The college has implemented enhanced safety protocols based on guidelines from the CDC and Pennsylvania Department of Health.

These safety measures include:

• Mask-wearing in all buildings and classrooms, and outdoors when unable to maintain social distance
• Limited class sizes, with students spaced at least six feet apart
• Increased hand-sanitizer stations and increased cleanings throughout the college, especially of common areas
• Required online screening form prior to first visit to campus
• Daily pre-screening form available through the Central Penn App
• Contact tracing through the Central Penn App

Yes. All students, faculty, and staff must wear masks upon entering any Central Penn College building. Masks must be worn when indoors and when social distancing cannot be consistently maintained outdoors (such as walking in groups). Students and faculty will be required to wear masks when seated at their desks or lecturing within the classroom. If a student has a medical condition that would prevent them from wearing a mask, they should contact Megan Peterson, Dean of Equity and Multicultural Affairs, for further instruction. Students will need to provide documentation from a doctor that they cannot wear a mask in order to receive an exemption

The Knight & Day Cafe adheres strictly to the requirements and guidelines in place for food service operations, including social distancing, traffic flow, limiting the number of customers at one time, cashless payment system, continuous cleaning and disinfecting, food preparation, and monitoring of staff. In order to ensure safe operations, the café is currently operating with a limited menu consisting primarily of grab-and-go options. Seating in the café is closed.

Students, faculty, and staff will be asked to complete a daily pre-screening form via the Central Penn App. If clearance is not granted by the app (due to, for example, flu-related symptoms), that individual will be asked to remain at home and avoid coming to campus.

The campus community also will be asked to participate in anonymous contract tracing. QR codes have been placed outside of all classrooms and offices that can be scanned easily and quickly using the app. If a positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed on campus, this information will be used to contact those with potential exposure.

Disability Support Services currently offers online accommodations and will work with students to ensure all relevant accommodations are available in an online environment. Testing accommodations, assistive technology, and other standard accommodations easily translate online. Questions regarding accommodations can be directed to Disability Support Services at equity@centralpenn.edu or 717-728-2398.

The college’s Student Alert Team works with students to provide individualized academic and non-academic support services. If you have been directly impacted by COVID-19 and need support services, please contact StudentAlert@centralpenn.edu.

Yes! A variety of student activities will be offered both virtually and on-ground for students. All activities will be modified to follow current safety protocols around COVID-19 including social distancing, masking requirements, and room occupancy levels.

Yes, all incoming institutional student scholarships that are awarded through the student’s financial plan are still awarded.

Please communicate with the Department of Financial Aid to discuss how housing deposits impact your financial plan.

Financial aid support is dependent upon a number of variables and a significant change in current and future earnings could impact the calculation. As each person’s situation is unique, it is best to schedule a time with the Department of Financial Aid to review the specific circumstances.

The College’s business office staff will work with students on an individual basis to arrange payment plans that consider the economic disruption being experienced in the country.

Central Penn College has been a leader in our region for online education since 2004. Whether a student takes classes in a physical or virtual classroom, the quality of instruction is the same. Each online class will conduct interactions and activities in a unique manner. However, the College uses a single virtual classroom environment (Blackboard). All virtual classrooms will look similar, but like on-ground classes, once you enter the room, interactions with your professor and fellow students will be unique. All lectures, discussions, course materials, tests, quizzes, homework, etc. will be conducted in your virtual classroom.

The College and our Education Foundation are continually researching options to assist students in need of technology, so that they may learn effectively in an online environment. Central Penn recently partnered with Marco Technology, a third-party vendor, to provide laptops and other technology supplies at a discounted rate.

Students will have the opportunity to use their financial aid to purchase this technology. This will require an assigned coupon code. Students wishing to use their aid will need to contact the financial aid office immediately at financialaid@centralpenn.edu or studentaccounts@centralpenn.edu for assistance. The process will be similar to the book voucher process, which deducts the purchase of the technology from the upcoming refund. Any changes to your financial aid eligibility could cause a balance owed due to purchasing the laptop using your financial aid.