FAQ - Elizabethtown College

Campus buildings will have lowered capacities and will have additional signage with guidelines on access and procedures. Hand sanitizing stations will be accessible in all buildings along with markers for social distancing.

Commuter students and those students who live in off-campus housing are required to follow all regulations while on campus including but not limited to wearing face coverings, social distancing, and will need to complete the daily digital monitoring screening. We strongly encourage all students to limit travel, especially those residing in the community versus a campus residence. If commuter or off-campus housing students depart campus on the same day and return, they will be directed to complete a screening as would other students leaving campus for internships, work, etc.

Yes. The building will be open with adjusted hours. Students will also still have access to the fitness center, demonstration kitchen, group fitness classes, and the field house track. There will also be a limited number of intramural sports available. Some areas/features of the building will not immediately be available but may be offered in a phased approach as guidelines allow including the sleep pod, equipment rentals, and select fitness center areas containing multiple high-use pieces of equipment. View the Bowers Center reopening policies and procedures.

Masks will be required inside the building at all times. Increased cleaning will be enforced throughout the building. There will be a decreased building capacity to ensure social distancing. Guests will also be required to sign-up in advance for the use of the fitness center, demo kitchen, group fitness areas, etc. View the Bowers Center reopening policies and procedures.

All students, faculty, and staff are reminded to complete the required Daily Digital Health Report each day prior to arriving on campus. The College's Daily Digital Health Report is a short survey of several questions that will need to be completed each day by logging onto Jayweb (and click on the Health Monitoring tab) or by accessing the link through the LiveSafe app.

Students should make arrangements to modify the timelines of these experiences to fit the schedule of returning to campus after February 7. If an organization is unwilling to work with you on this timeline, please contact academicaffairs@etown.edu and an early move-in may be granted. Students will be required to produce a negative COVID-19 by a College approved provider prior to move-in.

For Spring 2021 semester return to campus testing, the College is partnering with Vault Health for student home testing, and Kroger Health as well as CSI for employee testing. For students needing testing during the semester due to having symptoms or being in close contact with someone who tested positive, the College is partnering with Vault Health.

All students who have chosen to learn on campus will be tested prior to the start of in-person class instruction. Students are being mailed at-home test kits and will have to receive negative results prior to moving back or beginning in-person classes. New this spring, Etown will conduct random surveillance testing* of students. Beginning during the week of Feb. 15, 10-percent of the student body who are living/learning/working on campus throughout the spring semester will be tested for COVID-19, with the exception of student teachers who will be tested at a weekly rate of 25-percent due to placements in area schools.

This is outside of the surveillance testing plans for student-athletes as those are informed by NCAA guidelines and will occur separately. These tests will be covered by the institution with the goal of mitigating the spread of the virus on campus.

*Students will be tested using a rapid Antigen BinaxNOW COVID-19 test from Abbott Laboratories. These tests have a sensitivity rate of 97.1% and a specificity rate of 98.5%.

Yes. Commuter students will follow the same Vault Health home testing procedure and check-in procedures as residential students during the February return-to-campus period.

Students or employees who have recovered from COVID-19 within the past 90 are exempted from the test but must submit proper medical documentation to the Student Health Department and/or Human Resources.

Students will be tested using a rapid Antigen BinaxNOW COVID-19 test conducted by Abbott Laboratories. These tests have a sensitivity rate of 97.1% and a specificity rate of 98.5%. The cost of the tests will be absorbed by the institution.

Testing will occur in the training room area of the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness, and Well-being. Hours for testing will be available morning, afternoon, and evening for student convenience.

Students who have been selected to test that week will be contacted on Monday afternoon to inform them of which day they will need to test as well as how to sign up online for a reservation. Students will need to show their Etown-issued ID card to take their test. Students will be under the supervision of a College employee while being administered the Abbott BinaxNOW test.

After testing, students will wait in the designated area inside the Bowers Center Fieldhouse until results are available about 20 minutes after testing. If results are negative, students may leave and continue their regular schedule. If results are positive, the on-site supervisor of the testing process will instruct students on the next steps and current isolation options.

The following is the proposed schedule for the Spring 2021 schedule. As always, our schedule is subject to change based on the evolving pandemic, and we will communicate any changes as soon as we are able.

