USCB Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Navigating COVID-19 Safely:
Get Your Shot, Please!

The University of South Carolina encourages all students, faculty and staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  Use the Vaccine Locator to find a vaccine clinic near you.

Student COVID Report Form

Students, if you have a positive test result, are having symptoms,  or have been in close contact with someone who tested positive,  please complete the Student COVID-19 Report Form:

 Student COVID Report Form

 

COVID-19 Testing @ USCB

We are offering FREE PCR COVID testing to university students and employees.  Testing will be available during the Spring 2022 term as follows (excluding state holidays)

Bluffton Campus

• Monday through Friday, 9am– 4pm, Sci Tec Building, Room 204

Beaufort Campus

• Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, 8:30am – 12:30pm, Sandstone Building Room 118

Hilton Head Campus

• Mondays and Thursdays, 10am-2pm, Hilton Head Island Campus Building Lobby

How to Get Test Results

 

Student Spring 2022 Health Requirments

To take courses in SPRING 2022, ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AT LEAST ONE FACE-TO-FACE COURSE must:

1. Log into Blackboard and find COVID-USCB-AY21-22 in your current course list

• • Provide proof of the following COVID Status:
    • Proof of Positive [+] COVID-19 PCR nasal or saliva test within the last 90 days [period of Oct. 3 - Jan. 2]. 

– OR –

• • • Completed COVID vaccination record

Students who are not fully vaccinated or have a recent positive COVID test will be required to report for a COVID test during the week of January 9^th. Times and Locations TBD.

RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS must also:

• • Submit Personal Health Plan to Housing Office

If your test result is positive, please complete the Student COVID-19 Report Form:

 Student COVID Report Form

You will be required to isolate for the time period designated by SCDHEC and will not be permitted on-campus until you have completed your isolation period (typically five days from date of test or symptoms, whichever comes first)

Please note mask guidelines are subject to change based on community and university COVID infection rates and/or revised CDC or SCDHEC Guidelines.

 

USCB EMPLOYEES

University of South Carolina Beaufort has COVID protocols for employees regarding vaccinations, masks, testing, reporting and other aspects of health.

 Access employee covid Information

 

USCB's Campus Health Protocols

• All students, employees, and visitors are required to wear face masks when indoors and in the presence of others on all USCB campuses. Read the CDC's latest mask recommendations
• All students, employees, and visitors are encouraged to maintain 3-foot physical distancing when indoors on all USCB campuses.

 

USCB's COVID Report Card

USCB continually monitors conditions across our campuses, the region, and the state to determine a university-wide level of alert. For each level, there are mitigation strategies to be followed by members of our community in order to contain the spread of COVID-19.

COVID Campus Capacity includes data related to: Number of New COVID-19 Cases USCB’s Ability to Trace and Quarantine Close Contacts Number of Students and Employees in Isolation or Quarantine

Campus Operations includes data related to: PPE Supplies Finances Adequacy of Personnel for Day-to-Day Operations

Campus Environment includes: Adherence to Masking and Social Distancing Degree of Anxiety Reported by USCB Community and Surrounding Communities

Community Resources includes data related to: County and State Transmission Rates Capacity of Regional Healthcare Services Availability of COVID-19 Testing

Resources

Student Resources: 
COVID-19 Student Resources

Faculty-Staff Resources: 
USCB COVID-19 Resources For Faculty & Staff

Dashboard Data Source for Beaufort County and for SC:
SCDHEC County Level COVID 19 Data

Questions related to USCB’s COVID-19 Response:
 uscbcovid19@uscb.edu or (843) 208-8099

Wishing you continuing good health!