Whittier College is a community that values connection. Student’s health and well-being are paramount to the College.
As we continue with remote learning and a closed campus for the 2020-2021 academic year, the College will provide all students with engaging, personalized, and interactive academic and student life activities rooted in care, as defined by the Whittier College ethos.
This COVID-19 Student Code of Conduct enumerates the behaviors that all students are expected to demonstrate while we all try to manage the prevalence of COVID-19. We must all agree on a shared set of principles and daily actions that reflect guidelines from public health experts and agencies. These shared principles and actions will allow us to create a healthy, safe environment wherever we are living, learning, and working.
In line with the Los Angeles County Guidelines, the Whittier College Campus is currently accessible and open only to previously approved essential staff and a small group of approved residential students.
In this Code, specific policies will be noted that they apply to “Approved Residential Students” as they will be the only students permitted on campus.
This Code is designed to create a community of care around all our students. The College is committed to ensuring that students have access to support regarding COVID-19 as appropriate. The Code promotes necessary communication as well as the provision of resources and support to help students be successful.
If we all work together and abide by these policies, we can build and sustain a culture that takes our well-being, health, public health and the safety of others seriously. Each of our actions will ultimately affect how this academic year progresses for the Whittier Community, with the hope that we can be physically reunited again in 2021.
A guide for students regarding behavior that is essential to keep everyone healthy and safe
This COVID-19 Student Code of Conduct remains effective as an addendum to the Whittier College Student Code of Conduct until otherwise noted by the College. The College reserves the right to update and make edits to this document to be in line with the guidance that comes from local, state, and national public health agencies as well as government officials. All updates to the document will be clearly noted with the date and posted on the College’s website.
This policy was updated March 3, 2021.