Wesleyan University: COVID tests essential for return to in-person learning Olivia Drake FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Wesleyan University's COVID-19 testing facility in Middletown opened last August on Andrus Field. Presently, testing operations are ongoing inside Beckham Hall on Wyllys Avenue.Contributed photo / Wesleyan UniversityShow MoreShow Less 2of3 An aerial view of the Wesleyan University COVID-19 testing facility in MiddletownContributed photo / Wesleyan UniversityShow MoreShow Less 3of3 MIDDLETOWN — Ninety-nine thousand and counting. That’s how many times Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff have stuck, swiped, and swirled cotton swabs in their nasal cavities over the past seven months at the Wesleyan University COVID-19 testing facility, with hopes for that negative result indicating no presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA.