Meningitis ACWY vaccine
- Pennsylvania law requires all college students living in campus housing in Pennsylvania to have a Meningococcal Vaccination or sign a waiver.
- If your meningitis vaccine dose was before your sixteenth birthday, the CDC recommends that you get a second dose prior to arriving at school, especially if you will be living on campus
Recommended Immunizations
- Diphtheria
- Hepatitis B: series of 3 vaccines
- HPV Vaccination: 3 doses
- Influenza Vaccination (Flu Shot): recommended annually
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella: two doses of live MMR administered on or after the first birthday (students born before 1957 are exempt)
- Pertussis (Tdap)
- Serogroup B Meningococcal (MenB)
- Tetanus: Original series, plus booster within 10 years
- Chicken Pox: two doses of live varicella vaccine or physician documented history of the illness
*You do not need to submit vaccination status to Shippensburg University except Meningoccocal. Please submit this through the Slate Admissions portal. It is important to have records of all other vaccinations nearby in case they are needed.