Dear Kent State University Student,
You have received an exemption from getting vaccinated against COVID-19. We thank you for taking this important step to become compliant with the university’s vaccine requirement.
As part of your exemption, you are required to get tested weekly to ensure that you do not have COVID-19.
This semester, your testing begins the week of Jan. 24.
There are two ways you can comply with this testing requirement.
- You may stop by and get tested at one of the Visit Healthcare locations on the Kent Campus:
- Eastway Lounge: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Expanded morning hours are available on Thursdays beginning at 7:30 a.m.
- Cartwright Hall, second floor auditorium: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- MAC Center 3rd Floor Loge: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Expanded morning hours are available on Thursdays beginning at 7:30 a.m.
- Dunbar Hall Conference Room: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- DeWeese Health Center Annex (medical trailer located in the DeWeese parking lot): 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Warren Student Recreation & Wellness Center: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- You may perform an at-home test and submit your results here: My COVID-19 Dashboard - Kent State University. This test does not have to be proctored. You may order free, at-home tests from the federal government here, or you may purchase test kits at a pharmacy, the cost of which will be reimbursed through your medical insurance carrier. Please note that the at-home COVID-19 testing kits distributed across the Kent Campus are not permitted to be used for this testing.
We remind you that failure to comply with this required testing may result in a referral to the Office of Student Conduct.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation as we strive to keep everyone on our campus healthy as this pandemic continues.
Sincerely,
Lisa Dannemiller, M.D.
Chief University Physician
Interim Director, University Health Services
Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., MPH
Director, Pandemic Institutionalization Effort
Interim Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Program Coordinator – Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Professor of Epidemiology, College of Public Health