Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Alert Level Plan and Related Actions

WNE’s Advisory Team & Emergency Management Response Team 

The Alert Level Plan has been modified, effective Friday, March 26, 2021.

Background

For the last few weeks members of the Advisory Team and EMRT have been re-evaluating our current Level Alert Plan. We are confident that these changes will allow us to measure the most important indicators and outline the most accurate related actions based on our learned experiences and current environmental circumstances.

Why did we modify the plan?

• The old plan was developed in August of 2020 with minor modifications made in January of 2021. We have learned a great deal about the spread of COVID-19 during this time.

• Our experiences on the ground have better informed us on the actions we need to take to keep the community safe. For example, when we originally went to all online courses following the quarantine of Windham hall we did not anticipate that more than 40% of our residential students would return home for the week. We found through our testing that students returning home and coming back to campus is not the most effective way for us to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on campus.

• Conditions in our external environment have changed. Our country now has a vaccine, and over 100 million people have received at least one shot to date. This changes many things about potential levels of exposure to different populations on campus.

• We have more experience working with state health officials to manage the spread of the virus. We have learned what actions work and have taken these actions with positive results related to our quarantines.

• We are entering spring, where warmer weather changes the things we can do outdoors to help prevent the spread of the virus.

Staying Safe. Staying Golden.

Our Shared Responsibility for a Successful Semester.
The WNE Plan to Reopen Campus [ Revised August 28: download ]

We know how eager our Golden Bears are to enjoy all aspects of the traditional student experience at WNE. But in order for the campus to open safely and for most classes to remain on-ground, students must take face covering and physical distancing requirements, health and safety protocols, and state hot spot quarantine and travel guidelines to heart.

[download the plan]