Campus is “doing well” with its handling of COVID-19, according to Director of Health Services Brock Lutz.
As of Monday, six students were in isolation after receiving positive tests, bringing the semester total to 100 students tested, 61 of which were positive, according to Health Services.
“We have had a steady flow of positive cases with mostly mild symptoms,” Lutz said.
Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance updates late in December, the college requires students to quarantine for a shorter duration than the 10 days it observed last semester.
“We are following the guidelines of five days of quarantine from the start of symptoms,” Lutz said, “with students cleared to return to classes on the sixth day.”
Lutz said the plan has “worked well the first few weeks of school.”
“We are grateful that this semester has been relatively calm compared to the past 3 semesters,” he said.
According to the last reported data from the fall semester, 455 students were tested and 113 were positive from August to December 2021.