USC COVID-19 update: Quarantine housing empty for first time this semester
Tuesday’s COVID-19 dashboard update brought a first this semester: The university’s isolation and quarantine units are completely empty.
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Tuesday’s COVID-19 dashboard update brought a first this semester: The university’s isolation and quarantine units are completely empty.
There are 170 active cases of COVID-19 at the University of South Carolina, according to Friday’s COVID-19 dashboard update. The dashboard has also been changed to include new information, such as the number of recovered individuals.
With many reaffirming statements regarding the university’s functionality in the pandemic, the Board of Trustees met Friday to discuss the state of the university and to approve several projects.
Eight Greek Village houses have been released from quarantine, and two more students are under interim suspension, an email from university spokesperson Jeff Stensland announced.
The University of South Carolina has 501 active coronavirus cases as of Thursday, according to the newest update of the COVID-19 dashboard.
The Carolina Socialists held a demonstration in the center of the Horseshoe from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday to protest how the university is handling student COVID cases.
The University of South Carolina has 1,461 active cases as of Thursday, according to the latest COVID-19 dashboard update.
The University of South Carolina now has 557 active coronavirus cases as of Thursday, with 553 of those being students, according to USC’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The university updated its COVID-19 dashboard Friday, showing that the university is currently facing 44 active student cases and two active employee cases. This is based on data gathered as of Aug. 20.
The new leaders of USC’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) hosted a virtual retreat for their first meeting Monday night.
For the fall semester, faculty and staff members may request a remote-work option from their supervisor, but not all requests will be granted.
Even though Coastal Carolina, Winthrop, Clemson and College of Charleston are starting the fall semester online, USC will still offer both face-to-face and online classes. President Bob Caslen said the university can mitigate the risk.
Although USC student Amanda Whalen applied for unemployment in March, she just received her $5,300 unemployment benefit check last week.
All students living on campus, including 650 Lincoln, Greene Crossing, YOUnion, Park Place and Greek Village, must show proof of COVID-19 testing and clearance from Student Health Services prior to being allowed to move in, according to an email sent to students on Thursday.
Sick students are packing into the Thompson Student Health Center near Russell House. They’re coughing, sneezing, vomiting and have various other flu-like symptoms. But it’s not COVID-19 that’s got these students sick — it’s the swine flu.
Williams-Brice Stadium is currently undergoing its largest construction project in 25 years, for which construction began in December.
The in-person commencement that was originally scheduled for Aug. 8 has been canceled, according to an email sent to recent graduates from President Bob Caslen.
USC’s School of Medicine (SOM) system, which includes campuses in Greenville and Columbia, has issued an optional agreement for students who wish to return during the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Bob Caslen, Student Government leaders and university officials held a town hall Tuesday to discuss a safe return to campus in the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing diversity initiatives.
This story was updated at 3:39 p.m. on July 1. An earlier version stated the university set its threshold for handling new COVID-19 cases at 150 per week. In a follow-up interview on June 29, Deborah Beck said this was incorrect. University spokesperson Jeff Stensland clarified that 150 represents the number of additional patients the Student Health Center can handle per week without making adjustments to its operation. This story and its headline have been updated to reflect this.