Testing Requirement

All residential students who are returning to campus in the spring semester must provide a negative COVID-19 test prior to their arrival on campus. Please upload the proof of your negative COVID-19 test to the SMCM Student Health Portal. You should schedule this test in time to receive results prior to coming to campus and should quarantine after testing until your campus arrival.

Continued Testing

We will institute weekly, randomized surveillance testing throughout the semester as a means to monitor viral spread and potentially mitigate widespread infection. This is in addition to the baseline testing that all on-campus residents must complete prior to returning to campus.

Spring 2021 New Student Move-In Information

New students will move in on Saturday, January 16. More information about orientation can be found here: https://www.smcm.edu/newstudents/2020/11/winter-orientation-schedule/

New Student Move-In

January 16, 2021, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

• Move-in times will be staggered and assigned. Students move-in time will be included in your Housing Assignment Confirmation email.
• Students will check in at the lobby of their residence hall.
• Face coverings are required to enter the building.
• Orientation will begin at 1 p.m.

New Student Commuter Check-In

January 16, 2021, 12:45 p.m. to 1 p.m.

• Students will check in at Aldom Lounge, Campus Center.
• Face coverings are required to enter the building.
• Orientation will begin at 1 p.m.

Required Procedures

• Returning students will be able to sign up for a time to return using Sign-Up Genius. A link to sign up for a time will be emailed.
• Students will check in at the lobby of their residence hall.
• Face coverings are required to enter the building.

Hosting on- or off-campus

Adhere to College policies regarding the hosting of parties. Hosting on- or off-campus gatherings that do not adhere to social distancing or create an environment in which these policies may be violated by others, is prohibited.

On-Campus Housing & Occupancy Policies

General

• Students will wear face coverings outside their assigned rooms.
• Furniture in community spaces will be reduced and arranged to support social distancing guidelines.
• College staff will deep clean shared spaces at least twice per day.

Building Access and Visitation

• Students will have card access only to their own residence hall.
• Residence Assistants will monitor and control the number of students in the building to ensure social distancing.
• Nonresident students will only be given access by a resident student.
• Each assigned resident will have no more than one visitor at a time and must be present during the visit.
• Occupancy restrictions will be reduced to one visitor per assigned resident with a maximum occupancy of 10 students in one area at a time as follows:
  • Single occupancy rooms can have only one student visitor at a time.
  • Townhouses can have no more than four student visitors at a time.
  • Eight-person suites can have no more than four student visitors at a time.
  • Fourteen-person units are limited to 14 students (including the official occupants of the unit) at a time. Guests may only be allowed when an occupant is gone.
• Other than move-in day and move-out day, students will not have non-student guests in the traditional residence halls, Waring Common blocks, Townhouses, Lewis Quad units, or laundry rooms or study spaces.
• Students will return to their assigned residence hall, hallway, or unit to use the restroom.
• Students will not have overnight guests.

Travel Restrictions

• All students should limit travel off campus as much as possible. If travel is necessary students should exercise caution, maintain social distancing from other and wear face coverings.

Outdoor Gatherings

• On-campus gathering group sizes are limited to capacity posted on the grounds. If occupancy numbers are not posted, the number of persons who can occupy the space shall not exceed that needed to maintain a social distance between attendees. Outdoor on-campus gatherings are not allowed between midnight and 6 a.m.
• Capacity:
  • Lewis Quad – 75
  • Admissions Lawn – 200
  • Townhouse Green – 175
  • Pillow – 20
  • North Field – 250
  • Jamie L. Roberts Stadium practice fields – 220
  • Waring Commons West – 80
  • Waring Commons East – 30
  • Lyon-Russell Quad – 40

Initial 10-Day Self-Quarantine

• Resident students arriving to the campus from abroad or out-of-state will need to be tested and self-quarantine in their assigned residence for 10 days upon arrival.

On-Call Procedures

• Resident Assistants, Residence Hall Coordinators, Professional Staff, Physical Plant Staff and Public Safety Officers (on-call staff) will be permitted inside residential units to perform work functions.
• On-call staff will adhere to social distancing guidelines to the extent practicable in completing their assigned duties.
• On-call staff will wear face coverings while in the residence halls and/or interacting with students.