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General Campus Access

The campus is currently open to the public, with restrictions. All those entering campus must complete a health attestation and follow the College’s health and safety protocols to enter campus. 

Faculty, staff and students (BC and CU)

  • The main gates at 117th street are open 24 hours. The 119th street gates are open 8 a.m.–8 p.m.
  • Members of the Barnard community are required to complete a daily screening using the CoVerified App (ReOpen CU app for CUID holders) and swipe their BC/CU ID to gain entry to most buildings, including Barnard Hall, Altschul Hall, the Milstein Center and the "link" glass doors between Altschul and Milbank Halls.
  • The Card Reader system is integrated with CoVerified. The system requires this health attestation once every 24 hours to maintain uninterrupted card reader access so it is essential to utilize the CoVerified 'report symptoms' function once per day. Otherwise you will receive a red/restricted notice and there will be a delay in service/no access to buildings. More information about assistance with access difficulties or replacement process for lost IDs can be found on the CARES website. 

Prospective Students and Families
We welcome prospective families to visit campus. Please register with Admissions and complete a Visitor form on the day of your visit. 

  • Outdoor campus tours will be offered in limited capacity Mondays through Saturdays (excluding Wednesdays) at 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM U.S. Eastern Time. Registration is required. The campus tour lasts approximately one-hour and covers academics, campus life, student services, and residential living. Due to space limitations, we ask that you limit your party to one additional guest.
  • Please note that there is no waiting list for campus tours. If campus tours are full, students and families are welcome to walk around campus using our self-guided outdoor tour booklet. Upon arrival, please check-in at the Admissions Visitors Center where a Barnard Student Admissions Representative will be available to greet you and provide you with a walking tour booklet.
  • A student ambassador is available Monday through Friday between 9 AM and 5 PM at the Visitors Center.
  • Visitors may not enter buildings at this time, except for the Visitors Center and the Diana Center, where the Barnard Store and cafe are located. Restrooms are also located in these locations. Prospective students and families are also encouraged to visit our virtual visits to learn more about Barnard’s campus.

Vendors
Can access campus through the submission of the vendor log/verification form and in compliance with the vendor protocols. The form should be submitted by the cognizant manager/liaison supervising the vendor’s work or performing business with the visitor. The cognizant manager/liaison must be on campus during the visit. All vendors must adhere to College guidelines in place and comply with symptom attestation and must complete a Visitor Health Screening Form on the day of their visit (available via QR code at the main gate).

Other visitors 
Visitors are generally permitted on the campus grounds and must complete a Visitor Health Screening Form upon arrival (QR code to scan available at the main gate at 117th St). Visitors may enter the Admissions Visitors Center and the Diana Center for bathroom access and to visit the Barnard Store and Liz's Place Cafe (limited hours for both).

Only visitors with official business as determined by authorized College representatives are permitted indoors in areas other than the first floor of the Diana Center and the Admissions Visitor Center. Such visitors must complete the daily attestation, and then must be escorted by their Barnard liaison to and from their meeting. They must adhere to all campus safety procedures. Additionally, visitors on official business must stay only as long as their scheduled meeting and must only visit designated approved locations.

Additional restrictions remain in place related to visitors:

  • Faculty and staff families and children are not permitted. 
  • Visitors are not permitted in the student residence halls. 
  • Any official event or gathering with attendees or speakers from outside the Barnard/Columbia community are not considered visitors and must be handled through separate protocols. For information contact spaceres@barnard.edu. 

Library Studying and Collaboration

Barnard Library in the Milstein Center welcomes students to study collaboratively or quietly, research and browse with collections, ask questions and learn from the Circulation & Help Desk staff members, meet with Personal Librarians and Archivists for research consultations and classes, and connect, research, and create with staff of the interdisciplinary Centers.

The Library space on floors LL-5 contain lively interdisciplinary centers, open collaborative study areas, a library instruction classroom, the active Circulation & Help Desk, and areas for quieter study.

Accessing Columbia's Campus

Barnard faculty, staff and students can access buildings and facilities on the University campus according to the protocols Columbia has set forth. Barnard students have the same access as Columbia undergraduates, including the Kraft Center. To access campus, individuals must complete all required training and testing and must abide by public health protocols that can be found on the following pages:

Columbia’s COVID-19 Resource Guide for Students

In order to access any buildings on the Columbia University campus, all students must provide documentation of receiving a flu vaccine this year, starting in August 2020. If Barnard does not have documentation of the required flu vaccination in a student's health record, the student will be unable to generate the required “green pass” in the ReopenCU app, which must be used when accessing the Columbia campus.

The steps for providing documentation to Barnard are as follows:

  1. Complete the Barnard form that applies:
    Influenza/Flu Vaccine Form
    Influenza/Flu Vaccination Exemption Form (if a student is seeking a medical or religious exemption from receiving the flu vaccine)
  2. Scan and email the form to pchstravel@barnard.edu
  3. Once received, reviewed, and approved by Primary Care Health Services, PCHS will notify CUIT to update the student's Re Open Access CU app. This process usually takes 24 hours once the form is received by PCHS (not including the weekend).
  4. If a student still needs a flu vaccine, they can call PCHS at 212-854-2091 and make an appointment to receive one.  

Students should NOT send any documents or information directly to CUIT or CU Health as they have no health records on Barnard students and can only accept information from Barnard’s PCHS for clearance of this requirement. 

If students have any questions, please email PCHS directly at pchstravel@barnard.edu

Columbia Shuttle Information

Shuttle Service to Campus through Columbia Transportation

Columbia Transportation is providing commuter shuttle service by reservation for Barnard faculty, students and staff on weekdays. Routes are focused on key areas within the outer boroughs and Manhattan with easy connections to commuter rail and park-and-ride locations. In addition to the commuter shuttles this fall, the Intercampus Shuttle will be making stops at 96th Street throughout the day, offer a Manhattan East side route and Saturday service is available following the Red Line. Columbia also offers an on-demand Evening Shuttle, powered by Via, that runs between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. each night. For those interested in using Via outside of the Evening Shuttle service, Columbia affiliates can use the code “CU2020” to unlock 20% off all private rides.

Admissions & Campus Tours

We welcome prospective students to visit campus. Limited student-led outdoor tours are available and require registration. The Admissions Visitor Center is open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm and a current student ambassador is available in the Visitors Center to answer any questions. Outdoor self-guided walking tours are also available if the student-led tours are full.

The Student Store in the Diana Center is open to Visitors.

Prospective students can also visit Barnard through our Virtual Campus Visit Opportunities.

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