Dear Allegheny College Campus Community,
I am writing with updates on the pandemic response on our campus. I am thrilled to tell you that we have noted a significant decrease in the number of College community members testing positive for COVID-19 as well as a drop in the COVID-19 rates in the surrounding areas. Therefore, we will be relaxing our testing requirements for vaccinated community members.
Testing update:
- Vaccinated community members are required to test every other week.
- If you tested last week, you do not need to test this week. That said, around 400 vaccinated community members did not test last week and are therefore required to do so this week. You can sign up for a testing appointment here. See you this week at Wise!
- Vaccine-exempt persons are still required to test twice weekly at the Wise Center. This will protect them from unknowingly contracting COVID and will protect our community as a whole.
- If you feel ill, don’t hesitate to walk into the Wise Center for a rapid COVID-19 test or email healthagency@allegheny.edu. You can find Wise testing center hours here.
Allegheny College campus COVID-19 testing update for the last seven days:
- Three students tested positive (all vaccinated), one is at home and two are at Quality Inn, all resting comfortably.
- No employees tested positive.
- Our positivity rate is 0.18%.
Masking update:
- We continue to require masks for vaccine-exempt persons on campus at all times.
- There is no mask mandate for vaccinated community members. Those who wish to mask are encouraged to do so.
Gator strong. Gator safe.
Dr. Morrow