COVID Updated Guidelines – April 6, 2021

Campus presence

By July 5, 2021, all faculty and staff are expected to return to our pre-March 2020 campus presence while still observing any CDC guidelines regarding masking, social distancing, handwashing and symptom monitoring.

Our expanded and flexible block course schedule with MWF, TR classes and TR Common Hour begins July 5. To ensure we begin this new instructional schedule, employees should plan to be back to regular, on-campus schedules by July 5. Now is the right time to start researching your childcare options to ensure every single Central Penn College employee can be back to campus to serve our students by July 5.

Full face-to-face instruction will continue for spring and summer terms. Modifications will be reduced by summer term 2021.

Spring term will continue to utilize hi-flex options for courses, social distancing, masking, reduced classroom capacities and online learning options.
If faculty are fully vaccinated, and two weeks has passed since their second vaccine if receiving Pfizer or Moderna, they may unmask while teaching.
Students, faculty and staff will continue to use the daily screening form via the CPC app until further notice.
All CPC students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to seek out a COVID-19 vaccine when it is their turn to receive it.
Starting with the summer term (beginning July 5), classroom social distancing will be reduced to three feet and masks will be required by students in classrooms if that continues to be CDC guidance. If students are more than six feet apart, masks may be removed.
Increased classroom capacities will only remain in effect when Cumberland or Lancaster County is at a rate of low to moderate COVID-19 spread. If substantial or high rates of spread return, hi-flex, online courses, or reduced classroom capacities will return.

Food services – Knight and Day Café

Indoor and outdoor seating will be made available immediately starting in spring term while maintaining social distancing and regular cleaning of all surfaces between mealtimes. Facilities will remove excess tables to assist with maintaining social distancing while eating.
Disposable utensils that are individually wrapped will be used to reduce unnecessary contacts in the cafe.
Café is being opened-up with spring term for serving line and eating in Café area for all students, faculty and staff.
Conference Center being opened-up in spring term for smaller capacity internal and external events (50 or less).
Conference Center internal and external events of up to 125 people to be scheduled for the summer term starting July 5.
CulinArt to hire a catering manager with a target start date in June.
Conference Center internal and external events of up to 180 people to be scheduled after Sept. 1.
All dates and targets subject to change based on status of COVID-19.

Events on Campus

Outdoor events exclusive to CPC students, faculty and staff
- Effective immediately, outdoor events may be held on campus.
- Masks must be worn if you are less than six feet apart.
- Outdoor events that invite the general public may resume on campus with the start of summer term on July

Indoor events
- Small group events and meetings exclusively for CPC students, faculty and staff that observe room capacities, social distancing and masking when less than six feet apart may resume immediately.
- Room capacities will be revised up to 75% starting on April 4. The theatre capacity will move to 100.
- Events inviting the general public to Central Penn College locations will resume on July 5. Those events will observe social distancing, a COVID-19 waiver or statement of responsibility and require event attendees to abide by existing CDC guidelines and CPC protocols.
- The Conference Center will be limited to a capacity of 125 people for any single event starting July 5. Conference Center internal and external events of up to 180 people to be scheduled after Sept. 1.
- All of these protocols are subject to change based on updated CDC guidance and protocol at the decision of the president.