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Spring 2021 Move-in The Residential Experience
The Residential Experience
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Student Move-in Instructions
Various January Dates
We are enthusiastically awaiting your arrival and wanted to make sure you are as informed as possible be-
fore you arrive for the Spring Semester. We hope that you all have been doing your best to keep up with
CC communications and news to stay informed. You are always able to visit the COVID-19 updates and
resources page for the most up-to-date information.
BEFORE YOU ARRIVE:
Complete the Safe Return to Campus Canvas Course to gain card access to your residence and campus
buildings. If you were here in fall, you have likely already completed this, but please check to be sure!
Please complete your off-campus shopping prior to your arrival to campus. Once you have checked
in to your residence hall, you are expected to remain on campus and follow enhanced social distancing
protocols until you receive your second negative test result.
What is enhanced social distancing for spring move-in?
Interactions:
• Limit interactions to only your roommate
• Stay in your room unless you are getting food or going to the restroom
• Abide by all other hall expectations (wear your mask every time you leave your room, socially
distance, wash hands frequently, etc.)
Use of buildings:
• You will not be able to access any campus buildings until you get the results of your free
COVID-19 tests. Until then, your Gold Card access will be limited to your residence hall.
• You will only be able to pick up food at designated locations. Please note, there will be no
dine-in seating.
• Your designated RA will be able to assist with additional questions and needs. Make sure you
attend your move-in community meeting so you know who that is (more information on those
meetings below).
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What is enhanced social distancing for spring move-in? (cont’d)
Timeline/Length:
• You will be required to practice enhanced social distancing for 10 days after your initial arrival
COVID test. This requirement was recommended by CCs Scientific Advisory Group in order to
mitigate the risk from students coming back from all over the country. After this period, you will
get a second COVID test and be expected to continue to follow standard risk mitigation protocols
(social distancing, wearing a mask, participating in random testing). If you are living with someone
(roommate sharing a bedroom), you shouldtry to coordinate your move-in dates, since your enhanced
socially distancing timeline could be extended or restart once your roommate arrives on campus.
• Apartment residents not living with a roommate in a shared bedroom should wear masks and practice
appropriate social distancing (maintain six feet of distance and limited in-person interaction) in your
apartment common areas in order to avoid prolonged interactions with others while under enhanced
social distancing protocols.
ONCE YOU ARRIVE:
Testing:
You must complete your first COVID-19 test prior to moving into your residence hall. Your first stop
upon arrival to campus will be the COVID-19 testing site at the Student Health Center for the timeslot
for which you signed up. You will receive a reminder on December 18 on the date and time you
selected in the Spring Survey. In the 2021 Spring Student survey sent on December 4 ,(due Dec 14) you
should have signed up for a move-in/testing day. The date and time you selected on this survey is when
we are expecting you to arrive to campus for initial arrival testing and residence hall move-in.
Please email the residential life coordinator of your community if you are not available during the time
you selected, need to make a change, or need to learn about off-campus move-in protocols. Your RLC will
get back to you as soon as possible but there could be a delay due to work schedules over Winter Break.
KAYLEE CRIVELLO LUIS VALDEZ
Mathias Hall and Arthur House East Campus, Synergy Houses, Jackson, Greek
kcrivello@coloradocollege.edu Housing, Cottages, The Lodges, West Edge
Apartments, and Off Campus
ANNEKE BRUWER lvaldez@coloradocollege.edu
Language Houses and Loomis Hall
abruwer@coloradocollege.edu JAMES EBBEN
Old Town, Western Ridge, Breton Hall
MOLLIE HAYDEN jebben@coloradocollege.edu
South Hall and Glass House
mhayden@coloradocollege.edu
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Testing (cont’d)
Please sign up in advance for a testing timeslot closest to your move-in time by going to the Student
Health Center appointment page:
1. Under “Select a reason:,” choose “RANDOM COVID AM,” or “RANDOM COVID PM”
based on the time of day you’d like your appointment to be.
