State and federal health authorities have issued extensive warnings that the coronavirus disease known as “COVID-19” which is caused by the virus known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 or “SARS-CoV-2” (the disease and virus being hereinafter referred to collectively as “COVID-19”) is a highly contagious infectious disease that can be spread from one person to another – even without any direct personal contact. Public health officials have also warned that carriers of COVID-19 may spread the disease to others even when the carrier shows no symptoms of the disease.
In an effort to protect against transmission of COVID-19, Hilbert College (“Hilbert”) has put in place a safety plan, including policies and rules to be followed by its students, faculty, staff, and visitors which are based on recommended guidance from state and local health authorities which require, among other things, that individuals on campus (1) maintain social distancing of at least six feet, (2) practice good hand hygiene, (3) use face coverings when in the company of others where six feet of social distancing for brief periods may not be possible, (4) comply with all other health and safety rules and policies published from time to time by Hilbert on its website www.hilbert.edu, as the same may be modified or supplemented by Hilbert (collectively, Hilbert’s Rules and Policies”).
The effectiveness of Hilbert’s Rules and Policies in preventing the spread of COVID-19, however, are dependent upon the extent to which individuals comply with Hilbert’s Rules and policies, and the COVID-19 pandemic (the “Pandemic”) continues to create risks and uncertainties associated with, among other things, receiving classroom instruction, studying on-campus, living on-campus and participating in sports or other activities on-campus. As of the date of this Agreement, the potential continuing impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic are not fully foreseeable, and the Pandemic may impact the feasibility and conditions of on-campus study, and residence during some or all of the current academic year.
Please sign this Agreement below to acknowledge your agreement to the terms hereof. PLEASE NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT EVERY HILBERT STUDENT WHO IS NOTIFIED OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ELECTS TO ENROLL AS A STUDENT OF HILBERT AND/OR RESIDE ON HILBERT’S CAMPUS OR IN OTHER RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY HILBERT SSHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO AND BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND NO FAILURE OR REFUSAL BY SUCH STUDENT TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT THIS SHALL INVALIDATE OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE ENFORCEABILITY BY HILBERT OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.