Testing & Masks No Longer Required for Fully Vaccinated
Vaccine Center Closes
Fall Planning Still In Process

Campus Testing and Masking Updates

The Governor’s Office of Employee Relations and the state Department of Health has released new guidance for fully vaccinated state employees and people working at state-owned properties, creating changes to our policies. As of June 22, 2021:

Fully vaccinated individuals can volunteer vaccination proof to be exempt from the college’s regular weekly testing and masking protocol upon submission and approval of appropriate documentation.
- The steps for state, Research Foundation and OAS employees to submit vaccination proof is outlined on the COVID webpage.
- If you upload your proof by Wednesday, June 23, you do not need to test this week, unless you hear back that your submission was not approved. Please direct any questions regarding volunteering vaccination proof to your human resources office.
- Any students studying, living or working on campus over the summer should contact their instructor, summer residence supervisor or the Student Employment Coordinator for guidance on submitting proof of vaccination. Instructions on how students can provide proof of vaccination for the fall semester will be communicated at a later date.
- Beginning in August, those who are fully vaccinated, and have proof of vaccination on file, will occasionally be randomly selected for required surveillance pool testing to help catch any asymptomatic cases and prevent an outbreak.
Weekly testing will continue to be mandatory for employees and students who have not provided proof of vaccination and will have any physical presence on campus.
Fully vaccinated individuals with approved proof of vaccination are no longer required to wear masks or maintain social distancing on campus, indoors or outdoors.
Unvaccinated/unknown vaccination status individuals may remove their masks indoors only while socially distanced from others, eating/drinking or working at their workstation. Unvaccinated/unknown status individuals are not required to wear masks outdoors, unless social distancing cannot be maintained.

Vaccine Center Closes

On June 18, Gov. Cuomo announced that the mass vaccination site at SUNY Oneonta would close Monday, June 21, so that the state can shift resources to communities where the vaccination rate is below the state average. Other local vaccination site locations can be found on the CDC website. You can also use the state’s Am I Eligible tool to check the availability of the vaccine and appointments at operating state-run mass vaccination sites.

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We once again extend our sincere appreciation to the National Guard, Basset Healthcare Network and other vaccination site personnel for their hard work and service to the campus, city and region.

Fall Planning

The COVID Response Team is in the process of creating procedures and plans for classroom and in-person academic activities, on-campus events, visitors and more for the Fall 2021 semester. A draft plan will be shared with the campus community and SUNY over the summer.

Specific guidance is still being developed by SUNY, including details on the proposed vaccine mandate for students living or studying on campus. Information regarding any decisions or updated guidance from SUNY will be communicated when it becomes available.

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Testing & Masks No Longer Required for Fully Vaccinated Vaccine Center Closes Fall Planning Still In Process

Testing & Masks No Longer Required for Fully Vaccinated
Vaccine Center Closes
Fall Planning Still In Process