vaccine, Varivax, is available to prevent varicella infection.
Two doses of varicella vaccine are recommended for all college students who do not have a history of the disease.
Student Services can make a referral to several resources in our community to receive immunization.