For the Spring 2021 semester, we are delivering in-person education. Between Jan. 4 through 11, students will have the opportunity to submit an Exception Form to update arrangements to live off-campus and/or learn remotely. For example, if you are a commuter student, you’ll still be considered a commuter student and you will not need to update your status. If you are a student who chooses to learn remotely and live at home versus in-person instruction and living on campus, you will need to submit a form to update your preferences so we may prepare your schedule in advance. All students' preferences will be honored. More instructions will be provided closer to that timeframe.

Final exams will be scheduled between Saturday, May 8 through Wednesday, May 12. Please note, no final exams will be administered on Sunday, May 9.

Yes, even individuals who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 must continue to wear a mask, practice social distancing, and complete the Daily Digital Health Report.

Yes. Face masks or face coverings are required to be worn by all community members while in public spaces both indoors and outdoors. An exception will be made while eating, but social distancing should still be observed. Masks should be worn immediately after finishing your meal or when stepping away from the table.

All students, faculty, staff, and visitors must ensure their face-covering/disposable mask fits over the nose and under the chin. For example, a face shield (that does not go under the chin) without a mask is unacceptable. Gaiters are also unacceptable face coverings as the CDC has not yet determined their effectiveness.

For Spring Semester 2021 return to campus testing, the College is partnering with Vault Health for student home testing, and Kroger Health as well as CSI for employee testing. There will be an initial testing fee to students of no more than $89 placed on their student accounts. Students who experience hardship from this fee are encouraged to contact the College’s Financial Aid Office. Any further testing throughout the semester to identify and address the potential emergence of the infection early and avoid further spread through symptomatic and random testing will be funded by the College. For students needing testing during the semester due to having symptoms or being in close contact with someone who tested positive, the College is partnering with Vault Health. Students and employees are required to complete the Daily Digital Health Record to facilitate monitoring for potential symptoms.

Yes. All students and employees will participate in safety and health training to educate and familiarize themselves with new campus standards.

Any student testing positive for COVID-19 will not be publicly identified and the College will follow its FERPA and HIPAA requirements which guarantees privacy. With that said, notification of a positive test must be shared with local and state officials. Additionally, the campus community will be notified through the Dashboard of any reported positive cases on campus, and contact tracing will be promptly conducted. The College will only report positive cases that are self-identified. Identification suspected and reported by another individual is prohibited and will be met with swift and significant actions through our student conduct system or Human Resources office.

Prompt and efficient contact tracing is an essential public health activity to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The College has assembled a team of contact tracers who will be conducting the tracing process and each of them is certified through the Johns Hopkins University contact tracing program. When we learn that a student has tested positive for COVID-19, the College will follow the following procedure with that student:

Communicate with the student to offer support, share information about resources, and discuss Isolation procedures.
Make plans to stay in communication.
Work with the student who tested positive to develop a list of people who have had close contact on a regular basis (within six feet for a total of at least 15 minutes during a 24 hour time period) with the student since 48 hours before the student’s symptoms started (or two days prior to the positive specimen collection if the student who tested positive is not having symptoms).

Each person named on the contact list will receive communication via phone where we will follow the following procedure:

Identify ourselves and let the person know we are calling because they have been identified as someone who has had close contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
Let them know that the purpose of the call is to reduce the transmission/spread of COVID-19, explain confidentiality guidelines and clarify that the person is in a private location where they can talk.
Without naming or identifying the person who tested positive, we will share information about the date when the most recent contact occurred, how close contact is defined, and the requirement that contacts will quarantine for ten days, or seven days if they have a negative test at day five, from their most recent time of contact.
Explain Quarantine procedures.
We communicate with the student to offer support, share information about resources, and discuss Quarantine procedures.
We make plans to stay in communication.

Students who exhibit symptoms are directed to immediately tell Student Health to be assessed. If testing is indicated, students will quarantine at their home off-campus or in Royer Hall awaiting results. If the test result is positive, the student will be supported to begin isolation and the College will follow the contact tracing procedures described above. Students and employees are required to complete the Daily Digital Health Record to facilitate monitoring for potential symptoms. Current researchers estimate that the majority of people who get infected with the coronavirus are most contagious 1 to 2 days before they feel sick. This is the basis for the CDC’s current 48-hour window that we are using for contact tracing. We have also assembled a College team of contact tracers who will be conducting the tracing process for us, and each of them is certified through the Johns Hopkins University contact tracing program. Should faculty or staff report symptoms, they should not report to campus and should contact their healthcare provider.

All classroom schedules will have a minimum of 20 minutes built-in between classes in order for the room to be cleaned and surfaces to be wiped down.

