Travel
Westchester Community College continues to monitor closely the evolving public health situation with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A Preparedness Response Team is working closely with all areas of the college to respond to this evolving situation. The team continues to maintain close contact with the Westchester County Department of Health, New York State Department of Health, and the State University of New York System Administration.
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SUNY System Administration has notified all campuses that study-abroad programs in China, Italy, Japan, and South Korea are being curtailed, effective immediately. Since there are no Westchester Community College students on college-sponsored trips in these areas, no students are affected by SUNY Administration’s action. For more information, read the full news release on SUNY’s Study Abroad response.
Following the guidance of the CDC and SUNY System Administration, Westchester Community College is suspending all nonessential travel by employees or students to any of the Level-2 or Level-3 countries (Japan, Iran, China, South Korea, Italy).
If you have personal travel plans, please consult the CDC travel guidelines prior to your trip and be aware of the potential for social distancing for 14 days following your return.
In an effort to be proactive and help to reduce risk of potential exposure, students should contact Health Services Health.Office@sunywcc.edu and employees should contact Human Resources HumanResources@sunywcc.edu if they have traveled to Level-2 and Level-3 countries in the past 14 days.