2021年9月17日

媒体联络:
Libby Siebens, community relations executive director, 509-682-6436 (Mon.碰头.)

WVC has updated student vaccination requirements and extended the student vaccination 截止日期:11月. 1.

学生 must either attest that they are fully vaccinated by Nov. 1或完成 medical or religious exemption form and have it approved by Nov. 1. 除了…之外 the extended deadline, the following changes have been made:

• Those who do not meet the vaccination deadline may be disenrolled from in-person classes and/or have a hold placed on their registration for winter quarter.
• Philosophical or personal exemptions are no longer permitted, per the governor’s most 最近的公告. Exemption forms are now required.
• 学生 who are taking online classes are not required to be vaccinated. 然而, per the governor’s proclamation, any student visiting campus for services other than curbside pickup or drop off must be vaccinated or have received an approved exemption, regardless of whether they are taking online classes.

In order to be fully vaccinated by the Nov. 1 deadline, students must receive their first dose of Moderna no later than Sept. 20, Pfizer no later than Sept. 27或约翰逊 & Johnson no later than 10月. 18.

WVC 总统 Jim Richardson first notified students of the vaccine requirement in 8月的一封电子邮件. 5 and in a follow-up on Aug. 9. WVC announced that employees would also be required to be vaccinated on Aug. 12. The employee vaccination deadline is 10月. 18, per the governor’s proclamation.

学生 and employees will document their vaccination status using an online documentation tool through their ctcLink accounts. Instructions can be found at ospifse.net/PublicHealth.

Masks are currently required for everyone on WVC campuses, in accordance with the statewide mask mandate announced Aug. 18.

Both WVC campuses have fully reopened on-campus services. 九月开学. 27. In-person, hybrid and online options are available.

Learn more about student and employee vaccine requirements, 新型冠状病毒肺炎 safety protocols 更多的是 ospifse.net/PublicHealth.

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