COVID-19 UPDATES

Spring 2022 Updates

This page will be updated to include the link to the Vaccination Exemption form which must be completed each Monday before 9:00 a.m.

Fall 2021 Updates

Masks Required Indoors
Due to Tarrant County’s current designation as an area of “High Transmission,” TCU and Brite Divinity School will require that face masks be worn in all indoor campus spaces to help protect the health and safety of our community, effective immediately. This includes all indoor common areas such as classrooms and meeting and event spaces. The full mask requirement statement is at the bottom of this email and can be found on our Protect the Purple website. Disposable masks are readily available at primary building entrances.

COVID-19 Vaccinations
We encourage all students, faculty and staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine if they are able and ask that they confirm their vaccine with TCU. This will help us in the testing/tracing process. Currently, vaccinated individuals with no symptoms are NOT required to quarantine if exposed to COVID-19. The TCU Brown-Lupton Health Center is offering free COVID-19 vaccines from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, no appointment required.

COVID-19 vaccines are effective and can help keep you from getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19, including the new Delta variant, and help keep you from getting seriously ill even if you do get COVID-19. If you have questions about the safety or effectiveness of the vaccine, we encourage you to ask your healthcare provider or make an appointment at TCU’s Brown-Lupton Health Center to speak with a TCU healthcare provider.

CLICK HERE to view the Fall 2o21 COVID-19 protocols.

CLICK HERE to view the CDC COVID-19 Guidance.

Updated September 6, 2021

Brite Divinity School’s Borderlands Institute Receives Emergency Grant to Aid Immigrant Communities

Brite Divinity School’s Borderlands Institute has received a $150,000 emergency grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for immediate and direct aid to immigrant communities. Grappling with the effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Foundation’s Theology Program sought institutions that could provide rapid support to the most vulnerable communities, while sharing their voices and experiences.

In the midst of COVID-19, many immigrant communities, particularly along the southern U.S. border, are in urgent need of financial assistance. Members of these immigrant communities provide essential needs, such as harvesting the U.S.’s food supply and processing meat in packing facilities, or engaging in various service industries, such as care of children, the elderly and the sick, as well as housekeeping and landscaping. These individuals are at greater risk of infection of COVID-19, and thus, losing their jobs, and in many cases, being detained in or deported out of the country while possibly carrying the virus. Their jobs are precarious at any time, with no sick leave, paid vacation or health insurance. These communities are in urgent need of financial assistance for food, housing and household bills.

The emergency grant fund will be used to financially assist established nonprofits, humanitarian organizations and religious communities that are involved in sheltering and providing healthcare, food and other basic critical and pastoral needs to immigrant communities. In addition, the grant will fund new and/or ongoing programs linked to these communities, including faith communities, nonprofits and ministries seeking to provide emergency assistance. Finally, the grant funds will be utilized to document the historical impact of immigrant communities and add their voices to the national/global narrative in these unprecedented days.

CLICK HERE to read the complete press release

Due to the ongoing challenges posed by COVID-19,  Brite’s summer classes have been moved online. We deeply value the face-to-face education that has defined Brite’s education for more than a century and are exploring options to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff when we return to campus.

Our Admissions staff is processing applications on a regular basis. They are available to share information and answer any questions you may have about Brite, degree programs, or the application process. The deadline to apply for Fall 2020 is June 30. Staff are working to bring a variety of virtual experiences to prospective students. You may also e-mail them to set up a phone call or Zoom video call.

We want to thank you for your help in keeping our campus community safe. We have a responsibility to each other, our campus and the greater community to help ensure good health, decrease the potential impacts of COVID-19 and prevent its exposure to vulnerable populations.

For more information about Coronavirus COVID-19 and the preventative steps Brite and TCU are taking, please visit
https://www.tcu.edu/coronavirus/health-wellness-prevention.php