Dear Pacificans,

We want to express our sincere appreciation for your ongoing commitment to keeping the community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Your diligence has helped reduce the spread of the virus while maintaining in-person teaching, learning and campus operations. 

Given our progress thus far and the consistently low positivity rates we’re seeing in our weekly on-campus testing, we are making the following adjustments to our COVID-19 requirements:

Masking

• We are ending our universitywide indoor masking requirement March 25 on the Stockton and Sacramento campuses and April 4 on the San Francisco Campus.
• You may wish to continue to mask. We respect and honor each individual’s choice and preference.
• Masking requirements for health care instruction and patient care on our three campuses will continue to be tailored to the specific requirements for those settings.

Weekly Testing

• We are ending our universitywide weekly testing requirement for students and employees March 25 on the Stockton and Sacramento campuses and April 4 on the San Francisco Campus.
• However, students and employees who are not fully vaccinated must continue to test on campus weekly.
• We will continue to provide on-campus testing for anyone in our Pacific community who wants it.

Vaccinations/Boosters

• Pacific continues to require all students and employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to get their booster dose as soon as they are eligible.
• Starting April 15, we will begin to implement progressive discipline for students and employees who haven’t received their booster dose once eligible.
• View current vaccination and booster rates for our community.

Questions? Contact the COVID-19 Council at COVID-19_information@pacific.edu.

Sincerely,

Maria Blandizzi
Vice President for Student Life
COVID-19 Council Co-chair

Maria Pallavicini
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
COVID-19 Council Co-chair