Dear Students,
Protecting your health and safety is vitally important as we prepare for the return of additional students, faculty and staff to campus for the Spring 2021 semester. We ask all students to complete the Spring 2021 Affirmation, which informs the University of your location for the Spring 2021 semester and ensures that you receive targeted communications and resources based on that location, including information on how to receive COVID-19 tests through the University’s testing system, if applicable.
All students are required to complete the Spring 2021 Affirmation by January 6, 2021, regardless of where they will be learning in the Spring. Please log into the GU360 website, click on the “Spring 2021 Affirmation” icon and follow the instructions. Please provide the address where you plan to live for the Spring semester based on the University’s current plan to hold some in-person hybrid courses on campus for seniors, graduate students, law students and medical students. If you move anytime after completing the Affirmation, you can update your address by logging into the GU360 website, clicking on the “Spring 2021 Affirmation” icon again and entering your new address.
Students who are approved to be on campus for the Spring semester will not be able to enter campus buildings or participate in on-campus activities until they complete the Spring 2021 Affirmation.
As part of the Spring 2021 Affirmation, students who will be new to campus in the Spring semester, and students newly residing in the neighborhoods of Georgetown, Burleith or Foxhall (“the Neighborhoods”) during the Spring semester will be required to commit to the Georgetown University Community Compact. The Community Compact outlines our mutual responsibilities and the commitments we must make to one another to ensure our daily activities on campus and in the Neighborhoods support public health efforts to prevent and mitigate risks of infection with COVID-19.
Students who signed the Community Compact in the Fall will not need to sign it again, but they will be asked to confirm their Spring address and emergency contact information.
The Community Compact has been updated and now includes new guidance on student social gatherings and travel to protect the health and safety of our community. Students who reside on campus or in the Neighborhoods, or who are approved to be present on campus, may not congregate socially in groups of more than 10 persons anywhere, on campus or off campus in the DC metropolitan area, unless expressly approved in advance by the University. For the health of our community, we strongly discourage non-essential travel outside of the DC metropolitan area during the Spring semester. If you do travel, you must comply with DC public health requirements of quarantining and testing upon your return. All students living in group houses in the Neighborhoods must self-quarantine if any one of their housemates tests positive and is isolating at home.
If you have questions about the Spring 2021 Affirmation or the Community Compact, please call or email the University’s COVID-19 Helpline to be connected to the appropriate university representative to answer your question:
- 202-784-3510 (9 a.m.-5 p.m. ET Monday-Friday; the Helpline will be closed December 24, December 25, December 31 and January 1)
- covid19-questions@georgetown.edu
Every Hoya everywhere has a role to play in reinforcing the healthy behaviors of one another. We are relying on the actions of each of us as a community member to do our part in this time of national and local crisis.
You have our best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season and a restorative winter break.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Groves, Provost
Edward B. Healton, Executive Vice President of Health Sciences
William M. Treanor, Executive Vice President and Dean of the Law Center
Geoffrey S. Chatas, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer