Johnson & Wales University students must be fully vaccinated before fall semester Students who enroll in in-person classes for the fall semester must be fully vaccinated before returning to campus, the school announced. Author: Hank Lee Updated: 11:53 AM EDT May 11, 2021 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Johnson & Wales University announced Tuesday that it will require all students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before they're allowed back on campus for the 2021 fall semester. “Adding the COVID-19 vaccination to our student immunization requirements will aid our efforts to provide a safer and more robust college experience for our entire JWU community,” said JWU Charlotte Campus President Cheryl Richards, Ph.D. “Through widespread vaccination, we hope to return to a more traditional college experience, including seamless delivery of in-person courses, more on-campus events and activities, and resuming our on-campus visitor and guest policy. We look forward to more normal times as the JWU community and those around us become fully vaccinated.”