COVID-19 Update Archive
• Friday, May 14, 2021: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, April 16, 2021: One VCSU student living on campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, April 7, 2021: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Tuesday, April 6, 2021: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, April 5, 2021: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, March 22, 2021: Three VCSU students (two living off campus and one living on campus) tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, March 10, 2021: Two VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, March 8, 2021: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, March 5, 2021: One VCSU employee tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: The employee’s office area will be cleaned and sanitized.
• Tuesday, March 2, 2021: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Feb. 5, 2021: One VCSU employee tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: The employee’s office area will be cleaned and sanitized.
• Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021: Three VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, Jan. 11, 2021: Two VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Jan. 8, 2021: Four VCSU students living off campus and two employees tested positive for COVID-19 during the week of Jan. 4-8 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020: Three VCSU students (one living on campus and two living off campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020: Two VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, Dec. 7, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020: Two VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020: Five VCSU students (four living off campus and one living on campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020: Six VCSU students (four living off campus and two living on campus) and two employees tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Nov. 27, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020: One VCSU student living on campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, Nov. 23, 2020: Two VCSU students (one living on campus and one living off campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Nov. 20, 2020: Three VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020: Four VCSU students (three living off campus and one living on campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020: Five VCSU students (three living off campus and two living on campus) and three employees tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020: Two VCSU students (one living off campus and one living on campus) tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Nov. 13, 2020: Seven VCSU students (five living off campus and two living on campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees. (Note: This information was updated Nov. 16 to reflect a positive not previously reported.)
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020: Seven VCSU students (five living off campus and two living on campus) and four employees tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees. (Note: This information was updated Nov. 13 to reflect three positives not previously reported.)
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020: Six VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, Nov. 9, 2020: Two VCSU students (one living on campus and one living off campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020: One VCSU student living on campus and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020: Two VCSU students (one living off campus and one living on campus) tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Nov. 6, 2020: Two VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020: Five VCSU students (four living on campus and 1 living off campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees. (Note: This information was updated Nov. 5 to reflect three positives not previously reported.)
Campus Impact: The employee’s office will be sanitized Nov. 5.
• Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020: One VCSU student living on campus and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020: Two VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Oct. 30, 2020: Three VCSU students (two living off campus and one on campus) tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees. (Note: This information was updated Nov. 2 to reflect one positive not previously reported on Oct. 30.)
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020: Six VCSU students (four off campus and two on campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. Valley City State University is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts who are VCSU students or employees. (Note: This information was updated Oct. 29 to reflect two positives not previously reported on Oct. 28.)
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, Oct. 26, 2020: Two VCSU students (one off campus and one on campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020: Two VCSU employees tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Oct. 23, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020: Three VCSU students living off campus and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020: Seven VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, Oct. 19, 2020: Three VCSU students living off campus and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020: Two VCSU students living off campus and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Oct. 16, 2020: Four VCSU students (two living on campus and two living off campus) and one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts. (Note: This information was updated Oct. 18 to reflect two positives not previously reported on Oct. 16.)
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020: Eight VCSU students (one living on campus and seven living off campus) tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts. (Note: This information was updated Oct. 16 to reflect five positives not previously reported on Oct. 15.)
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, Oct. 12, 2020: One VCSU student living on campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Monday, Oct. 5, 2020: One VCSU student living on campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020: One VCSU student living on campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020: One VCSU student living off campus and one DCB at VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020:One VCSU student living on campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Sept. 11, 2020: Four VCSU students (three living on campus and one living off campus) tested positive and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020 — Five VCSU students, all living on campus, tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation, as is one employee who tested positive. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts. (Note this information was updated on Sept. 11 with the correct information that all five students are living on campus; it had been previously reported as four on campus and one off campus.)
Campus Impact: Affected campus housing areas will be cleaned and sanitized; for other affected campus areas, regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 — Two VCSU students living on campus tested positive and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None; regular cleaning and sanitization cycles are sufficient under the circumstances.
• Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 — One VCSU student living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None.
• Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 — Two VCSU students living off campus tested positive and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: Courses held earlier this week in McFarland 426 in which students who tested positive were present will be moved to virtual delivery for the remainder of the week. Instructors whose courses are affected by the change in delivery will notify students in those courses.
McFarland 426 will be closed temporarily and sanitized. It will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, August 31.
• Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 — Eight VCSU students (six living off campus and two living on campus) and two employees tested positive and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: Kinesiology and Human Performance courses have been been moved to virtual delivery through Friday, August 28.
Courses held earlier this week in the following classrooms and course spaces in which students who tested positive were present will also be moved to virtual delivery for the remainder of the week. Instructors whose courses are affected by the change in delivery will notify students in those courses.
- Allen Memorial Library 207
- Ceramics Studio
- Foss Hall 118
- McCarthy 257
- McFarland 207, 311
- Rhoades Science Center 102, 135, 201, 301, 303, 333
- Kinesiology and Human Performance Department classrooms in Gaukler Wellness Center
The classrooms and course spaces listed above will be closed temporarily and sanitized. They will reopen at 8 a.m. on Friday, August 28, for face-to-face courses not impacted by positive tests and for other uses.
The appropriate residence hall rooms and spaces have also been sanitized.
• Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020 — Two VCSU students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 and are in isolation. The North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None.
• Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 — Four VCSU students tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently in isolation. Three of the students live on campus; one lives off campus. North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: Rhoades Science Center 102 (auditorium) and appropriate spaces in residence halls have been sanitized.
• Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 — A VCSU employee has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee is in isolation, and the North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing.
Campus Impact: The employee’s private office on campus will be sanitized on Monday, Aug. 17.
• Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020 — Three VCSU students living on campus tested positive and are currently in isolation. North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: The affected residence halls have been sanitized.
• Monday, Aug. 3, 2020 — A VCSU student living off campus tested positive and is currently in isolation. North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: None.
• Thursday, July 16, 2020 — A VCSU student living off campus tested positive and is currently in isolation. North Dakota Department of Health is doing contact tracing and will notify close contacts.
Campus Impact: Per health and safety protocols, the W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse will remain closed Friday, July 17, until 10 a.m on Monday, July 20. The facility will be cleaned and disinfected during the closure.