June 3, 2021 Update

Dear students with summer on-campus room assignments,

We have important information to share with you about summer term arrival plans. Please read this carefully and be sure to factor this is as you prepare to arrive for summer.

SUMMER TERM ARRIVAL QUARANTINE/VACCINATION DOCUMENTATION: Students who have not been fully vaccinated and have not submitted their documentation to the Health Service will be in arrival quarantine from Tuesday, June 22nd through June 29th. Students who are fully vaccinated and have submitted their documentation, and students traveling from within New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts or Connecticut) will be exempt from quarantine and will be able to access campus facilities on arrival.

If you have been vaccinated but have not submitted your documentation, please do so now by forwarding your COVID vaccination record to medical.records@dartmouth.edu, and by signing your Student Vaccination Consent/Release form on your Health Portal. If we have your vaccination record and your release on record, you will have the benefit of no pre-arrival testing, less frequent testing and no arrival quarantine.

PRE-ARRIVAL TESTING AND CONSENT FORMS

Early next week, those of you who are living within the United States who are not vaccinated or haven't submitted your documentation will be sent a link to a do a pre-arrival test from wherever you are over the break.  Please order the kit as soon as you receive the email, and do the test by the end of next week so that results are in before you travel.

If you have not tested at Dartmouth this year, you must complete this testing consent form prior to your arrival on campus. Completion of this form is required to receive your first on campus COVID-19 tests. It will take only a moment to do now, and doing it in advance will streamline your arrival process at Leverone next week.

TRAVEL GUIDANCE

Please plan to limit your contacts to your current household the week before you travel, and continue to monitor your temperature and symptoms. If you have a temperature, feel ill in any way or are concerned about a possible exposure, please call the Health Service at 603-646-9440, 24/7, to consult before travel begins.

LEVERONE IS YOUR FIRST STOP - TESTING, CHECK-IN AND ARRIVAL QUARANTINE

All of you must go to Leverone on South Park Street before going to your room on campus, to check in for summer term and to do the first of your required arrival tests. Whether you are fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated, temporarily test exempt or unvaccinated, you all will start at Leverone on the 22nd. Please note: there will be no early arrivals. If you encounter travel delays or have questions about arriving late, please contact Undergraduate Housing.

• If you are confirmed as fully vaccinated, you will do the PCR arrival test, check in with Housing and proceed to move in.
• If you are not confirmed as fully vaccinated, you will do the PCR arrival test, a rapid antigen test, check in with Housing, and proceed to your room to wait for your rapid test results and begin your 7-day in-room arrival quarantine . If your rapid test results are confirmed negative, you will be able to order and pick up your meals at 53 Commons, and you will be able to go outside for walks on campus with one other person. You may not, however, attend in-person class components, and you may not go downtown or off campus, until your Day 6 PCR test results are confirmed negative. Assuming they are, you will all be out of arrival quarantine by June 29th.
• If you are unvaccinated but from within New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut), you will do the PCR arrival test, a rapid antigen test, check in with Housing, and proceed to your room to wait for your rapid test results, but you will be exempt from arrival quarantine.

POSITIVE TESTS AND CONTACT TRACING

If you test positive or are identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive, the Health Service will place you in isolation or quarantine housing as appropriate. This summer, students who test positive will be placed in Maxwell. Students identified through the contact tracing process will be placed in quarantine in Channing Cox. Students in isolation or quarantine must follow all Health Service guidelines. Vaccinated students may be exempt from contact quarantine, but will self monitor for symptoms.

MOVE IN AND BELONGINGS

Please note that family and friends from home may not enter the residence halls to assist with move-in. Only students with room assignments on campus are permitted to enter our residential facilities. For those of you who will be off in the fall, please note that there will be no on-campus storage available when you move out in August. Please plan accordingly as you pack for summer, as you'll need to take your things home or arrange for off-campus storage.

DINING

53 Commons, Novack and Collis will be serving on a pick-up to-go basis starting on the 22nd. Dining Services will let you know when limited in-door seating will begin.

We all look forward to welcoming you back for summer. In the meantime, all best-

Dr. Mark Reed, Director of the Health Service

Mike Wooten, Associate Dean of Residential Life