COVID-19 status update

Message sent September 14, 2020

Dean Julie Ramsey informs the community of the current COVID-19 status on campus and reminds students of the resumption of classes.

Dear campus community:

I’m writing today to update you on our campus’s current COVID-19 status. As described in our return to campus plans, this weekly update will be made available via email and on the website every Monday and will outline our current status determined by our alert level, and any changes that are being made to campus operations given this information. If there is a sudden increase in cases that occurs between these updates, an emergency notification will be sent by the Department of Public Safety.

Current status as of 9:00 AM, Monday, September 14, 2020

Category Details
Total number of students tested since 9/5/2020 828
Number of students whose tests are negative since 9/5/2020 825
Number of students whose tests were positive since 9/5/2020 3
Number of employees working on campus who tested positive since 9/5/2020 0
Current alert level Moderate Alert
Adams County information PA Department of Health, WellSpan Hospital

The students who have tested positive are in isolation and contact tracing process has been completed.

Important Reminders:

  • In-person classes for the residential cohort and remote classes for the remote cohort have resumed today, Monday, September 14.
  • Read the latest information sent to the residential cohort.

For questions

If you have questions regarding this information, please email covidupdates@gettysburg.edu.

Dean Julie L. Ramsey, Ed.D.
Vice President for College Life and Dean of Students