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TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: December 15, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update. This message will be the last weekly update of Fall Semester 2020; weekly messages will resume on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.   WEEKLY TIP #1: Our final mass testing event of the semester was held…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: December 8, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP #1: Members of the Gustavus community are encouraged to continue using the College’s self-reporting form if they receive a positive test result, experience symptoms, or have a confirmed exposure even if they…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: December 1, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP #1: With the transition to online course delivery and fewer students and faculty on campus, Building Services hours and operations in academic buildings have been adjusted slightly.   Classrooms will be cleaned…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: November 24, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP #1: While Gustavus courses have transitioned to online delivery for the remainder of the semester and many students have left campus, case numbers in Minnesota continue to rise. All members of the…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID–19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID–19 Weekly Update and Mass Testing Results DATE: November 17, 2020 Please see below for the COVID–19 weekly tip and on-campus case update. WEEKLY TIP #1: Thank you to the 1,373 students, faculty, and staff who took part in our on-campus mass testing event on Friday, November 13. In partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH),…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: November 10, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP #1: More information about this Friday’s on-campus mass testing event in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health and Nicollet County Public Health will be sent via email this afternoon. All students, faculty,…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: October 27, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP #1:  The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting increased community spread of COVID-19 throughout the state. Now more than ever, it is important to follow COVID-19 safety measures such as wearing a mask,…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: October 20, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP While our community has done a good job of keeping case counts down since returning to campus, Gustavus has experienced an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the last week.   While…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: October 13, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   UPDATE Beginning this week, the online COVID-19 dashboard will now be updated twice each week, on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Members of the community will continue to receive this once-weekly email update on Tuesdays and…

TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: October 5, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP The COVID-19 leadership team has received some questions about what criteria dictate whether a person should go into isolation/quarantine and when a person can return to more regular on-campus activities. The COVID-19…