2. From here, you will fill in all fields, including choosing a date and time that work for you,
and then select whether you are a new or existing patient (for your first test or interaction
at the Student Health Center, you will be considered a new patient).
3. Once you have filled in all of the fields, click on “Confirm me!” You will receive an email
confirmation of your appointment (which also gives you options to change or cancel your
appointment if needed).
4. The location for testing is the Student Health Center. Please bring your insurance card with
you and arrive on time for your testing appointment. Testing is free of cost.
• You are required to follow enhanced social distancing protocols for a minimum of 10 days and until
you receive your test results from your second COVID test. This requires that, in addition to regu-
lar risk mitigation protocols, you should only interact with your roommate (if in a shared room) and
will not have access to buildings on campus other than your assigned residence hall. Students in
apartments will be expected to wear masks and maintain social distance until all living mates have
received test results.
• You will need to schedule and get tested again within 10 days of your first test to allow you to move
out of enhanced social distance status.
• Remember that a COVID test result is simply a snapshot in time, because it is possible to get a
negative result even when you have Coronavirus, it is important to be careful even when you receive
a negative result. You must follow social distancing guidelines and other risk mitigation protocols
at all times while on campus.
Move-in
After you have completed your first test and received your slip, you can proceed to your residence hall
for move-in.
• Please go directly to your residence hall after your test, as your enhanced social distancing period
will have begun
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Move-in (cont’d)
• At your residence hall, staff will be on hand to facilitate the move-in process. You may begin your
check-in process at the front desk of either Mathias, Loomis, or South Hall. Below are the different
areas that report to those front desks:
LOOMIS FRONT DESK: MATHIAS FRONT DESK: SOUTH FRONT DESK:
• Loomis Hall • Mathias Hall • South Hall
• Western Ridge Apartments • Arthur House • Lennox/Glass House
• Old Town (Montgomery, • Breton Hall
Ticknor, Bemis, McGregor) • East Campus
• Language Houses
• 1144 N. Cascade
• At residence hall check-in, you will receive your room key and COVID-19 safety kit
• As a reminder, no guests are allowed to accompany students on campus or in the residence hall
during move-in. Parents, family members, or friends are asked to limit their time on campus to curb-
side drop-off. Please note: food service will not be available on campus to parents/family members,
but many restaurant options are available close to campus with to-go options.
Addresses
The address of your hall’s check-in and unloading area is:
SOUTH HALL MATHIAS HALL LOOMIS HALL
130 E. Cache La Poudre St., 123 E. Uintah St., 1104 N. Cascade Ave.,
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Parking Instructions
• Please note that E. Cache La Poudre Street is currently closed between Nevada and Tejon. This
will impact those moving into South Hall; therefore, it is best to approach E. Cache La Poudre from
Cascade Avenue. Please use parking lot adjacent to South Hall and Armstrong to park.
• Students assigned to East Campus, Weber Apartments, the fraternity houses, Synergy houses, or
cottages should check in to Mathias Hall. Should there be city construction near the intersections
of Uintah and Nevada near Mathias Hall, please use the C-1 parking lot for parking and unloading.
• Students assigned to Montgomery, Language Houses, Western Ridge, McGregor, Ticknor, Bemis,
or Cascade Park should check in at Loomis Hall; please use the parking adjacent to Loomis Hall.
4 THE RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE: MOVE-IN, SPRING 2021 w w w.c o l o r a d o c o l l e ge.e d uNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE:
Once you have arrived and settled into your space:
• You will have a chance to meet your RA on move-in day but if you miss each other, they will connect
with you personally via email to get your contact information and share theirs.
• You will be required to attend (virtually) a community meeting on the Sunday on or after your
move-in date, with your RA at 7 p.m.; you will receive the specific details about this meeting
from your RA when they reach out via email to get your contact information.
» New Winter Start and Spring Transfer students will have their required hall and welcome
meetings on Monday, Jan. 25, and are also required to attend the all-hall virtual meeting
on Sunday, Jan. 31.
