Williams students, faculty and staff, With spring semester starting tomorrow, Senior Staff ask that everyone follow similar self-test and masking practices to the ones we used for the returns from Thanksgiving and winter shutdown. What does this mean in practice? Testing If you’re traveling back to campus, please self-test before you… Continue reading »
Hello everyone, Nice work on the Covid thingy. Since we’ve seen very few positives on campus, the masking rule will officially end Sunday night as planned. People may unmask starting Monday if you wish to. Thanks to everyone who bore the minor inconvenience for the sake of a greater good. Continue reading »
Hello everyone, Happy New Year. I hope everyone who took a break really enjoyed it. And if you’re one of the folks who don’t get time off during the shutdown, thank you for keeping the place running. I hope the pace at least eased up a bit. Here’s your handy… Continue reading »
Hello everyone, Students have mostly started break, lots of faculty are still busy grading, and the majority of staff are working for a few more days… it’s the in-between times for the Williams community as a whole. That said, we thought you all might find it helpful to get a… Continue reading »
Williams students, staff and faculty, As you may recall, our campus mask requirement runs through the end of the day today (Tuesday). Happily, the Covid rate has stayed quite low, so we’ll allow the rule to expire tonight as planned. Starting tomorrow/Wednesday, Williams will go back to masking being… Continue reading »
Williams students, faculty and staff, We are pleased to report that the college and Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) will host a campus clinic offering the bivalent Covid booster and the flu vaccine. The clinic will be on Friday, December 9, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. (Note that this is a week later… Continue reading »
Hi everyone, Here’s a quick reminder of Williams’ Covid rules for the next week. The full details are posted on the Covid site. These rules are meant to lower the risk of Covid infection or spread when a large proportion of our community is returning to campus from travel… Continue reading »
Williams folks, I don’t know how the semester flew by so quickly, but it’s time to announce policies in support of a safe campus return after the November break. The holiday can be a fun time, but for those of us on the policy side it’s a moment of risk,… Continue reading »
Williams students, faculty and staff, Our campus case counts are continuing to decline: as of this morning, one student is finishing up isolation. Six employees have reported positive results in October to date. Given these data, and in the context of high campus vaccination rates, Senior Staff have decided to… Continue reading »
Williams students, faculty and staff, We don’t have a ton of Covid news for you right now, happily. But we do have some. And since we’ve promised to provide case counts in each future message, I want to keep the updates coming at a reasonable rate. As of today, we… Continue reading »
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