Total: Total number of cases (Active and Recovered) among Students, Faculty, and Staff, both on and off campus, since tracking began for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Active: Positive cases not yet recovered.
Recovered:
Able to resume normal activities.
As of Friday, May 13, 2022, we have suspended tracking cases for the 2021-2022 Academic Year.
To date, no cases of COVID-19 among the community of Edgewood College have required hospitalization.
Our Return to Better Task Force is taking steps to make that happen - not to return to ‘normal,’ but to return to better, applying all the lessons we have learned and continue to learn through the experience of the pandemic.
Again - getting vaccinated – for all who are eligible – is the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We urge each member of our community to be vaccinated.
-Dr. Heather Harbach
V.P. for Student Development/Dean of Students
As a community we have followed the guidance of our public health professionals since the beginning of this pandemic. The CDC and the Wis. Department of Health Services recommends that all who are eligible be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Therefore, we too are strongly urging each member of our community to be vaccinated.
Students – we have created a simple form for you to update your COVID-19 vaccination status, and have sent you the link via email. You will indicate whether you have been vaccinated, whether you plan to but have not yet, or whether you do not plan to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Please complete this simple form now, and no later than Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
There will be continued updates for students as we approach our fall semester, including some very attractive reasons for completing the form. (Did someone say ‘big scholarships?’ And ‘free parking spaces?’) Please remember to check your email often throughout the summer.
If you have any questions, please email deanofstudents@edgewood.edu. If you need assistance finding a vaccination appointment, reach out, we are here to help!
Enjoy your summer!
-Dr. Heather Harbach
V.P. for Student Development/Dean of Students
These pages are a resource for students, parents, and our entire community.
Dear Students and Colleagues –
Some of you may have heard about Governor Evers’ Executive Order #94, which was announced this week, in the ongoing effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. We support Governor Evers’ efforts, and I am proud that we have conducted ourselves as a model of how a community can come together, follow protocols, and persist in the face of this pandemic. At Edgewood College, we have had a mask, distancing, and hand-washing mandates since late May. Despite the relative success we’ve had here in managing the spread of the virus, it is getting worse in Wisconsin, and across the country. This is no time to let our guard down.
When we’ve seen a spike in positive cases in our community, it’s largely been due to not following our protocols. Masks work. Social distancing works. Remember too that we have students in our Nursing program who are in clinical settings every day – the “front lines” of this pandemic. When we do the right thing, and support each other, it’s felt by everyone in this community – and perhaps even more by those students. Let’s keep it up.
Next week, we will offer free flu shot clinics for everyone in our community – students, faculty, and staff. The dates and times are on the College Calendar. This year, we are also able to offer this opportunity to families of students, faculty, and staff, until our supply runs out. We have faced a significant challenge this semester, and it is not over. We will take every step available to us to make this community as safe and healthy as we can. If you have not had a flu shot yet this season, please take this simple step to help keep yourself, your friends and family, and everyone in this community as healthy as we can.
We are now within two weeks of Thanksgiving. That means if you contract COVID-19 now, you will likely be in isolation for Thanksgiving. Let’s continue to support each other. Wear your mask, wash your hands, maintain physical distance, and tighten your social circles. Let’s keep it up, and let’s do it for each other. When we get to our Thanksgiving break, the gratitude we feel will be more real than ever, because you will have worked harder for it.
Be well.
Cor ad cor loquitur.
-Andrew P. Manion, Ph.D.
President