The student will be placed in isolation either at their home residence with their guardians or in Royer Hall—if they need to remain on campus. Student Health will check in with the student and provide support on a regular basis, and they will be supplied with food and any other necessities needed. The student will remain in isolation until cleared by a medical professional. Additionally, any student testing positive for COVID-19 will not be publicly identified and the College will follow its FERPA and HIPAA requirements which guarantees privacy. With that said, notification of a positive test must be shared with local and state officials. Additionally, the campus community will be notified through the Dashboard of any reported positive cases on campus, and contact tracing will be promptly conducted. The College will only report positive cases that are self-identified. Identification suspected and reported by another individual is prohibited and will be met with swift and significant actions through our student conduct system or Human Resources office.

All students and employees will receive more cleaning protocols in our return-to-campus guides which will be shared this evening by email and on our website. In terms of the classroom buildings, rooms will have lowered capacities and there will be additional signage with guidelines on access and procedures. Hand sanitizing stations will be accessible in all buildings along with markers for social distancing. In addition, all classroom schedules will have a minimum of 20 minutes built-in between classes in order for the room to be cleaned and surfaces to be wiped down. For students in their residences, our Campus Services team will be increasing the cleaning protocols, however, it will be imperative that all students keep their living and work areas clean. This means wiping surfaces regularly, residential students taking out the trash and recycling, laundering clothing/linens, vacuuming/sweeping, and dusting. And, a reminder that deep cleaning is not the same as sanitizing.

All students, faculty, and staff are reminded to complete the required Daily Digital Health Report each day prior to arriving on campus. The College's Daily Digital Health Report is a short survey of several questions that will need to be completed each day by logging onto Jayweb (and click on the Health Monitoring tab) or by accessing the link through the LiveSafe app. Students who answer yes to at least one question will be contacted by Student Health staff to further discuss their symptoms and given health care recommendations. Students will wait in the room until they have this discussion with the Student Health staff.

All faculty members will be delivering courses primarily in one of four main ways:

Face-to-face - meeting on campus at the scheduled course time in a large enough space to ensure appropriate social distancing
Hybrid (HYBR) - Combination of Face-to-Face and remote instruction, the latter of which may be synchronous or asynchronous, often indicated when rooms are not large enough for the entire class to meet at the same time
Remote (RMTE) - Distance learning with synchronous component via Zoom during the scheduled class time
Online (ONLN) - Exclusively online and asynchronous

This is Myer Hall. There are two large spaces that have been converted to classroom spaces for this fall.

Most schedule adjustments have been completed and can be viewed by logging into JayWeb and viewing your Spring 2021 class schedule. Classes will be designated as Hybrid, Remote, or Online. There are very few true online courses. These were approved as online well before we began modifying the schedule to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hybrid courses are a combination of face-to-face (i.e., in a classroom) and remote instruction. Remote classes refer to distance that has a synchronous component. You will notice that both hybrid and remote courses still have class days and times listed on the schedule. Students need to be prepared to meet during these class times, either in a classroom space or in a virtual learning space.

Students needing assistance with technology for remote instruction should visit the Student Resources tab on the Etown ITS website for information and solutions on connecting remotely. Students can also submit an ITS help ticket and a member of the ITS staff will connect with you directly to answer your questions.

The library has a whole set of procedures that were put into operation this summer to provide continued services in a safe manner. These are available on the library's website and include limited access to the stacks of books and journals and reduced occupancy.

The College is using a combination of prevalence and containment metrics to regularly assess on-campus conditions and to make decisions about maintaining in-person instruction. A few of these metrics include:

Number and trend of infections on campus
Availability of quarantine and isolation facilities
Percentage of cases linked to known cases
Inventory levels of personal protective equipment
One of the most important metrics we’ll be monitoring is the level of student and employee compliance with the College’s Health & Safety Measures. Are people wearing masks, are they practicing social distancing, etc. These measures are our first line of defense against the virus and if they are adhered to will go a long way to ensuring a safe and healthy campus environment.

For first-years who will be living on campus, the College Store will be open Monday, Aug. 17 through Friday, Aug 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 23 from Noon to 4 p.m. for textbook pick up. If you are commuting, remote, or an upper-class student who ordered books from the College Store, please email them to make the necessary arrangements.

Students electing to learn remotely will not need to change their schedule.

