JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps College COVID-19 Response Committee and the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) both provided vaccination recommendations and campus-related updates for the fall semester for both student-athletes and Millsaps students on Thursday.
The SAA encourages and recommends all student-athletes to be vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the start of the 2021 fall semester.
NCAA guidelines recommend that student-athletes be vaccinated. The SAA will continue to monitor NCAA guidelines throughout the summer and update COVID-19 playing protocols prior to the fall season.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest priority for each SAA institution has been the health and well-being of all campus communities, student-athletes, coaches, administrators and spectators.
The Millsaps College COVID-19 Response Committee has notified students about updates to policies for the fall. Face masks are no longer required outdoors on campus as long as individuals are able to maintain proper social distance. In addition, the COVID-19 Response Committee is optimistic that if the percentage of vaccinated students, faculty and staff increases and on-campus cases of COVID-19 remain relatively low, the college will be able to relax its COVID-19 policies, including:
- No face masks required indoors when possible*
- No required testing for asymptomatic individuals following a known COVID-19 exposure if that individual has been vaccinated
- No required quarantine for asymptomatic individuals following a known COVID-19 exposure if that individual has been vaccinated
*Mask policy changes dependent on modification, amendment or suspension of Mayor Lumumba's Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order 5/10/21.
Face masks will still be recommended for individuals not fully vaccinated.
While the college currently does not require its students or employees to be vaccinated, the COVID-19 Response Committee strongly encourages all members of the Millsaps community to do so. However, in order to consider relaxing its on-campus COVID-19 policies, the college must know how many community members are vaccinated. Please email a copy or photo of your vaccination card to
health@millsaps.edu or fax a copy to 601-974-1768 by no later than Friday, July 30, 2021. All students who email a copy of their vaccination card by July 30 will be entered into a drawing to receive a $500 gift card!
FAQ's:
Don't know where to get the vaccine?
Visit
vaccines.gov or the
Mississippi State Department of Health.
Lost your vaccination card?
Contact your vaccination provider directly to access your vaccination record or access
MyIR to receive immunization records and forms online.
Unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccine because of health or religious reasons?
As a reminder, at this time the college is not requiring that faculty, staff or students receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Click here to review the state's medical exemption policy for vaccines, or email
info@millsaps.edu for additional information.
Plan to receive your COVID-19 vaccine soon but don't have your card right now, or have you only received one of the two shots (if applicable)?
Email
health@millsaps.edu a copy of your appointment confirmation and then follow up with photo of the vaccination card once obtained.
Want to know when the college may update its current COVID-19 policies?
Be on the lookout for additional information from the COVID-19 Response Committee following the vaccination submission deadline of Friday, July 30. Changes can only be made once the college is able to quantify the percentage of its vaccinated population.
Additional questions? Email
info@millsaps.edu and follow @millsapsstudentlife on Instagram for more information on the COVID-19 vaccine. For more information on the Southern Athletic Association, please visit
www.SAA-Sports.com.
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