COVID-19
Dear Students,
We hope that you will have a wonderful summer that will lead up to what we anticipate being a great experience this fall at BPC. Whether you were at BPC, another college, or finishing up high school, we all know that the COVID pandemic caused a year unlike any other. Wearing masks, social distancing, the constant threat of contracting the virus produced stress that all of us carried.
I am sure that like everyone else, you are ready to get back to some sense of normalcy. As you read these words, I can almost hear the amens! No one wants to go through the same kind of stringent precautions again. That is our goal at BPC for the coming semester, but we need your help. The higher the percentage of students, staff, and faculty that are vaccinated, the more we can be assured of being able to return to normalcy. While not requiring our students to be vaccinated, we greatly encourage it. Being vaccinated not only keeps you safe, but also your family and friends as well. If at all possible, please get the vaccine as soon as possible so that you can get the second dose and then have the remaining period after the second dose that is required for maximum immunity.
If for some reason you cannot get the vaccination before coming, we will be offering it on campus, free of charge.
We sincerely hope you will choose to be vaccinated. We want to do everything possible to encourage you to do so as well as make it as available as possible. If you have any questions about the vaccine or need some counsel in making this personal decision, our campus nurse, Bridget Aldrich is available at baldrich@bpc.edu or 912-209-4087.
We are excited for a great semester!
Sincerely,
Dr. Steven F. Echols, President
Brewton-Parker College