In April 2021, the University announced the requirement for all students to upload through UHSConnect proof of their COVID-19 vaccination, or file a request for a medical or religious exemption to the vaccine. Today, records show that every single full-time student\u2014roughly 11,850 total students\u2014have complied with this requirement, according to the University Registrar\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
All registered undergraduate and graduate students are either compliant, exempt, or otherwise accounted for (late arriving international students may still be completing their vaccination process).<\/p>\n
\u201cTremendous credit goes out to every member of our student body for following through on this task, as well as to the dedicated staff at University Health Service who managed both vaccine verifications and the granting of individual exemptions, to the University\u2019s Registrar\u2019s Office, and to all of the University departments that provided substantial contributions to the success of this project,\u201d says University Interim Provost Sarah Peyre. \u201cI am extremely happy that every student was able to comply with this policy and we collectively are doing our part to keep our campuses safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The driving force behind the University\u2019s student vaccination requirement is to protect the health and safety of the University community to the fullest extent possible while enabling in-person instruction and activities.<\/p>\n