For the safety and well-being of our faculty and students, we will reconfigure classrooms and other spaces on campus to provide appropriate social distances within these spaces. Although most instruction will continue to be in-person, some courses will intentionally be constructed to provide a vibrant remote learning experience to maintain social distancing regulations and reduce larger groups of students in our instructional spaces.

Elizabethtown College will accommodate students who must stay home due to an underlying health condition that may make them or a family member more susceptible. Students who need to study remotely should contact the Office of Student Health. If you are a student who would elect for remote learning if given the opportunity, please contact us. We are working on details to ensure our academic model is a good experience for everyone.

Student status is defined by their entry year and is NOT based on credits earned or expected graduation year. Students who are starting this Spring 2021 (including new transfer students) are 1st year/new students for determining return to campus. Students who started at Etown during the 2019-2020 year (fall '19 or spring '20) are 2nd year/sophomores for return to campus. Students who started at Etown during the 2018-2019 year (fall '18 or spring '19) are 3rd year/juniors for return to campus. Students who started at Etown during the 2017-2018 year (fall '17 or spring '18) AND Students who started earlier are 4th year/seniors or graduate students for determining return to campus.

Yes. The College will resume clinical/fieldwork/internships in accordance with best health and safety practices for the spring semester. All academic-related student assignments will be reviewed and approved.

Students are permitted to go home on the weekends, but we ask that you consider staying and taking advantage of the activities and events we have planned throughout the spring over the weekends. Minimizing travel is another way to keep our community safe. We highly encourage all students to stay on campus until they depart for Thanksgiving break as we want to mitigate as much potential exposure to the virus as we can.

Clubs and activities will still go on as planned as long as they follow the state and CDC health orders as well as the College’s guidelines. We will also be adding more weekend activities for students to encourage our community to stay on campus and refrain from traveling off-campus.

Movie nights on the Dell, Bob Ross outdoor paint nights, Bingo on Brinser Field, Price is Right on the Dell, GeoCache competitions, Outdoor Silent Disco, Comedians and Hypnotists, and more activities to be announced during the semester.

The College asks for your final decision no later than Feb. 19. This will give us enough time to adjust classroom spaces to uphold occupancies.

You will remain in your spring assignment. You will not be charged extra. You could be assigned a new roommate at any point throughout the semester as needed.

Students will remain in typical housing set-ups as they are accustomed. There will be social distance measures taken within the buildings including bathroom and laundry guidelines that will be shared with students.

The COVID-19 Taskforce examined interhall visitation extensively and made the decision to not permit it for the beginning of the semester. Administration along with the taskforce will review the situation following the first four weeks for students back on campus and announce any updates to interhall visitation in March. After a review of data for contacts of students who tested positive for COVID-19 during the fall semester, the largest source of contacts was in the residence halls (53.4%) compared to dining (6.8%) or any other activity. Our priority is the overall health and wellbeing of our campus community and, at this time, we feel this mitigation measure best protects all from potentially spreading the virus.

Students are strongly encouraged to remain on campus and should report any need to leave campus to their Residence Director.

No. The RA position is an on-campus job so you are not able to serve that position remotely.

Yes. Any student living on campus who tests positive for COVID-19 will be isolated in Royer Hall located on campus. Student Health will check-in with the student to ensure health, counseling, nutritional and academic needs are met.

Students will be isolated in their rooms; however, they are able to use the restroom on their floor at any time. In addition, each resident assistant will meet virtually with the students on their floor to determine how they want to handle showers to ensure everyone’s health and safety.

Our Dining Services team will deliver meals to each student’s door while in quarantine. They will receive a lunch delivery and a dinner delivery; dinner will include continental breakfast items for the next morning. The meal deliveries will continue until the student is out of quarantine.

Our resident assistants and peer mentors (for incoming first-year students) will be communicating with the students on their floor and in their FYS, respectively. This will happen via group chats so they can stay in touch, and virtual gatherings will be planned. We will work very hard to ensure that students feel connected even during the quarantine.

The Etown Dining Services team is committed to offering high-quality operations and students will have four location choices available to them. The Marketplace will operate with social distancing, with the KAV being a new option to have a custom grab-n-go meal prepared for you on demand. In addition, the Jayʻs Nest will feature pre-packaged grab-n-go options and the Jay Truck will offer comfort food both during meals and again on weekend late-nights. There will be modifications made in order to properly maintain safety and social distance guidelines. Instructions will be clearly communicated and labeled for all community members.

Surveillance testing is used to track patterns of spread of a disease/infection in a community setting. Typically, a percentage of the population, or the entire population of a defined group, is tested without regard to whether the individual is symptomatic or may be engaged in high contact risk behavior. Surveillance testing may be used to help mitigate the risk of an outbreak due to the sports activity.

The athletics department will fund all necessary surveillance testing. Any student-athlete who is presenting with symptoms would fall under the College’s COVID-19 policy and be routed through student health for follow up and necessary testing.

Student-athletes who elected to receive in-person instruction are eligible to participate. In addition, all student-athletes must complete all required NCAA and Athletic Department Compliance paperwork and have been medically cleared by our Athletic Trainer.

Follow College’s COVID-19 policy for a positive test.

View the NCAA sports classifications.

To provide maximum flexibility for conferences, institutions, and individual programs during the coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA has modified the rules with regard to countable athletic activity for Division III. These adjustments change from the standard “traditional” and “non-traditional” seasons, which were measured with defined “weeks” to a more flexible “day” model. Each NCAA DIII program has the ability to use a maximum of 114 days of countable athletic-related activity throughout the 2020-2021 academic year.

During the Spring 2021 semester, we will gradually pursue athletic opportunities on campus for our student-athletes including small group practices and intrasquad scrimmages if they are able to be conducted safely. We also will recognize our seniors as part of senior day activities.
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At this time, the College has chosen not to participate in winter sports intercollegiate competition. (Winter sports include men's and women's Basketball, men's and women's Swimming, men's and women's Indoor Track & Field, and Wrestling). With rising state and regional COVID-19 case levels as well as hospitalization rates, we are not yet comfortable commencing athletic competition within the conference. If the conditions in the Commonwealth change and allow us to alter this decision, we can reconsider this choice, however, at this time, we owe it to our teams, to be honest about our current position.
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Yes. All three facilities will be available for students this spring.

Yes. All of our Coaches are committed to the success of our student-athletes and remain a resource for them throughout the semester.

Yes, the Athletic Training staff will have availability for student-athletes to serve them.

Yes, if you plan on participating in athletic activities; please consult with your Head Coach for more information.

Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) leadership endorsed a conference policy that will prohibit spectators at CVC matches during the upcoming spring campaign. Decision-making throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has focused on the health of the individuals within the CVC's athletic arenas and a safe return to competition. Enacting this policy will allow campus administrations to control athletic environments as we collectively work towards a return to play. CVC leadership will continue to monitor the landscape surrounding the pandemic. Should any changes be made to the spectator policy, updates will be conveyed thru conference office and member institution communication channels. View more details.

Fans are not permitted at any Landmark contests at this time. It is the hope that this policy can be revisited for outdoor sports later this semester if conditions improve and subject to state and local health authorities permitting outdoor gatherings. Fans are encouraged to follow the action of their favorite programs via live streams for available games. View more details.

According to the Centers for Disease Center (CDC), the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. The virus that causes COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus that was first identified during an investigation into an outbreak in Wuhan, China.

People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:

Fever
Cough
Shortness of breath
According to the CDC, you should seek medical advice if you develop symptoms and have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19 or if you live in or have recently been in an area with the ongoing spread of COVID-19.

The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person

Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet for at least 15 minutes).
Respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks.
These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.
Some recent studies have suggested that COVID-19 may be spread by people who are not showing symptoms.

Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
Put 6 feet of distance between yourself and people who don’t live in your household.
Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others.

Costs to provide rooms to students do not vary significantly based on the number of weeks a student stays in a room. For the Spring 2021 semester, to protect building systems, we still need to provide heat to the rooms even though they are not occupied. Building system components need to be maintained and repairs still need to be made. Employees who support on-campus housing cannot be laid off for the three-week remote period. For Dining, costs have increased this year based on the requirement to package most of the meals for takeout and we have spent significant funds on installing equipment and signage to support social distancing within the dining facilities. Like residence life, layoffs of employees who support dining for a three-week period aren’t feasible as this would jeopardize the availability of staff when students arrive the second week of February. We established our room and board charges this year based on a 13-week semester. Last fall, the only group of students who paid the full semester charge was for first-year students as they were on campus the entire 13-week period. For those groups of students who were on campus less than 13 weeks last fall (Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores), we provided a pro-rata reduction in the room and board costs. If the College makes further adjustments to the Spring 2021 schedule resulting in an on-campus semester that is less than 13 weeks, we will provide pro-rata reductions in room and board as we did last fall.

