In April 2021, the University announced the requirement for all students to upload through UHSConnect proof of their COVID-19 vaccination, or file a request for a medical or religious exemption to the vaccine. Today, records show that every single full-time student糖心传媒攔oughly 11,850 total students糖心传媒攈ave complied with this requirement, according to the University Registrar糖心传媒檚 Office.
All registered undergraduate and graduate students are either compliant, exempt, or otherwise accounted for (late arriving international students may still be completing their vaccination process).
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The driving force behind the University糖心传媒檚 student vaccination requirement is to protect the health and safety of the University community to the fullest extent possible while enabling in-person instruction and activities.
On August 26, the University additionally announced a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all faculty and staff.