September 26, 2022

Student Vaccination Deadlines

Dear Goucher Gophers,

Thank you for your continued commitment to complying with COVID-19 health and safety measures on Goucher’s campus. Your cooperation helped our community stay healthy, and the campus has experienced very few COVID-19 cases since students returned.

Goucher’s vaccine requirements include both the flu vaccine and the latest COVID-19 bivalent booster for students attending classes in person or who have an on-campus component to their program unless there is an approved medical or religious exemption. The deadline to provide proof of the flu vaccination is November 7, 2022, and is listed on the Important Dates for Students.

Goucher follows the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 guidelines. The CDC revised its definition of “up to date” vaccination as the completion of three doses of the COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer or Moderna) and the new bivalent booster. Students are also required to receive the COVID-19 bivalent booster and submit documentation by January 9, 2023. These deadlines ensure that students have time to receive the booster and submit proof.

To continue to stay healthy this fall and winter and adhere to our vaccine requirement, we offer vaccine clinics on campus.   

On Campus Flu Vaccine & COVID-19 Booster Clinics:

Goucher partnered with Safeway pharmacy to administer to the flu vaccine on campus this year for students. Students must bring their insurance cards, or they can choose the self-pay option. Safeway can offer the COVID-19 bivalent booster to students as well if they are eligible.

Vaccine clinics are:

  • Monday, September 26 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
  • Friday, October 7 from 10:00 a.m. – 12 :00 p.m.
  • Wednesday, October 26 from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, November 8 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

All clinics are in the Student Health Center (1st floor, Heubeck Hall). Students can register here. Walk-ins are allowed as resources are available; advanced registration is STRONGLY recommended. Registration for the November flu clinic is available on October 1, 2022.

Because Safeway administers the vaccines, the Student Health Center staff cannot verify that you received your vaccine through the on-campus clinic. You must upload documentation of receiving your flu vaccine to your Medicat account, even if you come to the on-campus clinic.

Uploading Proof of Flu Vaccine:

Students must upload proof of having received their flu vaccine to their Medicat account, using the instructions below:

  1. Log into your Medicat account: https://goucher.medicatconnect.com/
  2. Select Upload
  3. Scroll down to the box where it says, “Choose Document you are Uploading” and select Flu Vaccine Requirement 2022
  4. Select the file to upload, attach the document, press the “Upload” button

The deadline to upload proof of having received a flu shot is November 7, 2022.

COVID-19 Bivalent Booster:

In accordance with the Immunization Policy, students must receive the new bivalent booster that is recommended by the CDC to remain “fully vaccinated” and “up to date.”

Uploading Proof of COVID-19 Bivalent Booster:

  1. Log into your Medicat account: https://goucher.medicatconnect.com/
  2. Select Upload
  3. Scroll down to the box where it says, “Choose Document you are Uploading” and select Bivalent COVID-19 Booster.
  4. Select the file to upload, attach the document, press the “Upload” button

Students must upload proof of receiving their bivalent COVID-19 booster dose by January 9, 2023.

If you have any questions about the clinics or vaccine requirement, please contact nurse@goucher.edu.

Thank you for your continued efforts to help keep the campus community healthy.

Take care and be well.

COVID-19 Taskforce