Currently, we are experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases on campus.

In response to our current data, we will temporarily adjust our COVID-19 protocols:

All students must participate in screening testing today, Thursday, March 3. Doing so will allow us to break chains of infection and continue to be together in person.

Students should look for an email invitation today and pick up a test kit at one of the distribution sites. Students with positive test results from the past 30 days need not test today.  

Students who have symptoms should seek testing at the Student Health Center. Employees should contact their healthcare provider to determine what tests and treatment are appropriate.

In addition, professors may require masks during class times. Teaching and learning in the classroom are required activities for students and faculty. This provides another layer protection against classroom transmission during the current rise in cases.

Remember that all are welcome to wear a mask at any time, for any reason. Even in the absence of 100% indoor mask-wearing, high filtration masks, such as KN95/N95 are associated with lower odds of a positive COVID-19 test result and offer the most protection, compared to no mask use. Additionally, given the care that we continue to show for each other, we know that most of us would be happy to wear a mask if requested by someone we are with because that’s the type of community we have.

Air filters and testing for students and employees continue to be available.

CC and El Paso County data are updated here daily. This link contains additional tips from the CDC to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in your interactions and reduce transmission on campus and disruption to classes and campus activities.

If you would like to talk through your specific situation or risk mitigation options, we are available to meet with you. Please reach out to us at covid19@coloradocollege.edu.

Our goal is to learn to adapt to our new environment, follow CDC guidelines to mitigate against severe disease and high demand on hospitals, and mitigate against significant disruption in the core CC experience. We will use these criteria to guide us as we continue to adapt our campus response.

Sincerely,