A Letter From The President

As a Christ-centered College community, it is our collective responsibility to respect one another, to value the diversity of our community, and to keep each other as safe and healthy as possible; and, as members of the LCU family, we have a duty to live consistent with the policies and procedures designed to value and respect the lives of others and to protect and uphold the health and safety of our peers and for ourselves. Therefore, Louisiana Christian University is promoting the Wildcat Promise, a College community initiative that will ask every student, faculty, and staff member to support the preventative health measures that the institution has established for the health and well-being of all members of the College community and its guests.

As members of the LCU community, the College is asking you to accept the responsibility for managing your own actions and for creating a community where every member feels safe, respected, and valued. Therefore, we are strongly encouraging all faculty, staff, and students to be vaccinated. During the pandemic, it is imperative we support the well-being of the College community. We can best do this by agreeing to the following guidelines which provide the framework for LCU’s Wildcat Promise:

In order to protect myself, my peers, my colleagues, and the LCU community, I promise to do the following: 

• Take responsibility for my health and the health of the College community.
• Wear a face covering and maintain safe social distancing to protect the College community.
• Practice good hand washing and hygiene skills daily.
• Abide by all LCU standards, expectations, policies, rules, and regulations.
• Monitor for the symptoms of COVID-19, and report to a medical professional and the Student Wellness Center, if I experience a fever of over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, dry cough, congestion, runny nose, difficulty breathing, chills, fatigue, muscle pain/body aches, headache, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, or loss of taste or smell. I understand it is my responsibility to self-check my temperature daily.
• Participate in contact tracing, testing, and isolation to preserve the wellness of the community.

LCU continues to offer an on-campus Student Wellness Center (campus nurse) to serve students, faculty, staff, and our contract service partners of Sodexo Dining Services and Jani-King are implementing comprehensive sanitization measures. The Student Wellness Center will be located on the first floor of the HealthPlex (LAC) where additional space is available for a waiting area and multiple exam rooms.

Vaccinated individuals who are exposed to COVID-19 will not quarantine unless they become symptomatic. This matter remains a "fluid" unpredictable community health issue. Therefore, the College will update and modify as needed in compliance with State and CDC guidelines.

Residential students will be required to move to a personal residence off-campus during their prescribed quarantine. When returning to campus from off-site isolation, students must be symptom-free for 24 hours and provide medical documentation to the LCU Student Wellness Center upon return to campus. Every effort will be made to provide International Students space on campus to quarantine.

Please note: The College will not provide refunds for room and board unless the residential halls are required to be closed by the CDC and/or the State of Louisiana.

Stay Wildcat Strong as we navigate the challenges of these unprecedented times.

Keep safe, pray, and Press On!

RICK BREWER, PhD, MBA
President & CEO
Professor of Management
Louisiana Christian University