Bradley University has announced that it will not require students or employees to be vaccinated to participate in on-campus activities this fall in an email sent to students, faculty and staff on Wednesday afternoon. The email, signed by president Stephen Standifird, also announced that the…
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Bradley administered a total of 379 COVID-19 tests this week from April 23-29, and 10 returned positive. This week’s positivity rate is 2.64 percent. An additional four cases were reported from off-campus testing. As of April 29, there are 87 students in isolation and quarantine,…
In mid-summer, the university announced its plans to return to campus in the fall of 2020, along with schools like Illinois State University and the University of Illinois system. On July 29, the university released its COVID-19 surveillance testing procedures. The goal was to randomly…
Bradley administered 305 COVID-19 tests from April 16-22 and 10 returned positive, resulting in a 3.28 percent weekly positivity rate. An additional eight cases were reported from off-campus testing for a total of 18 recorded cases this week. As of April 22, there are 54…
With the first round of campus vaccines occurring last week, many students are preparing for their second dose during finals week. Already, the second shot of Moderna has earned notoriety for its extreme side effects. Many students have missed class and several professors have canceled…
As the pandemic progressed with evolving information from around the world, Bradley had to adapt, sometimes shifting its messages a few times in the same week. The university continued to keep students and faculty informed of campus operations and provided information and additional sources about…
This week’s campus COVID-19 dashboard continued the 3-week trend of decreases in both cases and average positivity rate. The university administered 239 tests and four were positive, resulting in a 1.67 percent on-campus positivity rate. An additional five cases were reported from off-campus testing. As…
The university announced today that it will be offering students the opportunity to receive the Moderna vaccine on April 12 and 13 in the Markin Center. Bradley has a total of 1,000 vaccines, courtesy of the Peoria City/County Health Department. Students must register for an…
After two weeks of increasing COVID-19 cases on-campus, this week showed a small decrease in both cases and average positivity rate. The university administered 276 tests and 10 were positive, resulting in a 3.62 percent on-campus positivity rate. An additional eight cases were reported from…
This week saw a rise in COVID-19 cases from both on and off-campus testing. Over 100 more tests were conducted on-campus this week with 391 being administered between March 29 and April 2. Seventeen tests were positive, resulting in an on-campus positivity rate of 4.35…