{"id":73904,"date":"2021-09-03T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=73904"},"modified":"2021-09-03T17:15:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T21:15:34","slug":"new-safety-measures-in-place-for-brock-welcome-weeks-including-badgerfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/09\/new-safety-measures-in-place-for-brock-welcome-weeks-including-badgerfest\/","title":{"rendered":"New safety measures in place for Brock Welcome Weeks including BadgerFest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The start of Fall Term is always an important introduction to University life for thousands of post-secondary students.<\/p>\n<p>Brock University\u2019s 2021 Fall Term is unique, not only because of the COVID-19 health and safety measures that remain in place, but also because many second-year students will join first years in being introduced to Brock\u2019s on-campus community for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The traditional Welcome Week, featuring orientation and welcome events organized by several departments across campus, is being extended throughout the month of September to become Welcome Weeks, with a full slate of online and in-person activities from Brock Student Services and the Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU).<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WelcomeWeeksGraphic.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73910\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WelcomeWeeksGraphic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As events get underway in the coming days, a number of specific measures are being put into place to ensure the health, safety and well-being of Brock students and the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>In-person Welcome Weeks events are only open to students who are fully vaccinated, or those who are partially vaccinated or exempt but who have had a negative rapid antigen test within 72 hours of coming to campus. This can be either a Brock-provided CDL rapid antigen test or a similar antigen test available from pharmacies.<\/p>\n<p>New students attending Welcome Weeks events who are partially vaccinated or approved for an exemption can be reimbursed for the cost of antigen screening tests up to $75 per test from Tuesday, Sept. 7 until Monday, Sept. 13, when the Brock Rapid Antigen Screening program will be fully active.<\/p>\n<p>Please note if you are seeking reimbursement, you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be attending orientation event(s)<\/li>\n<li>Must be partially vaccinated or approved for an exemption<\/li>\n<li>Must provide a copy of your receipt for antigen screening<\/li>\n<li>May only claim reimbursement for up to two antigen screening COVID-19 kits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further information on how to seek reimbursement will be provided next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome Weeks including BUSU\u2019s BadgerFest<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kicks off Monday, Sept. 6<\/li>\n<li>Mix of in-person and virtual events<\/li>\n<li>In-person events require advance registration through <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExperienceBU<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All outdoor in-person events are limited to 100 people per session<\/li>\n<li>Large open-air tents are being used as an alternative to indoor event venues<\/li>\n<li>Event plans and site layouts are designed to promote physical distancing<\/li>\n<li>Masks are mandatory for all indoor and outdoor events<\/li>\n<li>Screening and check-in will take place at the entrance to all in-person events using the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/experiencebu\/main\/administrators\/event-check-in-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Event Pass<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In-person events open to only those who are fully or partially vaccinated, or have received a Brock-approved exemption<\/li>\n<li>Students who are exempt or partially vaccinated must have a negative rapid antigen test result within 72 hours of coming to campus for Welcome Weeks events<\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brocku.ca\/orientation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brocku.ca\/orientation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.badgersfest.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">badgerfest.ca<\/a> for more information and a full schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Brock&#8217;s Welcome Weeks events get underway in the coming days, a number of specific measures are being put into place to ensure the health, safety and well-being of Brock students and the wider community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":73905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,1],"tags":[6936,2203,1283,127,10606],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73911,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73904\/revisions\/73911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}