To the Campus Community: 

The College has been notified of six self-reported positive tests for COVID-19. Some of these students have no on-campus presence while others have been here on a limited basis. Consistent with our protocols, and to address the specific areas where a potential exposure may have taken place, we immediately took the following steps: 

• Closed the Aviation Center until at least Monday, November 16 in order to decontaminate and sanitize the entire building.
• Began testing all students who recently have been at the Aviation Center. Testing will continue through Wednesday.
• Notified the instructor and the students who took a particular class in Hale Hall that the class would meet remotely for two weeks. A complete decontamination and sanitizing of the building is underway.
• Began a decontamination and sanitizing of common areas throughout the campus.
• Removed two Nursing students from clinical rotations and began testing seven others who may have been exposed.
• Notified potentially exposed students that they must comply with the campus testing requirement or provide evidence of a negative COVID test before returning to the Aviation Center or to the main campus.

In addition, all the steps we have taken have been reviewed by the Health & Wellness Center personnel to ensure that the actions taken are appropriate. The Suffolk County Department of Health and SUNY have been fully informed. 

We will continue to keep the campus advised of significant related developments.

John Nader
President