Bison S.A.F.E.: The University's Pandemic Response

All students, faculty, and staff who will be coming to campus must provide official documentation of vaccination that includes your name, the name of the vaccine received, and the dates of vaccination. This documentation may be provided through either a CDC Vaccination Card, World Health Organization Yellow Book, or official documentation from a medical provider. Please see the Vaccination Protocol page for more information and instructions.

Testing is required for individuals who are experiencing symptoms (fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea), as well as a once-per-month selected surveillance screening with PCR testing. Please see Testing, Quarantine, and Contact Tracing Protocol for more information.  

Wearing a mask on campus is optional, but recommended.

All members of the Howard University community who plan to be on-campus must complete the daily Bison Safe app daily screening. Download the app here.

• Being fully vaccinated and boostered 

• Maintain at least 3 feet of distance 

• Maintain good hand hygiene 

• Wear a mask in public settings 

The campus policy is mask-optional in most spaces. Because certain buildings and classrooms can require masking it is recommended you carry an N95 or KN95 mask with you. 

Students who are symptomatic should be tested for covid.  You can test at the Stokes library Monday –Friday 9-12 am and 1-4pm and the Student Health Center.  Those who are asymptomatic and wish to test should do so at the Stokes Library. During the course of the semester, the testing policy may be altered depending on the changes in covid patterns on campus. Testing on the West Campus will be provided in an upcoming schedule. 

You must be up to date with your COVID vaccinations. The University is requiring full vaccination and a booster. For those recently vaccinated, you will need to upload your booster to medproctor when it is due or a medical hold will automatically be placed on your account preventing registration in the upcoming semesters. 

Yes, you can provide an official religious or medical waiver for the vaccination and you will be able to attend class.  However, up to date vaccination is required to live in on-campus housing. 

For those students that test positive, if you live on campus you will be placed in isolation.  You may get a PCR test after 5 days, if the results are negative you can leave isolation, if the results are positive you will isolate for a total of 10 days.  If you test positive off campus, email your results to schscreening@howard.edu.