COVID-19 Community Updates

Students, I am looking forward to your return to campus, even as we face the challenges of the Omicron surge together.

To support compliance with the revised LA County guidelines, the College has obtained an inventory of surgical and KN95 masks for use by members of our community while on campus.

Given that we are still amid a COVID-19 surge, faculty and staff should continue to work remotely if possible, through Friday, Jan. 28.

Students, if you were away from campus during winter break and tested positive for COVID-19, this message is for you.

We are writing with time-sensitive information on the start of the spring semester amid the current surge in COVID-19 cases from the Omicron variant.

Given the winter surge of COVID-19 infections, driven largely by the highly infectious Omicron variant, we are making some important modifications to our public health protocols as we prepare for the start of the semester.

We are preparing for the new challenges posed by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and are working to do everything possible to create conditions for a safe and successful spring semester.

In this final week of classes, we have a cluster of campus COVID-19 cases, with at least some likely tied to a social gathering last weekend.

Last week, we had two COVID-19 positive test results among students. However, we have seven COVID-positive results from students so far this week. In Los Angeles County, daily test positivity rates have been ticking up.

We have reached the final weeks in a semester that brought both our first-year and sophomore classes to campus for the first time. Last week we had no COVID-positive test results during the shortened holiday week.