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This afternoon, Governor Cooper issued a state-wide “Stay at Home Order” that will take effect Monday, March 30, at 5:00 p.m.  St Andrews University has been designated as an essential service. So, we will remain open and all services will remain in operation. You may continue to stay on campus.   Unlike many parts of the state, St Andrews and Scotland County remain relatively untouched by COVID 19. There has still only been one case in Scotland County. But, in order to comply with the Governor’s order and in order to

As of today, there is one person from Scotland County who has been diagnosed with COVID-19. That person is not currently in Scotland County and is being self-quarantined. At this point, no students or staff have been tested for COVID-19. It is important that we be careful and do everything we can to protect ourselves, one another, and the campus from contagion.   Please follow these steps to keep all of us on campus healthy and safe during this pandemic.   1)      Do not leave campus, except for necessary local errands. Any

We recognize that all of you are anxious about the spread of COVID-19. As of the 11:00am posting on the North Carolina Health and Human Services site, there are 33 cases of COVID-19 in North Carolina. There are not any reported cases in Scotland County. We are prepared if there are. The following is our protocol:   1)     We have asked students to notify any Resident Director, Resident Assistant, Housing, or Student Life employee if they have a cough, fever, chills, trouble breathing. We also asked them to stay in their

Please be advised that St. Andrews University, a branch of Webber International University, will remain open for the remainder of the semester unless otherwise notified.  However, with evolving information on COVID-19, as of Thursday, March 19th, students will have two options for continuing the semester:   1)     Remote instruction while staying on campus; 2)     Remote instruction away from campus.   The university will work with and fully support those students who wish to return home and continue their education remotely and those students who choose to remain on campus. The university, the residence

The COVID-19 Taskforce met to assess the current situation and continue planning for any eventuality. After discussions with an infectious disease expert and the Health Department, we are convinced that St. Andrews University and Scotland County remain a low risk environment at this time. Therefore we will continue to teach classes in the normal seated format. CAMPUS Policy Changes: o In accordance with the Governor’s recommendation, we will eliminate any activities or events that would gather more than 100 people together. That means that several events have been cancelled: -The

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,   Due to COVID-19, St Andrews University has created the SAU COVID-19 Task force, which will be meeting daily to assess the situation and prepare for every possible situation. As of 3/12, the decision has been made to continue having seated classes on campus. Given that we are a small campus located far from the main outbreak locations, St Andrews University remains relatively safe from COVID-19. We will begin to restrict activities and events that bring large groups of people together, in order to limit