Coronavirus Information Student Resources

Missouri S&T has issued the Miner Roadmap for Fall 2020 as a comprehensive guide for students and their families as students return to campus. Please ensure students review the guidance before they arrive on campus. Many of S&T’s operations and student requirements are changing to make campus safer for every student, faculty member, staff member and visitor. The fall 2020 semester changes include:

• Screening students as they arrive on campus and immediately isolating any student with COVID-19 symptoms
• Requiring students to check their temperature daily, to self-monitor for symptoms, and to report symptoms to Student Health Services at covid@mst.edu
• Limiting the number of helpers for students as they move in to their residence halls or other university-approved housing (two helpers per student)
• Requiring face coverings in classrooms, labs, offices and common areas where social distancing cannot be observed
• Maintaining social distancing in classrooms, residence halls and buildings across campus
• Deep cleaning residence halls, classrooms, labs, dining areas and common areas across campus
• Multimodal and adaptable instruction with in-person, remote and blended/hybrid delivery formats
• Encouraging the Miner Pledge shared commitment “to protect myself, my campus and my community.”

Missouri S&T Student Health Services will order testing for any employee or student that providers feel need to be tested. If a test is ordered through Student Health Services, the staff will notify the patient of their results and provide guidance on what to do next. If the test is ordered through the state of Missouri or an outside provider, Student Health Services will work with the patient and the local health department to provide further guidance.

While waiting for COVID-19 results, the patient will need to quarantine. Student Health Services can help students with this process. If a student is living in campus housing, staff would prefer that they return home to quarantine but can offer some options if the student needs to remain on campus. Please note that test results can take 7-14 days. 

Students with COVID-19 must isolate for 10 days after the onset of symptoms and be symptom free for at least three days without medication before returning to campus activities. If the student is not experiencing symptoms (or is asymptomatic), they need to isolate for 10 days after the day of testing. 

A close contact is a person who has had contact of 15 minutes or more within six feet of a person who tested positive for the virus. Close contacts of positive individuals must quarantine for 14 days.

If someone is a close contact living in campus housing, Student Health Services prefers that they return home to quarantine, but health officials can offer some options if they need to remain on campus. Email covid@mst.edu or call 573-341-4902 for more information.

We believe all members of the Miner community will come together to protect the health and safety of our campus and community. However, if someone has concerns about how a fellow student is following the COVID-19 policies and protocols, please refer concerns to the dean of students’ office or submit a report.

S&T policies and standards are based on university expectations as informed by federal, state and local public health guidelines. Compliance for students falls under the University of Missouri Collected Rules and Regulations Section 200.010 Standard of Conduct.