Academic Experiences

At this time, directors and faculty members are rapidly converting as many courses to in-person delivery as possible given changing data on vaccination rates. Please be on the lookout for new course information.

Faculty will be on campus and available to meet with students, whether their classes are in person, hybrid, or remote delivery.

We’re also working on more out of classroom activities for students that connect with the curriculum. Faculty will be encouraged to offer additional educational experiences outside of the classroom, whether that’s a Purchase in the City bus trip, or other activity on or off campus.

Clubs, Events, and Leadership Opportunities

We’ll be hosting more events, activities, and student life programming in the Stood and elsewhere on campus. Clubs, services, and the PSGA are welcome to host face to face events as well as long as they follow health and safety guidelines. There will be more opportunities for peer- to-peer mentorship as well.

Housing

We’re pleased to be able to accommodate all who want to live on campus. To that end, we encourage students to fill out their roommate requests as soon as possible. Thanks to vaccinations, rooms and apartment style residents will be at full capacity, allowing for students to have roommates in any space that was designed for multiple people. We will utilize all available spaces other than those set aside for quarantine.

Students, if you have not already done so, upload your COVID vaccination information to our website.

For more information on housing, visit the Housing Selection page.

Visitors

As long as the positivity rate stays down, we’re hoping to allow students to have a limited number of visitors in their residential spaces and elsewhere on campus.

Orientation

In addition to our regular in-person orientations for first-year students and transfer students in July, we’re looking into a special orientation for sophomores.

Dining

There will be more robust dining options in terms of hours, locations, and the ability to dine together. Details are still being finalized.

Transportation

The Loop shuttle will operate fully as in previous years, making all stops in Port Chester and White Plains.

Library

The Library will be open but may limit hours and capacity.

Campus Offices

All campus offices will be open and staffed. Appointments may be needed, but we’re here to serve and support our students.

Athletics

We have had a very safe and successful spring athletic season. We are planning for the fall and working with the NCAA and Skyline conference to have a robust fall season. We are planning on having men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s tennis, women’s volleyball assuming we can safely do so and the number of COVID cases in our area or remains low. As vaccine rates keep going up and positivity rates going down, we expect to be able to welcome a limited number of spectators at games in the fall.

Intramurals

We will continue to offer both in-person and remote programs to offer opportunities for students who are on campus and those who may be remote in the fall.

Fitness Center

The fitness Center will be open seven days a week as well as the basketball court areas when PE classes are not being offered. We have limited the number of people that can be in the fitness center at a time and every 45 minutes we will close the room down so we can sanitize the equipment to ensure all of our students are safe.