• Your RA will update you on all processes and procedures, but here is some important contact
information in the meantime:
RA ON-CALL CAMPUS SAFETY
1. There is a different duty phone number 1. Emergency line: (719) 389-6911
for each community; this number is post-
2. Non-emergency line: (719) 389-6707
ed on most exterior doors and resource
bulletin boards on your floor
2. RA on call can be called for any lockout,
emergency, or support
Meals:
As you arrive and abide by enhanced social distancing protocols, select food service locations
will be open for warm meals, retail, and grab-and- go options. To see our open dining locations
and menu options, please visit Bon Appetit website.
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From Campus Safety and our Emergency Management team and other campus partners:
What should I do until I get my results or while following enhanced social
distancing protocols?
• Stay in your room unless you are leaving to get food, going to the bathroom, or exercising outside
alone. Please use the designated bathroom to your pod (usually the nearest bathroom on your floor)
• Follow enhanced social distancing procedures for a minimum of 10 days until your second negative
COVID test
What if I want to exercise; is this allowed?
Outdoor exercise is allowed. You will need to wear a mask and be by yourself.
Why is the enhanced social distancing period now 10 days long and involves two tests?
• First and foremost, we are concerned about our CC student’s health and safety. Nationally and
locally, the high prevalence of COVID is having us rethink our testing protocol. This new protocol
is designed as an added layer of risk mitigation that maximizes our chances of having a Spring
Semester with at least some in-person instruction
• When students return to CC, arrival testing will not detect infections that occurred during travel.
By implementing a 10-day enhanced social distancing period, we are minimizing the risk of transmis-
sion, particularly from asymptomatic infected students to others.
• The second test will detect infections that occurred around the time of arrival.
How long will it take to get my results back?
This depends on the test. We anticipate using a rapid testing system so the wait time will be very short.
However, other test results could take longer so be prepared for test results taking up to 3-5 days. After you
receive your first test, you are still required to follow enhanced social distancing until you receive your
second negative test results 7-10 days after move-in.
What is enhanced social distancing?
Interactions:
• Reduce in-person interactions to your roommate until your get your second negative COVID
test results
• As you arrive and abide by enhanced social distancing protocols, select food service locations will be
open for warm meals, retail, and grab-and- go options. To see our open dining locations and menu
options, please visit Bon Appetit website.
• Stay in your room unless you are getting food or going to the bathroom or exercising outside alone,
far away from others.
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What is enhanced social distancing? (cont’d)
Use of facilities:
• You will not be able to access any additional campus facilities until you receive two negative
COVID-19 tests (separated by approximately 10 days).
• You will only be able to pick up food at designated locations.
• Please note, there will be no dine-in seating.
Timeline/Length:
• You will be required to enhanced social distance for a period of 10 days after your initial arrival
COVID test. At the end of this period, you will get a second COVID test to ensure you and our
community are safe from COVID.
• If you are living with someone (roommate sharing a bedroom), you should try to coordinate your move-
in dates since your timeline could be extended or restart once your roommate arrives on campus.
• Apartment residents not living with a roommate in the same bedroom should wear masks and
practice appropriate regular social distancing protocol in your apartment common areas until all
members of the household have completed their period of enhanced social distancing protocols.
If I am enhanced social distancing for 10 days, how can I get my mail?
Mail Services will be open from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday with special appointments
for students under enhanced social distancing to pick-up mail. Please note they will not be available
for weekend move-in hours. Look for further instructions once you move in.
What are behaviors that all students, staff, and faculty are expected to do consistently that
mitigate risk to COVID-19?
• Interact within your cohort/pod of under 10 people. (Floor, team, building, etc....) These guidelines
change depending on our campus alert level, so please review guidance here.
