Housing

Move in will take place the week of August 22. Students will be assigned a date and time to arrive to campus. Each student may only bring one guest into the residence hall to assist with unpacking. More detailed instructions—including traffic routes—will be sent along with housing assignment information during the summer months.

Anyone who tests positive for the coronavirus—with or without symptoms—must isolate until they are no longer considered at risk of infecting others. Students who are housed in a residence hall with private bathrooms will isolate in their assigned room. Any student living in a residence hall with a shared bath will be relocated to St. Louis Hall, where they will live during their isolation period. While in isolation, you may not leave the building, and you may not host any visitors. You will be provided with food and have access to a COVID care coordinator for additional support. 
 
Students will monitor their symptoms and a medical provider from the Wellness Center will provide regular virtual wellness checks. These will help to determine when students can safely end their isolation period. The CDC guidelines recommend an isolation period lasting a minimum of 10 days. 
 
If you are diagnosed with COVID-19, a contact tracer will call you within 24 hours to discuss who you’ve been in contact with and where you spent time while you may have been infectious to others. Your name will not be revealed to those you may have exposed, even if they ask.

In the event a student is diagnosed with COVID-19, they need to isolate. Based on a students assigned residence, COVID Care Coordinators will determine if relocation to an Isolation building is necessary.  Buildings on campus have been set aside for COVID-positive students. It is crucial that students observe a full isolation period after a positive diagnosis to protect the larger campus community.  Staff from the Wellness Center will provide assistance in contacting your professors and arranging meal deliveries during the isolation period. 

Students will monitor their symptoms and a medical provider from the Wellness Center will provide regular virtual wellness checks. These will help to determine when students can safely end their isolation period. The University follows CDC guidelines for determining the length of isolation. 

If you are diagnosed with COVID-19, a contact tracer will call you within 24 hours to discuss who you’ve been in contact with and where you spent time while you may have been infectious to others. Your name will not be revealed to those you may have exposed, even if they ask. 

If clusters of positive cases emerge in particular buildings or areas of campus, Residence Life may need to quarantine whole buildings. Students should be ready for a quarantine or isolation at any time. This includes keeping on-hand an ample supply of clean clothes and toiletries. 

You may learn about being exposed to someone with COVID-19 through a process called contact tracing. Contact tracing is a public health tool used to prevent the spread of infectious disease. Contact tracing involves identifying people who have an infectious disease and the people with whom they came in contact with and subsequently working with them to interrupt disease spread (through isolation and quarantine). Learn more about contact tracing here. 

The University will have a contact tracing program when students arrive at the residence halls. If a student receives a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, their close contacts will be identified. The identity of a COVID-positive student will never be disclosed to close contacts during the contact tracing process. If a student is identified as being exposed to the virus because of close contact with another student, they will need to quarantine for 14 days. Students in apartment-style units with kitchens and bathrooms are expected to remain in their rooms. Students in suite-style units may need to be moved temporarily to another location on campus to ensure isolation from other students. Students in exposure quarantine may not leave their rooms for any reason. Leaving rooms after exposure to the virus risks the health of other students and staff. Students should be ready for quarantine or isolation at any time. This includes keeping on-hand an ample supply of clean clothes and toiletries for a 14-day period. 

The Wellness Center will provide assistance in contacting your professors and arranging meal deliveries during the quarantine period.  

All residential students will be required to comply with frequent surveillance testing, contact tracing, and, if needed, resulting quarantine and isolation. Failure to comply with testing requirements will result in you student ID being deactivated, as well as a possible referral to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution.

For more information please visit: LUC.edu/coronavirus/oncampustesting/

Face coverings are required in all public areas of the residence halls. These include lobbies, elevators, bathrooms, stairwells, hallways, laundry rooms, common lounges, and kitchens.  

Put distance between yourself and others whenever possible. The CDC currently recommends keeping a minimum of three feet of distance from other people.

Until a student receives their move-in negative test, they may not host guests. After that time, students may sign in a maximum of two guests from the Loyola University community. Residents are strongly encouraged to practice distancing and wear a mask if in a space with another resident.  Exceptions may be made by the resident director of each building. 

Occupancy in elevators may continue be limited during move-in weeks, based on elevator size. Please adhere to floor signage indicating the number of persons allowed in each elevator car. Residents and their guests are encouraged to use stairwells, if able. 

Where students are sharing a bathroom with other residents, please refrain from leaving items on bathroom counters. If the toilet has a lid, close it before flushing. Wear a face covering as much as possible, with exceptions for when wearing one would inhibit activities (brushing teeth, showering, etc.). Practice good cleaning habits if you are sharing a bathroom with other residents.

When students return to campus, common lounges and kitchens will be open, with some capacity restrictions.  Students should look for posted signage to determine the number of occupants a space can safely accommodate.

Residents may host two guests from the Loyola community in their room or apartment.  A guest is someone who is not assigned to the room or apartment they are visiting. As guidance changes, new signage about the number of guests permitted will be posted.

Residents are encouraged not wait in the laundry room for their laundry loads to finish and should take laundry back to their rooms for folding. Adhere to social distancing when using the laundry rooms and follow signage. Face coverings are required. 

If it is not raining or snowing, all rally points will be outside. Resident Directors will share information specific to their residence halls at first floor/building meetings.