Student Affairs

Students should call Student Health Services at 202-319-5744 and talk to a healthcare professional who will discuss their symptoms and determine if testing is necessary. When arriving for a scheduled appointment, students with symptoms will need to call the office when they arrive and wear a face covering.

Yes. If you do not have symptoms but have been exposed to COVID-19, wait at least 5 full days after your exposure before taking a test. If you are only going to take a single test, a PCR test will provide a more reliable negative test result. If you use an antigen test, a positive result is reliable, but a negative test is not always accurate. If your antigen test is negative, take another antigen test after 48 hours or take a PCR test as soon as you can. If your second antigen test is also negative, wait another 48 hours and test a third time.

Students living on campus or in the local area are free to contact Student Health Services with any health-related questions or concerns.

Whether you live on- or off-campus, you should stay in your room for at least 5 full days.  You may leave your room for food, medical attention or exercise, but should not congregate around others.  You should wear a high quality mask when around others.

If you didn't have symptoms, you can end isolation after day 5.  If you had symptoms and they are improving, you can end isolation after day 5.  If your symptoms are contining, you should continue to isolate until you are fever-free for 24 hours and/or any other symptoms are improving.  

Regardless of when you end isolation, wear a high-quality mask when indoors around others until day 11.

If you didn't have symptoms, you can end isolation after day 5.  If you had symptoms and they are improving, you can end isolation after day 5.  If your symptoms are contining, you should continue to isolate until you are fever-free for 24 hours and/or any other symptoms are improving.  

Regardless of when you end isolation, wear a high-quality mask when indoors around others until day 11.

Yes.  Students who test positive for COVID-19 should inform the Dean of Students so that we can provide support and guidance.  Students should also contact Student Health Services for additional medical guidance if symptoms develop or if your condition is worsening. 

As with any illness, students should contact their professors and the Dean of Students directly to alert the relevant individuals that the student is ill and unable to attend classes.  

Faculty have been instructed to maintain students’ privacy throughout this process. If a student contacts an instructor about an illness, it is improper to share that information with the class. The student, however, may share that information with others.   

Students who test positive should tell their close contacts (individuals who have been within 6 feet for longer than 15 minutes during a 24 hour period), so that those individuals can evaluate to determine whether or not  COVID-19 testing is necessary.

Yes.  Any student who tests positive and requires isolation may return home if they could do so safely, such as by having a family member or guardian pick them up from campus. However, a person who tests positive for COVID-19 should not use public transportation to travel home.