Student Guidelines for COVID and Other Illnesses

Students should exercise personal and professional judgment when experiencing illness, whether it’s COVID, the flu, or another illness.  Follow current CDC guidelines for quarantine/isolation for COVID and follow the treatment advice of your primary care physician for all illnesses.  Students and faculty should handle COVID-related absences the same way they handle any other health-related absence.  Please refer to the syllabus for each course to determine your professor’s policies regarding health-related absences. If you have questions or concerns about any assignments or classes that you will miss due to illness, please contact your professor directly.  If your absence or illness may affect your ability to take a midterm or other exam, please contact Dean Wilson at jlwlson2@memphis.edu.  If you are experiencing symptoms, remember that Student Health Center is available to all University of Memphis students at no additional cost.  The Student Health Center provides a range of medical care, including testing for COVID and other illnesses.