ECU Community Expectations UPDATED 8.17.2022

By working together, we can keep Pirate Nation safe. Remember, #PiratesProtectPirates.

Note: These expectations will be updated in accordance with local, state and federal guidance as needed.

Vaccination and Testing

  • Vaccinations and boosters are strongly encouraged as the best defense against severe illness.

Students will continue to have access to free COVID-19 testing on campus through Student Health Services. Faculty and staff who wish to be tested or who are symptomatic should contact their physician’s office.

Masks

  • Masks remain optional except in limited situations in health care and laboratory settings based on infection control and lab safety plans. For those wanting a high quality mask, the CDC website provides a search function to help identify local retainers providing free, high quality (N95) masks.

Symptoms and Exposure

  • If you have these symptoms identified by the CDC, do not attend work or class, and contact your medical provider. Employees should notify their supervisor and refer to isolation and quarantine guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Direct any questions regarding quarantine and isolation guidance to employeehealthcovid@ecu.edu. Employees will need to use sick and/or vacation leave for any absences related to COVID-19.
  • Follow all directions given by university officials and public health authorities. This includes directions related to testing, and adhering to isolation and quarantine requirements if you have been diagnosed with COVID-19, have possible COVID-19 symptoms, or have been deemed a close contact of someone diagnosed with COVID-19.
  • ECU is following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance for COVID-19 isolation and quarantine.

Gatherings and Hygiene

  • Practice good hand hygiene. Wash hands frequently, for 20 seconds at a time. If soap and water is not readily available, use alcohol-based sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
  • Follow signage or requirements when directed, including signage directing traffic flow through building entrances, exits, elevators and other common areas to reduce density.
  • There are no limitations on gatherings.

Pirates Protect Pirates

These community expectations and all other rules, practices and guidelines ECU has implemented to reduce the risk of COVID-19 are supplemental and in addition to university policies, regulations and rules already in place.

Although ECU has instituted reasonable practices to lessen or reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19, ECU cannot guarantee that you will never be exposed to or get sick from the virus, and ECU cannot guarantee a COVID-19-free environment. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic could cause further interruption to academic and campus activities and operations. We also don’t know all of the long-term effects of COVID-19, and we acknowledge it is possible to contract COVID-19 even when following safety precautions recommended by government authorities, agencies, and university policies and practices.

Updated: Aug. 17, 2022