Specialized Resources
This webpage includes information to help you understand how to navigate the campus and your overall experience during the Fall 2021 semester. Life on campus may change based on our COVID-19 alert level. Please pay attention to COVID-19 related email communications that will alert you to any changes and direct you to the Path Forward site for details.
The following two key documents provide a foundation for the information on this page.
Alert Level 3 - Orange: Gathering with anyone inside is not permitted. Outside, students may gather with a maximum of two other students while wearing a mask.
Alert Level 2 - Yellow: If gathering in a residence hall room or apartment, 1 peer per room/apartment resident. No more than 4 people together in large open areas, eg. Cro, library, etc. (wearing masks and 6ft distancing if eating)
Modified Alert Level 1 - Green: If gathering in a residence hall room or apartment: 5 people in singles; 10 in doubles, triples, quads, apartments that are not Winchesters/River Ridges; 15 in Winchesters/River Ridges and off-campus properties (masks must be worn inside.)
All Alert Levels: When socializing indoors, the only people with whom students may remove their masks are immediate roommates or apartment-mates. There are no other social group “bubbles” that enable students to remove their mask with other peers. Masks can be temporarily dropped/lifted when eating or drinking a beverage but should be put back in place as soon as possible.
CoVerified: Everyone on campus will need to access CoVerified either via the app on a smartphone or the website on a computer. To download this free app, go to the App Store or Google Play. You will use your Connecticut College username/password to login to the app. There is also a web-based version available.
You can review the app’s functionality by reading the User App Tutorial.
Faculty, staff and students will use CoVerified to do the following:
The app will assign each individual one of three status labels: Remote, Clear or Restricted.
Remote means that the person is not on campus and, therefore, is not expected to follow the daily symptom check and testing expectations. A person will be restricted if they do not complete their daily symptom check and if they are in quarantine or isolation.
With weekly testing in place, students will not be uniformly expected to show the app status screen or website printout to demonstrate their campus status (Clear or Restricted). The symptom checking is a helpful reminder to monitor one’s health and seek the assistance of a health care professional if COVID-19 symptoms emerge.
Testing Center Hours
Located in the 1962 Room at Crozier-Williams
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Quarantine testing hours 4:30-4:50 p.m.
Closed Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays
The College will continue to conduct contact tracing when a positive COVID-19 case is identified. Contact tracing will help identify close contacts who may need to be quarantined or follow other precautions depending on their vaccination status. A person is considered a close contact if they have been within 6 feet of a COVID-19 positive person for 15 minutes or more during what is considered the infectious period, which is 48 hours prior to positive diagnosis or onset of symptoms. If you are identified as a close contact, you will be contacted by a College contact tracer via the phone.
Given that New London County is noted as a county with substantial or high transmission of COVID-19 travel within the county should be limited to essential needs (e.g. market, pharmacy, doctor) when needing to go into indoor locations. Students may travel within the area to go to outdoor areas (e.g. Harkness Park, beaches, etc.), employment, and for organized programs coordinated through the College. Students should avoid crowded outdoor spaces. If you have any questions you may reach out to your class dean for guidance. We will continually evaluate these expectations as we monitor COVID-19 levels in Connecticut and New London County.
Very Important: The College is not permitting indoor activities off-campus where masks would not reasonably be worn (e.g. restaurants and bars). If you are going to eat off-campus, find a restaurant with seating outside and, if picking up take-out, wear a mask when entering the restaurant. Students may not go to bars even if the bar contains an outdoor space due to crowded outdoor areas.
The College takes seriously its responsibility to our own campus community and to the wider region and state. We anticipate that all of you will do your part to keep our campus safe and help protect the health and wellbeing of your peers, the faculty and staff of the College, and the broader New London community. If you do not comply with the health and safety requirements, as well as any other COVID-related policies the College puts into place, you will be referred to the student conduct process.
Campus life with COVID-19 can be challenging, but faculty and staff are here to support you in whatever way they can. In particular, Student Counseling Services is an important resource.
Student Counseling Services staff are available to students by calling (860) 439-4587. In addition to our counselors, there are two other important resources available to students: My SSP and Counseling After-Hours.
My SSP: All students needing assistance during or after-hours may reach an off-site licensed professional clinician who has partnered with us to provide urgent or on-going care through My SSP:
Counseling After-Hours: All students needing assistance after-hours may also reach an off-site licensed professional clinician who has partnered with us through Counseling After-Hours:
Coping with Covid-19 Resources can be found here. A complete list of resources can be found at Student Counseling Services
Student Health Services
Mailing Address
Connecticut College
Student Health Services
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320
Emergency numbers
In case of emergency, please call 911
Campus Safety
860-439-2222
Sexual Violence Prevention Advocate On-Call
860-460-9194