COVID-19 Community Updates

Beginning today and continuing through the summer many Pomona staff members who had been working from home will begin returning to campus in preparation for the full resumption of campus life.

As vaccination takes hold and progress in containing the pandemic continues, we now are able to adjust our testing requirements for staff and faculty members who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

We are writing to provide an update on plans for the months ahead, including a limited campus population in summer and the full return of students for fall semester.

As Los Angeles County enters less restrictive tiers, and California plans to reopen the economy on June 15, we plan to return some students in the summer and a full return in the fall.

We are writing to share the good news that our region continues to make progress in controlling the spread of COVID-19, with Los Angeles County now in the orange tier in the state’s reopening plan.

The county soon will be moving into the less-restrictive red tier under the state COVID-19 system. As we have long sought, the county now has agreed to lift nearly all of its restrictions on higher education that go beyond the state guidance.

Los Angeles County has allotted Student Health Services its first batch of vaccines, a total of 100 doses, which will be divided equally among The Claremont Colleges.

As Pomona and partner institutions call on our county to work with us to bring back in-person higher education, officials have now agreed to first steps toward a limited reopening of some campus facilities.

With students now back in class and a range of activities launching for the semester, I’m writing to share more details about our framework for moving forward as a community in the months ahead.

In our message last week, we noted the importance of and great interest in vaccinations for COVID-19. Today, at this critical point in the pandemic, we are providing additional information.