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Effective Thursday, Aug. 5, anyone who enters a building on an Ohio University campus will be required to wear a mask — whether they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or not. The policy change was announced Wednesday afternoon in an email addressed to students, faculty and staff. The email was signed by university President Hugh Sherman; Gillian Ice, special assistant to the president for public health operations; and Dr. Ken Johnson, chief medical affairs officer and dean of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. "Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our public health decisions ...

Ohio University Students, faculty, staff, and community members can get a free COVID-19 vaccine at a walk-in clinic on campus from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 14.  No appointment is necessary. The clinic, hosted by the Athens City-County Health Department, will be held at Heritage Hall on Union Street.  Attendees can choose to receive a first or second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Those getting a first dose of Pfizer will need to get a second dose approximately 21 days later.   Those OHIO students, faculty, and staff who are...

In addition to new and relaxed public health protocols announced last week for OHIO campuses, fully vaccinated individuals are no longer required to participate in asymptomatic COVID-19 testing through the University’s COVID-19 Testing Pathway Program. This change is effective immediately and reflects new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Institutions of Higher Education. All students, faculty, and staff still are expected to select either the Testing Pathway or the Vaccination Pathway. When selecting a pathway, individuals can upload a photo of their vaccine ...

Dear University Community, As we welcome the first group of future Bobcats for Bobcat Student Orientation to our Athens Campus this week, we are increasingly excited as we move toward a robust fall semester. We’re also excited to announce a few revisions to our on-campus public health campus protocols for all students, faculty, staff and visitors. Changes in our protocols follow shifts in guidance at the state level as well as from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As always, our decisions are informed by national and state science-based guidance, paired with local data ...

Ohio University staff can get a free COVID-19 vaccine at a walk-in clinic on campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 2.