As we enter the second half of the spring semester and hopefully some warmer weather, the University is taking additional steps to ease the few remaining COVID-19 safety protocols.

Beginning Monday, March 14, students, faculty, and staff who are fully vaccinated, including the required booster, will only be tested once per week. Students, faculty, and staff who have a vaccine exemption will test twice per week. A reminder that unvaccinated and/or those without the booster should be wearing a mask indoors.

As of May 6, 2022, the University will conclude surveillance testing. The Health Center will close for the summer then return to its primary mission of accommodating students’ health needs on Monday, August 15. Symptomatic testing will continue to be available for undergraduate students in the Health Center as part of its clinical operations. Employees should contact their primary health care provider with regard to health concerns as they relate to COVID-19.

Surveillance testing has been an important mitigation strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. As COVID-19 moves from pandemic to endemic stage, the University continues to ease the protocols that enabled us to live and attend classes here on campus. Members of the campus community are asked to please continue to make decisions that benefit the common good! 

Nearly 50 percent of our community has not uploaded verification of their booster shot. If members of our community have not yet done so, please get the booster and upload to Medicat a copy of the updated vaccine card.

A word of gratitude once again to members of the campus community for their patience and resilience during the pandemic. Thank you for your continued attention to the health and safety of our campus community and our Worcester neighbors. Thank you for demonstrating what it means to be a part of the Assumption University community.

Sincerely,

Health Services