In a move designed to limit the spread of 新型冠状病毒肺炎 on Penn State campuses, 工会代表约2,600名技术服务人员, has agreed to follow University requirements for mask-wearing, regardless of vaccination status. The agreement goes into effect immediately.
Recognized student organizations may return to holding in-person activities, 包括会议, 嵌合, and other events for the fall semester. Students are expected to follow all current masking requirements on their campus during these activities.
Penn State is planning a phased return over the summer semester to a full on-campus learning environment for fall 2021. The University’s priorities continue to be the health and well-being of its students, 教师, 工作人员和当地社区, and the plans for expanded in-person classes have the flexibility built in to quickly respond to changing pandemic conditions, 如果有必要的话.
Penn State has decided to delay the start of in-person classes and transition to a fully remote learning environment for the beginning of the spring 2021 semester at all campus locations. This decision was made following extensive analysis and scenario planning given worsening virus conditions nationally and across the state indicating predictions of rising hospitalization rates in the coming weeks.
Penn State has updated its public 新型冠状病毒肺炎 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 20 to 22, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. 截至11月. 23 at University Park, there are 348 active student cases, up from 318 at the last update on Nov. 20, and 4,462 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
In preparation for the departure from campuses after in-person instruction ends on Nov. 20, Penn State has announced an aggressive fall departure plan offering all students 新型冠状病毒肺炎 testing, 学生免费. Penn State is partnering with Vault Health for departure testing, which will be conducted either in person at predetermined testing sites on certain campuses or via self-administered test kits. Students can now book their appointment to receive an administered test or to pick up a self-test by using the Return 首页 事件 on the Penn State Go App or by visiting virusinfo.事业单位.edu/departure-testing.
Following a three-month comprehensive planning process, Penn State officials have determined that the University can meet or exceed the 宾西法尼亚 Department of Education’s guidelines for colleges and universities, and look forward to welcoming back 教师, staff and students to resume on-campus, in-person classes and other activities this fall in a limited fashion.
宾夕法尼亚州州长. Tom Wolf’s announcement today (May 22) of additional counties moving to yellow phase over the next two weeks, students residing in those counties can now begin scheduling a move-out date from their on-campus residence halls. A number of Penn State campuses will also begin scheduling students for move out.
As college campuses closed and the 新型冠状病毒肺炎 virus began casting a larger shadow in south central 宾西法尼亚, members of the nursing and physical therapist assistant programs at 宾州州立大学蒙阿尔托分校 took stock of all the medical personal protection equipment (PPE) items in their labs. The two programs were supplied with hundreds of gloves and dozens of medical gowns and masks, plus other items such as disposable stethoscopes, shoe covers and safety glasses — items no longer needed as the campus transitioned to remote instruction.
