Being Prepared for Isolation

For Students Living on Campus

Despite the care that each student takes to protect themselves and others through masking and staying home when they feel unwell, exposure to COVID may still happen and you could test positive to COVID while you are living on campus.

Please carefully read this section to ensure that you bring with you and have on hand everything you will need to complete your isolation with the minimum of discomfort. Most students who are not severely sick will isolate in their own rooms and will be able to go pick up their meals outdoors using the Grab-and-Go app. If students become very sick, have living situations, or are unable to retrieve their own meals outdoors, they will be moved to isolation housing, where meals will be delivered to them–this will be determined by the Contact Tracing Team.

Items Needed for Isolation

All students living in an on-campus residence hall should have prepared the following items in preparation for isolation:

• Sheets, pillows, towels, and bedding
• Ten days’ worth of all required medications (delivery can be arranged, if needed)
• Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, soap, etc.)
• Comfortable clothes for 10 days (laundry service as needed is on Wednesdays)
• Technology: Laptop, computer, phone, charger, iPad, etc.
• Books and materials for coursework and/or leisure reading
• Foods, snacks, or beverages that are shelf-stable (fresh meals will be delivered, but if you have some favorite things, it’s a good idea to have them on-hand)
• KN94 or KN95 masks to wear while picking up food or going to the bathroom
• A “COVID” kit that includes: a thermometer, over-the-counter pain reliever, such as ibuprofen or tylenol; other over-the-counter cold medications, such as mucinex, sudafed, claritin, etc.; cough drops, salt/neti pot for nasal irrigation, herbal tea bags, honey, etc.