Through the fall semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates, including dashboard stats and items of note on positive cases, isolation, contact tracing, mitigation measures and more.
Temporary remote course instruction
- On Oct. 7, the chancellor announced Boulderwill transition from our current remote teaching mode of operation and resume in-person and hybrid in-person teaching on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Updates on the latest Boulder County Public Health orders
- Boulder County Public Health issued new public health orders and updated their FAQs. on their website.
- The new order on gatherings initiates a “step-down” approach to provide gradual flexibility on gatherings for 18-to-22-year-olds in the city of Boulder.
- The restriction on gatherings for 18-to-22-year-olds of no more than two persons together in the city of Boulder remains in place until at least Tuesday, Oct. 13. On that day, Boulder County Public Health will assess and provide further guidance on gathering requirements. Updates will be provided as requirements change.
- Students who live in off campus are still under more strict stay-at-home requirements and BCPH will provide assistance on mitigation and testing plans for compliance. Residents of these properties can find details in the issued by Boulder County Public Health.
Study space reservations
- Students, faculty and staff can use the campus scheduling system, EMS, to book classrooms for studying (up to three hours) or eating (up to 30 minutes). This and other options for finding space on campus are available on the Find Your Study Spot page.
Isolation space
- As of the morning of Thursday, Oct. 8, the university had 23 beds in use of the 623 beds available for on-campus residents in need of isolation space. The majority of reserved isolation spaces are on campus.
COVID-19-ready dashboard
- To best meet community needs, the university will continue to review the COVID-19-ready dashboard design for potential changes to what is provided and how the information is presented.
- Information was added to the Boulder County Public Health website that for the dashboard, the county dashboard and the state dashboard.
Testing sites off campus
- Boulder County Public Health has a who would like to be tested. This is a drive-up site that will be available until at least Oct. 18.
- You do not have to have symptoms to be tested.
Community briefings
- Each week, university leaders join with Boulder County Public Health and the city of Boulder for two public sessions that are open to the campus community.
Screening tests
- As of Monday, Oct. 5, all on-campus monitoring testing sites changed locations in preparation for seasonal weather changes, the need to be able to move equipment indoors and to improve setup efficiencies.
- Residence hall students and employees already required to participate in monitoring because of their job duties should schedule appointments for, and visit, one of the four sites:
- Folsom Field (On east concourse at Gate 7).
- 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Events Center (Ticket windows atop stairs on the west side of building).
- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Village Center Dining and Community Commons (East Entrance).
- 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Williams Village North (Room 107, entrance at southeast corner of building).
- 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Folsom Field (On east concourse at Gate 7).
- Residence hall students and employees already required to participate in monitoring because of their job duties should schedule appointments for, and visit, one of the four sites:
- The on-campus monitoring testing program was expanded and now offers testing on a walk-up basis to any Boulder student living off campus, as well as any faculty or staff member not already required to participate in monitoring based on the nature of their job duties.
- This testing is available at two sites:
- University Memorial Center (north side near fountain court).
- Walk-up site primarily for off-campus students, as well as staff and faculty not already required to do weekly monitoring.
- 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday (maximum capacity 450 tests per day, first-come, first-served).
- Sustainability, Energy & Environment Community (SEEC) building (south entrance at breezeway between SEEC and SEEL).
- Walk-up site primarily for off-campus students, as well as staff and faculty not already required to do weekly monitoring.
- 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday (maximum capacity 150 tests per day, first-come, first-served).
- University Memorial Center (north side near fountain court).
- Note that the hours of the SEEC testing site will change to noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, starting Monday, Oct. 12. This is to accommodate frontline shift workers on East Campus who need to visit a testing site later in the day.
- Full details of the on-campus monitoring sites can be found on the Protect Our Herd website.
- As of Wednesday, Oct. 7, the campus had performed 31,519 monitoring tests, with a total of 1,038 referrals for diagnostic testing.
- This testing is available at two sites:
Contact tracing
The campus contact tracing team works during the week and on weekends to follow up on positive cases and complete outreach to people who may have been in close contact with an infected individual.
For most individuals contacted by the contact tracing team, immediate testing is not recommended when the person contacted is asymptomatic and does not meet the criteria for having been exposed. For asymptomatic individuals identified as exposed to an infected person, the recommendation is to complete a COVID-19 test seven days after the known exposure. This delay represents the time it takes a potential infection to become detectable.
Enforcement
- The COVID-19-ready dashboard displays information regarding students who have been, or are currently, under investigation based on reports of public health order violations. The data is updated once per week.
- As of Wednesday, Oct. 7:
- 324 students had received .
- 34 students were on an active interim exclusion from campus, pending the adjudication of a conduct hearing.
- 58 students had received the disciplinary status of probation.
- 10 students were on an active interim suspension, pending the adjudication of a conduct hearing.
Whom to contact
- For campus technology issues or concerns, call the at 303-735-4357 (5-HELP).
- For health questions, contact your health care provider or Medical Services at 303-492-5101 (24/7 nurse line available for students) for advice and recommendations.
- For mental health questions or concerns, call Counseling and Psychiatric Services at 303-492-2277 (24/7 support available for students).
- For faculty and staff, call the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program at 303-492-3020.
- For families, New Student & Family Programs will be happy to assist you. Call or text 303-492-4431 or email families@colorado.edu.
- For employment and payroll questions, call Human Resources at 303-492-6475.
- Have additional questions about how COVID-19 affects your studies or work with Boulder? Use LiveChat at , call the central hotline at 303-492-8478, or submit your question via the ask a question form.
- For students who need assistance or who may be in crisis, please contact Students of Concern at 303-492-7348, SSCM@colorado.edu, or visit the Students of Concern webpage.