COVID-19 Resources

Face coverings are optional indoors on campus regardless of vaccination status.

Six foot social distancing is no longer required on campus, as supported by high vaccination rates among employees and students, favorable public health indicators and/or mandates.

The student and employee lounges are open for usage. You may use refrigerators on campus, but may not return food, drinks, or lunch bags to the refrigerator once opened. Covered beverage containers are encouraged.

Faculty and staff are back on campus to service students in person.

Visitors are allowed on campus, but the same protocols exist as for students and employees.

We ask that students and employees continue to wipe down areas of usage (i.e. student desks) after each use. Antibacterial wipes will be provided.

The updated guidance from the CDC website (5-11-23) should guide your decisions:

• People who are infected but asymptomatic or people with mild COVID-19 should isolate through at least day 5 (day 0 is the day symptoms appeared or the date the specimen was collected for the positive test for people who are asymptomatic). They should wear a mask through day 10. A test-based strategy may be used to remove a mask sooner.
• People with moderate or severe COVID-19 should isolate through at least day 10. Those with severe COVID-19 may remain infectious beyond 10 days and may need to extend isolation for up to 20 days.
• People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised should isolate through at least day 20. Use of serial testing and consultation with an infectious disease specialist is recommended in these patients prior to ending isolation.

Recommendations for ending isolation with mild SARS-COV-2 infection:

• Isolation can be discontinued at least 5 days after symptom onset (day 0 is the day symptoms appeared, and day 1 is the next full day thereafter) if fever has resolved for at least 24 hours (without taking fever-reducing medications) and other symptoms are improving.
• Loss of taste and smell may persist for weeks or months after recovery and need not delay the end of isolation​.
• A high-quality mask should be worn around others at home and in public through day 10. A test-based strategy may be used to remove a mask sooner.
• If symptoms recur or worsen, the isolation period should restart at day 0.

The College's vaccination requirement is listed in Policy 02:27:00 COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements