Note: This site will be updated frequently with new announcements, additional policies and procedures as needed and as new information becomes available. We recommend that you check the site often and regularly.
In order to maintain lower density and lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission in residential living spaces, residential students will only have access to their assigned residential building. Residential halls will remain open 24/7. Effective, August 17, 2022, residents are limited to a maximum of two guests at a time. A guest includes a student from another resident hall, commuter student, or other non-student guest (i.e. friend, family member, etc.). Residents are responsible for their guests behavior and adherence to the University’s COVID-19 policies and procedures. Read the full policy here.
Students are encouraged to socialize outdoors or in larger commons areas in order to permit physical distancing. Gatherings in resident hall rooms are discouraged.
Residential students are encouraged to limit non-essential travel off-campus and take steps to protect yourself and other members of the campus community when attending gatherings during their time living in the residence halls to limit potential exposure and further transmission of COVID-19 amongst the campus population.
If resident students travels off-campus, they are encouraged to wear a high quality facemask (N95, KN95, KF94, etc.) while indoors if you are in an area of “medium” or “high” COVID-19 Community Level.
If residential students do travel internationally, they must adhere to the University’s International and Out-of-State Travel Policy which may include notification and quarantine/testing protocols.
Common areas in the residence halls such as study rooms and lounges will be open for Fall 2021. Residential and commuter students are allowed to utilize common area spaces and designated study spaces on campus, subject to space occupancy limits. Indoor gatherings should generally be limited to no more than 10 individuals.
Shared kitchens in the residence halls are in the process of being reviewed for safety. Cleaning supplies will be provided for shared kitchen spaces.
In order to prepare for every possible scenario, NDMU has set aside designated quarantine and isolation spaces for our residential community. Residential students who test positive for COVID-19 and whose permanent home address is less than 25 miles away may be required to isolate at their permanent address until cleared to return to campus.
University officials will make quarantine and isolation determinations that may require campus residents to relocate to either designated on-campus quarantine and isolation spaces or off-campus to the care of the student’s family or guardian. University officials, in consultation with healthcare providers, will make evaluations and release campus residents from quarantine or isolation to return to their campus residence hall room when deemed medically appropriate.
If you are asked to isolate by the University or the Department of Health, you will not be able to leave your isolation or quarantine space during isolation/quarantine. To prepare for this, assemble a Go-Kit before you arrive on campus. Someone can easily pick it up and drop it off to you when you are in isolation or quarantine.
Note: This site will be updated frequently with new announcements, additional policies and procedures as needed and as new information becomes available. We recommend that you check the site often and regularly.