Report COVID symptoms
Students please call the Health Center 972-721-5322 and complete this form.
Employees with symptoms should complete this form.
Groundhog's Guide to Health

- Classes: Classes will return to in-person instruction and on-campus residential living for
the spring semester beginning January 20, although high-risk students will have the
option to learn online. For those opting to return to campus, a number of health and
hygiene protocols will be in place to ensure protection of our UD campus community.
- Residential Student with COVID-19: If a student is diagnosed with COVID-19, he/she will be isolated in a designated
space on campus, or in overflow space off-campus. The student’s parents/family will
be contacted immediately. Meals and health care services will be provided while the
student is isolated. Students who are isolated with COVID-19 will be closely monitored
to ensure their needs are being met and to monitor their recovery process. For symptomatic
cases, re-entry into campus life will be permitted after at least 3 days have passed
since recovery (resolution of fever without use of fever-reducing medications, improved
respiratory symptoms), and at least 10 days have passed since COVID-19 symptoms first
appeared. For asymptomatic cases, re-entry into campus life will be permitted 14 days
after the positive test date.
- International travel: Per the CDC guidelines, anyone who travels internationally is required to quarantine for 14 days upon returning
before fully participating in campus life, including attending in-person classes.
Students may fulfill this quarantine in their residence hall (e.g., you may move into
your dorm room and then shelter in place for the duration of the quarantine). If you
are student who has travelled internationally before returning to campus, you should
contact Julia Carrano (jcarrano@udallas.edu) as soon as possible so she can ensure you have adequate support for completing your
quarantine.
Personal Safety Protocols
- Masks: Face masks or coverings are required at all times in University buildings, unless
you are in your own residence hall room alone or with just your roommate, eating,
or working in your own office or cubicle. Masks are also required outside if you are
closer than 6 feet from any other person. If you are eating outside, you must be six
feet away from all people due to the fact that masks must be removed when eating.
- Hand-washing / sanitizing: Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds and / or use hand sanitizer, especially
after sneezing or coughing or touching a high-contact object like a doorknob or computer.
Please cover your coughs and sneezes with your arm, and avoid touching your face.
- Social distancing: Maintain a social distance of at least 6 feet whenever you can to minimize exposure.
Also, please be mindful of instructions and directional signs for entering buildings,
classrooms, and other common university areas.
- Testing: All residential students are required to take a COVID-19 test, either on campus or
at home within seven days of arrival prior to their return to campus and prior to
admittance in on-campus housing. If a residential student tests positive for COVID-19
he/she will not be permitted to move into University housing. Students will also be
subject to random testing through the course of the semester to continue to monitor
the existence of COVID-19 on campus. This includes commuter students who attend in-person
classes. Information regarding the randomized testing will be communicated to the
affected individuals as needed.
- Personal thermometer: We request that all students bring a personal thermometer with them to campus, and
that all students monitor their health condition daily by evaluating whether they
have COVID-19 symptoms, such as those recognized by the CDC. The University will provide no-touch thermometers in dormitories and in the Student
Health Center.
- Health Center services: The Health Center will continue to provide health services for all UD students. The
Health Center will hire additional medical technicians and work with Dallas County
Health and Human Services to assist with essential services and contact tracing for
the duration of the semester.
- The Health Center is located on the second floor of Haggar and can be reached at 972-721-5322.
- Questions: Please contact Julia Carrano (jcarrano@udallas.edu), Dean of Students, should you have any requisitions regarding student services.
Students will continue to live in double rooms across campus. The University has reduced
the number of students in freshmen triples and quads, but has maintained them in Clark
Hall because there exist individual rooms within the suites. Furniture in each dorm
room will be placed in a configuration that enables social distancing as much as possible
and excess furniture will be removed.
- Classroom layouts have been modified such that there will be six feet of distance
between all students and professors whenever possible. The distance between students
in small groups will be increased as there is more conversation.
- For contact tracing purposes, there will be assigned seating in each class.
- Eating and drinking will not be allowed in classrooms, and masks must be worn for
the entirety of the class.
- Directional signs for ingress/egress: The University will place signs for entrance
and exit into each classroom to allow for more social distancing when entering and
exiting.
- Student athletes will resume competitive play in the Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference (SCAC). The SCAC has put in place robust COVID-19 testing policies and
protocols based on extensive discussions with medical and scientific experts in accordance
with NCAA guidelines. The university will adhere to Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Competition
Guidelines.
- University athletes will be asked to agree to the Crusader Code of Conduct.
Phased Plan for Closing Campus
We have a phased plan for closing down various aspects of campus life should the need
arise due to an increased incidence of COVID-19. With the potential for sudden changes
to the semester schedule, if you are a residential student, we strongly encourage you to limit what you bring to campus. If the need arises to go entirely online during the semester, you may be asked to
pack up your belongings quickly. As you pack, please keep that potential in mind,
focusing on bringing necessary clothes, technology, and toiletries.
Financial Aid and the COVID-19 CARES Act
Here is additional information as it relates to the University of Dallas and its receipt
of funds through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for
the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF).
Go to Information Page
The university strives to take an educational approach to violations of COVID-19 policies
and regulations. When a situation rises to the need for a violation to be taken through
the conduct process, the following rubric will be used for the alleged violation.
Please understand that, at any time, the Office of Student Affairs reserves the right
to alter, update, or forego any of these sanctions.
1st violation |
$25 fine |
2nd violation |
$50 fine |
3rd violation |
Reflection paper/Educational workshop |
4th violation* |
Student Affais Probation I (may include additional sanctions) |
* Further violations may result in loss of university privileges or additional disciplinary
action up to and including suspension or expulsion.