Update made to the campus' Communicable Disease Policy

To all Western Students, Faculty and Staff:

Western is committed to the ongoing health and safety of our campus community. Students and employees who know, or who have reason to believe, that they are infected with a communicable disease have an ethical and legal obligation to conduct themselves in ways that minimize exposure in order to protect themselves and others and to inform the appropriate university administrator.

Students should contact the Student Health Center or the Office of the Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services. Administrators, faculty or staff members who become aware of a potential or known condition involving a student should contact the Student Health Center as well.

COVID-19

Employees are required to report to their supervisor and email HR.COVID.Assistance@wwu.edu if they have tested positive for COVID-19 or if they have had close contact with individuals that have COVID-19 and anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19, even if they have no symptoms. Personal information is protected and not released to the public.  See:  https://hr.wwu.edu/hrs-covid-information

Employees unable to attend work due to any other known or suspected communicable disease should contact both their health care provider and report their absence to their supervisor. 

Employees are encouraged to also contact Human Resources for guidance regarding disclosure  and for assistance working with their department with any necessary leave or restrictions. Human Resources will notify the Medical Director of any suspected or known communicable diseases.

Individuals with communicable diseases shall be excluded from enrollment or employment or restricted in their access to university facilities, programs or services if a medically-based judgment, in an individual case, establishes that exclusion or restriction is necessary to ensure the health and safety of the infected individual and/or other members of the university community.

Click here for a complete review of this policy.

Melynda Huskey

Vice President of Enrollment and Student Services