COVID-19 Updates For Purdue University Northwest

From Purdue University Northwest:

September 24, 2020

Today marks one month since fall semester started, and the Safe Return to Campus Task Force wanted to send out some updates about COVID-19 protocols on campus.

Tracking Coronavirus at PNW

You can locate our dashboard of active positive cases on our website. Please note active cases reflect positive results for on-campus and remote individuals.

Cases are removed from the count after individuals remain home in isolation for at least 10 days from the date symptoms began AND are 24 hours fever-free without fever-reducing medications and improvement of respiratory symptoms.

Reporting Coronavirus

To Report a positive COVID-19 Test, Students, please contact Colin Fewer in the Dean of Students.

Getting Flu Shots

Regional Health is offering COVID-19 testing as well as the season flu shot. They have an office located on PNW’s Hammond campus, off 173rd street by the Fitness and Recreation Center. There is a cost for these services. Housing students please contact Regional Health to schedule your mandatory flu shot.

Quiet Places on Campus

Students looking for a quiet space on campus to take a virtual class or record themselves for a presentation can access the commons throughout campus as well as designated classrooms on a first-come, first-served basis. The following rooms will be open, for individual use, weekdays in accordance with the building hours listed on the PNW website:

Hammond Campus

GYTE 111, 115, 116, 117, and 123

• Monday to Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
• Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Westville Campus

SWRZ 217, 218, and 219

• Monday to Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
• Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Additional Options

In addition, the following private enclaves will continue to be available on a first-come, first-served basis in the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building:

NILS 101A, 101B, 101C, 142, 144L and 201

• Monday to Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
• Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Saturday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Keeping Campus Safe

The Safe Return to Campus Task Force thanks you for your efforts to keep campus safe and reminds you that face-covering protocols as well as social-distancing protocols are still in effect. Show your Pride and share the responsibility to continue to keep campus safe.

• Wear a Face Covering
• Practice Social Distancing
• Keep It Clean
• Stay Home if You’re Sick

Have questions, concerns, or feedback about PNW’s COVID-19 response, click here.

This press release was produced by Purdue University Northwest. The views expressed are the author's own.