Each day, the app asks students how they’re feeling and provides regular community updates about public health measures ev.eryone should practice.
Students must use the app to participate in on-campus activities, and if they refuse and do not qualify for an exception, then they’re choosing to take the semester off, Albion College President Matthew Johnson said.
Some believe the app infringes on student privacy. But Johnson said it only uses students’ names, their status on whether they’re permitted to be on campus and their location, which is only communicated to administrators if they test positive for COVID-19 or leave campus..
No confidential health information is in the app, Johnson said[.]
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The campus map should be finalized by the end of the week, Johnson said. It covers the college campus, most of downtown Albion, the off-campus equestrian center and other locations near the college, and it’s primary design is to help college administrators eliminate risks when students come back to campus, Johnson said.
Students working outside the campus map, however, must request to leave campus, Johnson said. Someone from Campus Life will reach out to them about risk factors and safety measures and, in most cases, will help develop a plan to mitigate risk for them, Johnson said.