• As you think about forming your circle of 10, be sure to include anyone who would come into regular
close contact with you and the people you live with — for students, your roommates will be a part
of your circle. If you add people outside of your household or living unit to your social circle, be sure
to include anyone in their households as well. You may not see them often, but they would still be
considered part of your circle of 10. If your roommate has a partner with whom they spend a lot of
time, that partner is part of your social circle, and that partner’s roommate would also be a part of
your social circle.
• All students living on campus or locally off-campus are required to participate in randomized testing
and follow-up testing in case elevated viral levels are found in wastewater.
• Wear a mask when outside your residence hall room or apartment. For apartment residents, wear a
mask in your apartment common area during the enhanced social distancing timeframe of all apart-
ment mates.
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What are behaviors that all students, staff, and faculty are expected to do consistently that
mitigate risk to COVID-19? (cont’d)
• Make sure to wash your reusable mask daily and replace your disposable masks regularly.
• Maintain at least six feet of distance from others not also living in your residence hall room or apartment.
• Wash your hands frequently.
• Cover your coughs/sneezes.
• Students approved to be on campus are not allowed to host guests. The only exception is during
move in and is restricted to one family member.
• Any student who tests positive for COVID-19 must participate in contact tracing so others who have
been exposed may be notified and reduce the risk of spreading the virus to more people.
• Students who test positive for COVID-19 must follow isolation procedures.
• Students who are identified as close contacts of someone who tested positive must follow quarantine
procedures.
• Students must cooperate with CC and El Paso County contact tracers.
• On-campus students are expected to check their own temperature before going to areas of campus
that are not their residence. Students should stay in their room if sick or experiencing mild symptoms
consistent with COVID-19 such as such as fever or chills, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath or
difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, congestion or
runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea. They should immediately contact the Student Health
Center, (719) 389-6384, and report any symptoms of COVID-19 to msantos@coloradocollege.edu.
• Complete the daily Covid-19 Screening on the CC app each day before entering buildings.
What are COVID symptoms?
Most common symptoms include:
• Fever
• Dry cough
• Tiredness
Less common symptoms:
• Aches and pains
• Sore throat
• Diarrhea
• Conjunctivitis
• Headache
• Loss of taste or smell
• Rash on skin, or discoloration of fingers or toes
Serious symptoms:
• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
• Chest pain or pressure
• Loss of speech of movement
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What do you do if you have symptoms?
• During operating hours of the Student Health Center (M-F 8 a.m.-8 p.m., S-S noon-3 p.m.) call the
Student Health Center: (719) 389-6384.
• If testing is medically appropriate, you will be scheduled to be tested at the Student Health Center.
• Outside Student Health Center hours, call the UCH Nurse Triage Line using CC’s triage pin:
(833) 494-0560, Pin#: 0801, who will put in an order for testing if medically appropriate.
• If before 9 p.m., an ambulance testing crew will be deployed to campus within an hour.
• If after 9 p.m., you will be scheduled for a next-day test at the Student Health Center
• You will be able to see your results through the UCH MyHealthConnection app or webpage.
What is quarantine vs. isolation?
Isolation is the process in which people who are known to be ill with a dangerous, contagious disease are
treated to prevent the disease from spreading.
Quarantine is the process in which people who have been exposed to an infectious disease, but are not
yet known to be ill, are kept separate from others and monitored.
Where would you quarantine/isolate?
• Colorado College has a quarantine/isolation location near campus. Students who are symptomatic
or have possibly been exposed to a symptomatic person will be transported to that location until the
symptoms subside, they test negative, or they have completed their quarantine/isolation period.
• Students should bring necessities such as clothes, computers, cords, and study material; at the
quarantine/isolation location, they will be provided necessities. They will also be provided a contact
tracer who will contact them daily. Campus Safety is on the premises 24/7 and is always available
at (719) 389- 6707.
We understand that this is a lot of information, but we want
to do our best to keep you as informed as possible! Again, we are so
thrilled to welcome you all to campus for the spring! Please do not
hesitate to reach out to your RLC via email if you need anything else.
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