Lenoir-Rhyne University will require students, faculty and staff to receive COVID-19 booster shots.
The mandate begins Jan. 1 and all individuals who are currently eligible to receive the booster will have to get the shot by Jan. 31. Those who are not eligible during that time period would have to get the booster when they become eligible, according to the statement from the university.
“Eligible individuals are those who are at least six months beyond the date of their second shot of the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccine or two months past their Johnson & Johnson vaccine,” according to the university.
A statement cited the COVID-19 omicron variant and the desire to create an environment safe for interpersonal interaction as reasons for the policy.
The university is also maintaining its indoor mask and weekly testing requirements.
Those who already have a university-recognized exemption from vaccination would not be required to the get the booster.