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A Message from President Elaine C. Collins Dear NVU Students, Faculty, and Staff, I am writing to update you on COVID cases at NVU. We have two new students who have tested positive, one on each campus. On the Lyndon campus, the student is a commuter with close contact to a positive announced in our Wednesday […]

A Message from President Elaine C. Collins Dear NVU Students, Faculty, and Staff, I am writing to update you on COVID cases at NVU. As of my last update to you on Friday, we have two new positives on the Lyndon campus involving commuter students. One of the positives came through our own testing and the […]

A Message from President Elaine C. Collins Dear NVU Students, Faculty, and Staff, Today, amidst the Governor’s announcement that he is tightening restrictions in Vermont as COVID-19 cases climb, NVU received two positive results from our own surveillance testing yesterday and one presumptive positive from an off-site testing center. One of the positives is a commuting […]

A Message from President Elaine C. Collins Dear NVU Students, Faculty, and Staff, I am writing to let you know we have a third positive on our Lyndon campus for COVID-19. This case is directly connected to the positive we reported last week and it was fully expected. Though the student’s test did not immediately come […]

A Message from President Elaine C. Collins Dear NVU Students, Faculty, and Staff, Today we learned that a live-in employee on our Lyndon campus has tested positive for COVID-19. We have begun our own internal contact tracing and are working with the Vermont Department of Health on next steps. Our positive case is in isolation. This […]

A Message from President Elaine C. Collins Dear NVU Students, Tomorrow your two-day break begins. I hope this will leave you refreshed and ready to complete the semester. Over the break, I ask you to follow the Vermont state travel guidelines, which are required by the state and NVU. Please do not travel to yellow or red counties. With […]

January 12, 2021 Message from Dr. Nolan Atkins, Provost: NVU Community: As we approach the spring semester, please note that the new start date will be February 1. Commencements will remain as scheduled for each campus: Saturday, May 15, 2021 (Johnson), and Sunday, May 16, 2021 (Lyndon). The break structure for spring 2021is still under consideration. […]

A Message from President Elaine C. Collins NVU Community, I write this morning to let you know that late yesterday afternoon, we received our first positive COVID-19 test result. The case involves a remote commuting student from the Lyndon campus who is in isolation and receiving off-site services. We are working with the Vermont Department […]

A Message from President Elaine C. Collins Last Thursday night, the executive team met with the NVU student leadership from both campuses to assess how the fall semester experience is going within the restrictions in place due to COVID-19.  Based on this discussion, along with feedback from many students, faculty, and staff, the executive team […]

NVU Community: As we enter the holiday weekend, please consider any travel plans that you may have and remember that Monday is an instructional day with classes in session as updated on our academic schedule for the fall semester. Living on campus, or locally off campus, you are considered a Vermonter and are required to […]

A Message from President Elaine C. Collins Dear NVU Students, Faculty, and Staff, It is hard to believe that we have completed our first two weeks of the academic year and that September is here! I hope you are pleased to have the semester underway. I would like to update you about a number of […]

Northern Vermont University is beginning a COVID-19 surveillance testing program on September 7, 2020. The purpose of this testing program is to allow the university to monitor and address any trends and prevalence of cases and make timely decisions on intervention and response. Every other week, a random sample of campus-based students and employees will […]

Important Updates Regarding the Spring Semester Required Quarantine and Testing Arrival Quarantine: A notable change to the  arrival quarantine policy for spring is the inclusion of all Vermont students in the requirement to quarantine ahead of arrival if moving back to the area to live on or off campus. Please review and follow state of Vermont quarantine […]

NVU Students: If you need to be on campus for classes, work, athletics, tutoring, meals, campus mail, or any other reason, then you must get tested. You may not engage with the physical campuses in any way without first receiving a negative test result. There is no added cost beyond your tuition. Just bring yourself […]