Vaccination
Nazareth is requiring COVID-19 vaccine documentation from all students, faculty, and staff.
Students: Enter your COVID vaccination date(s) and upload a photo of your vaccination card under Immunizations:
Naz student health portal
Faculty and Staff: Complete the Human Resources Proof of Vaccination form, including uploading the official documentation (can be a photo of your card).
Questions? See COVID vaccine requirement.
Protocols
Nazareth College’s pandemic guidelines align with New York state and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols for higher education.
The College is proceeding with all course instruction and residency plans for the fall semester.
Mask protocol
As of Aug. 3, 2021: Masks are required indoors on campus for all students, faculty, staff, and visitors, with these exceptions:
- Private spaces — An individual may remove their face covering when alone in a private room/office.
- Housing — In a residence hall room or apartment with your own roommates, students may remove the face covering.
- Eating and drinking – You may remove your face covering to eat or drink. An unvaccinated individual (who should have a documented exemption from the vaccine requirement, per Nazareth policy) should maintain six feet of social distance from others. Face coverings should be replaced immediately when finished.
If you need a face covering, please contact Campus Safety or Health and Counseling.
Other protocols
Other protocols on campus returned to normal in June 2021 and are not affected:
- Social distancing is not required, except in health care settings, and for unvaccinated individuals when eating or drinking. Anyone who is more comfortable social distancing may do so. Our community will demonstrate respect and care for all individuals.
- Workplaces: Offices and research labs can operate at full density.
- Daily health screenings and kiosk check-ins are no longer required for anyone on campus.
- Gathering sizes are not limited.
- Additional cleaning and disinfection protocols are no longer required.
- Dining facilities operate under normal density and hours.
- Gyms operate without restrictions.
- College athletics are not restricted.
- Tunnels are open.
- Campus visitors/guests are welcome and do not need to register, including family members, alumni, prospective students, and event attendees (sports, performances, etc.).
More information
- Vaccine: Nazareth’s COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement.
- Symptoms: If you experience COVID-19 symptoms (whether you’ve been vaccinated or not), do not come to campus. If you live on campus, do not leave your residence hall room:
- Students, contact Health and Counseling at 585-389-2500
- Faculty/staff, contact your health care provider (or the state Health Department COVID Hotline at 888-364-3065 or the state's online COVID assessment tool) and alert Nazareth Human Resources.
- For more, see Testing.
- Surveillance testing: Whether surveillance testing will be required for any students, student-athletes, faculty, or staff during fall 2021 is still to be determined based on pending guidelines from Monroe County Department of Health, New York state, the NCAA and the Empire 8 Athletic Conference.