Be Safe, Friends

Be Safe, Friends

Haverford College's policies and protocols for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic are guided by our four overarching principles:

  1. we will provide an excellent liberal arts education;
  2. we will prioritize the health, safety, and well-being of students, faculty, and staff;
  3. we will contribute to the greater good;
  4. we will steward Haverford as a perpetual institution.

These policies are in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and may be revisited as public health conditions change. Plans will be aligned and consistent with local orders and ordinances of Delaware and Montgomery Counties, as well as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Haverford’s plans will also follow recommendations from the federal government, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Health.


Student Vaccine Requirement

Incoming first-year and transfer students will still be required to demonstrate proof of vaccination with an FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine, among the various vaccinations Haverford students must receive as a condition of enrollment. (Note that the original monovalent COVID-19 vaccines are no longer FDA-approved; the College is requiring the bivalent boosters now commonly available.) Religious and medical exemptions will continue to be provided with appropriate documentation.

Feeling ill?

Students, if you are feeling ill or test positive for COVID please self-isolate, contact Health Services, notify your professors/coaches/deans/supervisors.

Staff/Faculty, if you are feeling ill please stay home and notify your supervisor and a medical professional. If you test positive for COVID please contact Human Resources at hc-hr-covidnotify [at] haverford.edu and self-isolate.

Questions

  • Health related questions: hc-healthservices [at] haverford.edu or call (610) 896-1089.
  • Course registration, lotteries, or class schedule questions: hc-registrar [at] haverford.edu.
  • Cleaning, facilities and operational questions: facilities [at] haverford.edu.
  • When in doubt, you can always contact your dean.

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Travel & Off-Campus Activities

Domestic travel: Employees or students may engage in College-related travel and off-campus activities within the United States and return to live and/or work on campus provided they are asymptomatic.

International travel: Any employee or student who travels internationally for any reason, including personal travel, must follow any quarantine requirements of the CDC for that travel destination.

Health, Safety, and Well-being

COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirements

All students are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with booster dose, per the Immunization Policy.

Students

Students are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to study at Haverford. Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination must be uploaded to your HaverHealth Portal. Those with documented medical reasons or sincerely held religious beliefs may request an accommodation.


Face Coverings

Haverford is a mask-friendly campus

  • Hosts will establish masking expectations for all gatherings, inclusive of faculty in their learning spaces, and organizers of events.
  • Masking is optional in College spaces, including vehicles, except when required by hosts and provided you have not tested positive for COVID in the past 10 days.
  • Those members of the community who wish to continue wearing masks are welcomed to do so.
  • The Operations Planning Group will monitor the risk levels in Montgomery and Delaware County as measured by the CDC. The College will pivot to required masking if the risk levels indicate a pattern of, or rapidly trending toward, high risk.

Please carry a mask on your person at all times. We ask all community members to act with care, empathy, and compassion around one another and our neighbors, and to voluntarily wear a mask whenever in doubt.

Acceptable Face Coverings: In situations where masking is required, only surgical masks, N95s, KN95s, or KF94s are acceptable.


Close Contacts

Individuals do not need to quarantine if they are identified as a close contact unless they are, or become, symptomatic, in which case they should follow the guidance below about illness.


Testing

Student Health Services has a limited number of free self-test kits. CVS/Rite Aid and other retail chains have test kits available; however, they are now a "self pay" and no longer covered by insurance


Illness, Isolation, and Returning to Work/Class

If you are feeling ill please stay home! Employees should notify their supervisor and a medical professional. Students should notify Health Services.

Employees must report any disclosed positive COVID-19 test results to the Office of Human Resources at hc-hr-covidnotify [at] haverford.edu.

  • Regardless of vaccination status, you should isolate yourself from others when you have COVID-19. You should also isolate yourself if you are sick and suspect that you have COVID-19 but do not yet have test results. If your results are positive, follow CDC Isolation Guidelines. If your results are negative, you can end your isolation.
  • If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days, with the day you test positive counting as ‘Day 0,” and isolate yourself from others in your home. You are likely most infectious during these first 5 days. For specific precautions during the 5 day isolation, refer to CDC Isolation Guidelines.
  • Follow CDC guidance about alerting any individuals who meet the “close contact” definition.
  • After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving) - Wear your mask through day 10.
  • For further details regarding isolation, please refer to the CDC Guidelines for Isolation Precautions for People with COVID 19.
  • Employees required to isolate due to COVID-19 should use the Public Health Illness Leave (PHIL) in Workday, which provides them with paid leave while out sick with COVID.
  • Employees who wish to seek ADA Reasonable Accommodations related to Returning to the Workplace should email Donna Hawkins in the Office of Human Resource Donna Hawkins in the Office of Human Resources (dhawkins [at] haverford.edu), or if comfortable, email hc-hr [at] haverford.edu for guidance.

Students must report any disclosed positive COVID-19 test results or potential infection immediately to Health Services.

  • Regardless of vaccination status, you should isolate yourself from others when you have COVID-19. Any student who tests positive for COVID-19 will either isolate in their room or be placed in a designated isolation space. Students will have access to telehealth, counseling, as well as academic support and dining services.
  • Students self-isolating or requesting meal delivery or pick-up must contact Health Services.
  • If you test positive for COVID-19, you will isolate for at least 5 days, with the day you test positive counting as ‘Day 0.’ You are likely most infectious during these first 5 days. For specific precautions during the 5-day isolation, refer to CDC Isolation Guidelines. Health Services will determine when you are cleared to end isolation, after day 5 or later. You must wear a mask around others through day 10.
  • Follow CDC guidance about alerting any individuals who meet the “close contact” definition.
  • For further details regarding isolation, please refer to the CDC Guidelines for Isolation Precautions for People with COVID 19.

On-Campus Events & Visitors

  • Internal and public events may be held with full occupancy of spaces.
  • Event hosts will designate masking requirements for their events.
  • The campus is open to visitors and they must abide by the College’s rules for masking.
  • Guests in residence halls must be vaccinated against COVID-19. It is the responsibility of the host to confirm vaccination status.

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