Housing and COVID-19
Please see below for the most recent updates and information concerning COVID-19 and how we are keeping our community safe this year.
Housing Staged Re-Opening Plan
Current Stage: 3
Please review our current stage and what that means for our community.
Staged Re-opening in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stage 1 – Beginning of Fall Semester
Stage 2 – Restrictions in place but more opportunities given to residents
Stage 3 – Fully open, with faces covered
Stage 4 – Return to Normal Operations
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 (Current) | Stage 4 | |
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Face Coverings | Required, when not in apartment | Required, when not in apartment | Required, when not in apartment | No longer required |
Lounges | Closed | Lounges at ½ Capacity | Lounges Fully Open, faces covered and socially distant | Lounges Fully Open |
Meeting Rooms | Closed | Large Rooms Open with 9-11 person max and reservations | All Rooms Open, faces covered | Open |
Guests | No visitors outside of building | PNW Guests Allowed | All Guests Allowed, face covered for entire visit | All Guests Allowed |
Computer Labs | Open, Socially-Distanced | Open, Socially-Distanced | Open, Socially-Distanced | Return to Labs |
Meetings | Virtual | Virtual preferred, but socially distant and faces covered is allowed. | In Person, faces covered | In Person |
Hall Programs | Virtual and Outside | Virtual and Outside preferred but small, in person gatherings allowed | All programs allowed with faces covered and socially distant | All programs allowed |
Laundry Rooms | Open, occupancy of 1 | Open, occupancy of 1 | Open, faces covered | Open |
Elevators | Stairs encouraged, Elevator occupancy of 2 | Stairs encouraged, Elevator occupancy of 2 | No occupancy restrictions | No occupancy restrictions |
Updates and Changes to Campus Housing
Building Changes
- All filters in housing have been replaced with higher-rated filters.
- Acrylic sneeze guards have been placed at both desks and at the Griffin package distribution area.
- Housing has increased disinfection of high touch areas across the community. New disinfectant and equipment has been purchased to assist with this task.
- The Griffin and Peregrine Computer Labs will be spread out to encompass all second floor common areas.
- The package checkout system has become no touch for the foreseeable future.
- We have set aside more space to accommodate grocery deliveries in both buildings.
- Water fountain drink spouts have been removed and only the bottle-filling stations remain.
Policy Updates
- All Housing policies (except Face Coverings) put into place in response to the pandemic have been removed. Please see our Resident Handbook for more information.
- Face coverings are required for all unvaccinated people who enter University Village.
What You Can Do
- The flu vaccine may be required for all campus residents this year. Please watch your PNW email for more information.
*Last updated: July 2021
Once residents have symptoms or a diagnosis of COVID-19, they are first encouraged to call their healthcare provider. After contacting their healthcare provider, residents are requested to contact Colin Fewer, the Dean of Students, at fewer@pnw.edu.
All non-symptomatic, unvaccinated residents of University Village will be required to participate in surveillance testing, once per week.
In order to complete this requirement, unvaccinated residents should only utilize the on campus testing sites as they will be equipped to track compliance. Beginning the week of August 30, the two testing locations and times will be:
- Mondays*, 5pm-6:30pm in CLO 112B
- Thursdays, 11am-12:30pm in CLO 112B
If neither of these times work, students may utilize the onsite testing clinic located in Classroom Office Building (CLO) 112B which will be open Mondays and Tuesdays, 9am-3pm. If you attend this clinic, you must let the testing staff know you are a University Village resident. PLEASE NOTE: When the university is closed, this testing site will not be open, only the housing testing sites will be available.
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*Including Labor Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Additional Information:
- Students away from campus Monday-Sunday are not required to complete surveillance testing, but must notify Housing at housing@pnw.edu prior to their departure from campus, otherwise they may be expected to complete surveillance testing.
- If you are symptomatic of COVID-19, please get a test at a licensed healthcare provider and report positive test results to the Dean of Students at fewer@pnw.edu.
- Once fully vaccinated, please report your status to a member of the Housing professional staff, who will remove you from the surveillance testing list, once your vaccination has been verified.
As PNW returns to normal operations, quarantine/isolation capacity has been reduced for the 2021-2022 academic year. Therefore, all residents should adopt a personal plan for self-quarantine and/or isolation, which may include returning home or finding an alternative off campus location such as a hotel to complete quarantine/isolation.
On occasion, students may be allowed to quarantine in their own apartment.
Limited spaces will be made available for special circumstances where a student does not have alternative off campus support (e.g. international students).
Please note, it will be expected that your personal plan for quarantine/isolation will include working with friends/other residents to pick up packages and/or food deliveries. To make package arrangements, please contact Housing Operations Coordinator, Jacqueline Chambers (chamb101@pnw.edu). PLEASE NOTE: Housing Staff will no longer be delivering food/packages to students who are fulfilling their quarantine requirements in their own room.
If student is notified of isolation/quarantine procedures, they should contact Housing staff via 219-989-2996.
Need More Information?
For more information on housing’s response to COVID-19, please visit the Resident Handbook, where you will find all the updated policies and procedures for this year.
For more information on the university’s response to COVID-19, go to the PNW and Coronavirus webpage.