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  • January 27, 2023

Reminder: Students selected for mandatory COVID-19 testing must complete the process

February 15, 2021

The university has expanded COVID-19 testing for the spring semester. In addition to on-campus testing for symptomatic students and close contacts, Marquette is providing weekly mandatory COVID-19 tests for selected students.

Students should check their Marquette emails on Sundays to see if they were selected for the first round of testing.

All students who live on or near campus may be selected for mandatory testing, regardless of a prior history of a recent negative test, history of a positive test or recent vaccination. Mandatory testing will run all 16 weeks of the spring semester, and students may be selected for testing more than once throughout the semester.

The process for mandatory testing is as follows:

  1. Up to 500 undergraduate, graduate and professional students will receive an email each week on Sunday, sent to their university email account. The email will indicate that the student was selected for mandatory testing. Students are responsible for checking their email weekly. Students may be selected for testing more than once in the semester.
  2. The email will provide instructions to make an appointment for testing during the week at the on-campus testing site, located in the East Gym at the Helfaer Recreation Center, 525 N. 16th St. The testing site can be directly accessed from the 16th Street entrance. Students must schedule a testing appointment; appointments are available between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m., Monday through Friday. Tests take about 10-15 minutes and must be scheduled and completed during the week the student was selected.
  3. Results will be shared with the students, generally the same day as they are tested. The tests will be saliva-based tests, but in some cases a nasal swab test may be necessary and may result in a delayed notification of results.
  4. Students who test positive will be required to isolate for at least 10 days after receiving their results. Isolation space is provided by the university.

Because testing is mandatory, there will be consequences for students who ignore their selection. Failure to schedule an appointment or failure to show up for a scheduled appointment will result in an official conduct warning and will require the student to schedule a test the following week.

  • If a selected student does not respond to their Sunday selection email by making a testing appointment, a follow-up email will be sent on Tuesday.
  • Failure to schedule an appointment that week or show up for an appointment will result in a $50 fine and loss of access to campus, including the Rec Center, Raynor Memorial Library and other areas of campus. This will also result in unexcused absences from classes. Any fines received will be used toward drug and alcohol education programs at Marquette.
  • Further failures would escalate to a student conduct hearing.

In addition to testing, remember that physical distancing and wearing a mask or cloth face covering is mandatory in all public spaces at Marquette. Appropriate use of cloth face coverings that cover both the mouth and nose is critical for minimizing the risk to others. The cloth face covering should encapsulate respiration, whereas loose fitting bandanas, cloth containing openings, neck gaiters and mesh face coverings are not acceptable protection.

Lastly, the university asks all students to please cooperate with the contact tracing process on campus.

  • If you test positive for COVID-19 off-campus, complete the self-disclosure form. It’s important to provide your close contacts to further decrease transmission on campus.
  • If you are contacted by the Marquette Medical Clinic for contact tracing, please take a few moments to provide contacts and answer a series of questions—this is a key step in reducing the spread of the virus. Your demonstration of cura personalis—care for the person—in this moment is important.

By working with the Medical Clinic staff / assisting with contact tracing efforts, you are helping to protect others on campus and reduce the risk for your fellow students, faculty and staff as well as their families.

Visit Marquette’s COVID-19 website for more information about COVID-19 protocols and mandatory testing FAQs.

Filed Under: For Students, News Tagged With: coronavirus

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