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COVID-19 Info & Updates

With the health, safety and well-being of all members of the Goshen College community, our broader community and the world being our highest priority, the college continues to closely monitor the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic to our students, faculty and staff. This website will be updated regularly to reflect new developments.

Email us: pandemic@goshen.edu

Goshen College’s Fall 2020 COVID-19 Plan: Fostering a Culture of Common Good, Kindness, Trust and Learning

  1. Introduction, by President Stoltzfus
    • Guiding Framework and Reopening Stages
    • Goals
    • Culture
  2. Goshen College COVID Pledge
    • Compliance
  3. Prevention: Health and Safety
    • Personal Responsibilities: The Big Four
      • 1. Daily Self-Screening Checklist
      • 2. Hand Hygiene
      • 3. Physical Distancing
      • 4. Wear a Face Covering
    • Personal Responsibilities: In Addition to the Big Four
    • GC Operational Responsibilities
  4. What to do if you have COVID-19 symptoms
    • If Your COVID-19 Test Result is Positive
    • If Your COVID-19 Test Result is Negative
    • Preventing Further Infections through Contact Tracing, Quarantine and Disinfection
    • COVID-19 Testing
    • Contact Tracing
    • Quarantine and Isolation
  5. Academics
    • Streamlined Fall Academic Calendar
    • Flexible Teaching Formats
    • Remote Learning and Academic Supports
    • Faculty Prep and Training for Online and Remote Learning
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Off-Campus Internships, Clinicals
    • Good Library
    • Convocations and Chapel
    • International Education
    • Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center
  6. Student Life
    • Residence Life
    • Safe Dining
    • Athletics
    • International Students
    • Health Services
  7. Operations
    • Admissions
    • Financial Aid & Accounting
    • Events and Performances
    • Information Technology Services (ITS)
  8. Employees and their workplace
    • Standard Precautions When Working on Campus
    • Working Remotely
    • Office Reopening Plans
    • Professional Travel Off Campus
    • COVID-Related Benefits

Goshen College COVID-Related Policies and Guidance

External Resources

Quick Links

Open Offices and Hours

Updated 7.27.20: Consult goshen.edu/contact for clarity about which offices are open to the public and their hours of operation.

COVID-19 testing site: As of July 1, there is a COVID-19 Mobile Testing Site on campus. It is run by Maple City Health Care Center and is located in the College Mennonite Church parking lot. It is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (last appointment at 4:45 p.m.) and closed 12-1 p.m. for lunch (no appointment required, 15 minutes for results, drive-in). For more information, contact: Maple City Health Care Center (574-534-3300, connect@mchcc.org).

Admissions Office / Welcome Center: by appointment, following GC visitor safety guidelines (admissions@goshen.edu or 574.535.7000). Admissions campus visits can be scheduled here.
Bookstore: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Campus Post / ITSMedia service desk: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m.
Library: Monday-Thursday noon-4 p.m.
Mennonite Historical Library is closed until Aug. 3 though. Starting on June 29, the Good Library will allow access into the shelves and resuming normal checkout procedures. The computer lab and basement gallery will remain closed. Contact-free lobby pick-up of books is still available. Learn more here.
Physical Plant: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-noon, 1-4:30 p.m.
Printing and Mailing: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-noon, 1-5 p.m.
Rec-Fitness Center: Will reopen to students, faculty and staff with ID card access only beginning Monday, August 3 from 6 a.m. – 7 p.m. There will be COVID-19 mitigation strategies implemented when we re-open with signage posted. Strategies include spaced out cardio equipment, lower weight room capacity, mask wearing when not doing cardio, and separate entrances for entering and exiting the buildings. Please do your part while inside the building.

 

Important Dates for Fall 2020

  • Aug. 1-11: Student leaders, student-teachers, student-athletes and international students will be returning at various times. Members of these groups will receive details directly from coaches or advisors.
  • Tuesday, Aug. 11, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: All-Employee Retreat (more details here)
  • Friday, Aug. 14: Launch — check-in for all new students and move-in for new residential students (more details here)
  • Saturday, Aug. 15: Launch continues for all new students
  • Sunday, Aug. 16: Returning students move into the residence halls; Launch continues for all new students
  • Monday, Aug. 17: All returning students check-in
  • Tuesday, Aug. 18: Classes begin for traditional undergraduate courses
  • Sept. 30: No class, study day
  • Oct. 13: No class, study day
  • Nov. 20-24 (Friday, Monday, Tuesday): Finals

Contact our Pandemic Task Force (PTF)

Contact us: pandemic@goshen.edu

Members:

  • Dr. Gilberto Perez, Jr., vice president for student life (chair)
  • Kevin Miller, BSN, MPH, major gift officer (lead campus contact tracer and PTF coordinator)
  • Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus, president
  • Jodi Beyeler, vice president for communication and people strategy
  • Dr. Beth Martin Birky, associate academic dean
  • Cynthia Good Kaufmann, interim director of facilities and director of events
  • Wesley Beck, a sophomore chemistry and secondary education major from Goshen
  • Eden George, a senior psychology major from Bangalore, India
  • Ronit Goswami, a junior exercise science major from Goshen
  • Katja Norton, a senior nursing major from Goshen