Yes. If Elizabethtown College would need to close campus due to circumstances out of our control, students living within on-campus housing residences would receive a prorated refund for room and board.

No. Students who live in off-campus housing do not pay room and board costs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Return to Campus

Testing

Spring 2021 Schedule

Health and Safety

Academic Instruction

Housing & Student Life

Quarantine

Dining

Athletics

General Coronavirus-Related Questions

Finance

Frequently Asked Questions

Return to Campus

How will campus procedures address COVID-19?

What if I am a commuter or student living in off-campus housing?

Will the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness, and Well-Being be open for students?

What will be the procedures be for using the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness, and Well-Being?

How do I take the Daily Digital Health Report?

NEW: If I have an internship or student teaching placement that begins prior to February 7, will I be permitted to return to campus early?

Testing

Who is Elizabethtown College partnering with to conduct COVID-19 testing?

NEW: Will students be tested throughout the Spring 2021 semester?

Will commuter students be tested?

NEW: If I am a student or employee who have recently recovered from COVID-19 (within the past 90 days), will I be required to submit a test result prior to my return to campus?

NEW: What COVID test will be used for surveillance testing and how much will they cost to students?

NEW: Where and when will testing take place?

NEW: How do I schedule testing and what will I need to bring?

NEW: How long will it take for me to get results?

Spring 2021 Schedule

NEW: What is the academic schedule for Spring 2021 semester?

How will students choose their education delivery and housing options?

When are Final exams scheduled during the Spring 2021 semester?

Health and Safety

NEW: If I have been vaccinate for COVID-19, do I still need to follow safety protocols?

Should I wear a mask on campus?

What face masks are acceptable to wear on the Elizabethtown College campus?

Is there a procedure for testing and monitoring for COVID-19?

Will I be trained on how to protect myself and others from COVID-19?

When someone tests positive, will I be made aware?

What is Etown’s procedure for contact tracing?

What if I have symptoms?

How will classrooms be cleaned and sanitized?

When a student tests positive for COVID-19 on campus, what is the plan?

What are the new cleaning protocols like for students and employees?

How do I take the Daily Digital Health Report?

Academic Instruction

How does the College define Face-to-Face, Hybrid, Remote and Online learning options?

What does it mean when classes are listed at the location of Myer Administration?

When will students know if their classes are online or not?

What can I do if I am student learning remotely and having issues with access to technology and/or the internet?

How will the library function with new health and safety procedures?

What are the guidelines that will be used to determine if/when all classes will move online as well as when students will be sent home if the campus needs to close?

How do I get my textbooks?

If we decide to do remote learning how will this affect our schedule and will we need to choose different classes?

How will in-person instruction be affected?

Do I have the option to study remotely during the Spring 2021 semester?

How does the College define class status for return to campus?

Can students complete internships (on/off-campus), clinicals, fieldwork and other academic-related experiences during the Spring 2021 semester?

Housing & Student Life

Will students be able to go home on the weekends?

Will club activities continue in the spring?

What are some weekend events that the school plans on hosting and how will they be in compliance with CDC guidelines?

When do I have to tell you if I am staying home or coming to campus for classes?

If my roommate chooses to stay home for spring semester what does that mean for me?

Will my housing selection be affected?

NEW: Will interhall visitation be allowed in the Spring 2021 semester?

Am I allowed to leave campus to visit others?

Am I able to be an RA if I am taking classes remotely?

Quarantine

Will Etown have a place to isolate and/or quarantine infected students?

What is the process for using the restroom/shower facilities while I’m in quarantine?

Will I have access to Dining Services while in quarantine?

How can I connect with other students during quarantine?

Dining

Will dining areas be affected?

Athletics

NEW: What is surveillance testing?

Who is funding the surveillance testing?

Who is permitted to participate in these athletic activities?

What happens if there’s a positive test?

How are the sports classified, high, medium and low risk?

What are the NCAA guidelines in regards to countable athletic activities?

NEW: What is the athletic plan for the spring semester?

NEW: What is the plan for winter/spring athletics?

Will I still have access to the Bowers Center, Thompson Gym, and the Alumni Pool this spring?

Will I still have access to my Coaches?

If I need to visit with or seek treatment from the Athletic Trainers this spring, is that an option?

Regarding athletic physicals and other paperwork, will those still be required of me?

NEW: What is the current spectator policy for the Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC)?

NEW: What is the current spectator policy for athletics?

General Coronavirus-Related Questions