NorthWest Arkansas Community College

COVID-19 INFORMATION

• Safety Guidelines - Students, employees and visitors are encouraged to do their part to protect each other and keep us #NWACCStrong by getting vaccinated, wearing a face covering, washing hands and social distancing.
  
  
• Face Coverings - NWACC employees, students and visitors are not required to wear a face covering indoors in NWACC locations but are highly encouraged to wear them. Learn more about face coverings.

• Daily Checklist – Before coming to campus, be sure to review the daily COVID-19 symptom checklist.

• COVID-19 Testing - View a listing of testing sites in NWA at www.nwacouncil.org/testing.
  • At-home COVID-19 testing kits are available at no cost from the Arkansas Dept. of Health. Find a list of locations on the Arkansas Dept. of Health website or use this USPS online form to have testing kits shipped to you.
  • View instructions for taking a rapid at-home antigen COVID-19 test. 
    
    
• COVID-19 Vaccines -  View a listing of vaccine locations on the Arkansas Dept. of Health website. NOTE: Vaccinations are not required but encouraged.
  
  
• PPE for Departments - If you are an employee in need of PPE, contact Shipping and Receiving at #4219 or email manderson28@nwacc.edu.
  
  
• #NWACCStrong Campaign - Employees can download #NWACCStrong graphics to help encourage the college community to do their part to keep each other safe and to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Download Graphics

 

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COVID-19 Case Reporting

If you have experienced ANY of the following: 

• Symptoms related to COVID-19 and/or
• Tested positive for COVID-19 and/or
• May have been exposed to (in close contact with) another person who has tested positive to COVID-19 and you are not fully vaccinated and boosted

Please note: If your job or clinical rotation for your degree requires that you be exposed to those with COVID-19 (such as a job in health care), and you wear the proper PPE, there’s no need for you to report exposure to HR or Dean of Students.

DO NOT COME TO CAMPUS until you have been directed to do so by your instructor (if student) or supervisor (if employee).

 If you are a student, please do the following:

• Email your instructor(s) to let them know you have experienced one (or more) of the items on the list above and cannot come to campus. Your instructors will provide information on next steps.

If you are an employee, please do the following:

• Report this information to your direct supervisor.  
• If you are an instructor and have an in-person/face-to-face class on campus, notify your students that the class is moving online or to remote synchronous.