Cazenovia College mandates booster shots for employees, students for spring semester

CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Cazenovia College is requiring COVID-19 booster vaccinations for all employees and all eligible students returning to campus as the Spring 2022 semester gets underway in the new year. 

Cazenovia College employees are being asked to receive their booster shots as soon as possible and by Jan. 21 at the latest, the college said in a news release.

Students at Cazenovia College who are returning for the spring semester and are eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccination will either need to have received their booster shot or must have scheduled an appointment to receive the booster jab by the time they return to campus. In either case, students are required to have received the booster no later than Jan. 21, unless they have a previously approved exemption from the vaccine.

Employees and students may request exemptions from the vaccination for medical or religious reasons and must file a formal request with documentation for exemption consideration. Those who received an exemption to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in the fall semester do not now need to renew their exemption status or provide new documentation for the spring semester, Karey Pine, VP for student affairs at the college, said.

Campus booster-vaccination clinic

To help ensure that students and employees have access to the booster shot, Cazenovia College is working with the Madison County Health Department to bring a COVID-vaccination clinic to the campus on Jan. 19.

Employees and students will receive communication regarding the on-campus vaccination-clinic schedule, and how to submit documentation of their booster shots, according to Pine.

The college’s classes are scheduled to begin on Jan. 18.