FAQ

Options for students who arrive non-compliant include: 

1. Providing appropriate documentation upon arrival, verified live bystaff (must be in English or accompanied by certified English translation)  
2. Obtaining on site vaccination available at students’ expense
3. Departing immediately at own expense with any refund being consistent with the published refund schedules

Students who choose options 1 or 2 will be granted access to their housing only after completing them. Students who choose option 3 forfeit their enrollment in their program, though they are welcome to apply again in the future.  

All documentation related to compliance with Middlebury’s measles vaccination requirement is uploaded via the secure online form using your Middlebury credentials. For instructions on how to upload your proof of immunity, please refer to the How to Upload Your Proof of Immunity page. 

No, you do not need to upload it again.

No. Individuals with valid medical or religious exemptions and/or anyone not in compliance with the requirement to demonstrate immunity should consider purchasing third-party tuition insurance.

Contact your healthcare provider and see if they have documented proof of your immunity that meets the stated requirements in your health record.  If you do not have documentation related to oyour vaccination but believe you are immune, a healthcare provider can order a blood test to confirm your status for you or administer the vaccine. Measles vaccine doses are also readily available at retail pharmacies, urgent care centers, and community health centers throughout the United States.

If you are determined to be a contact of someone with measles you will be required to depart campus immediately at your own expense to quarantine for up to 21 days elsewhere if it is safe to do so. If no safe departure is possible, you may be placed in quarantine on campus for up to 21 days, depending on your specific circumstances. In either case, quarantining will require program discontinuation.

Students with exemptoins who are not determined to be close contacts of a case of measles on campus may be excluded at the discretion of the College. Exclusion requires immediate departure from campus and discontinuation of your program at your own expense.

Regardless of which of these possibilities occur, given the short duration of summer programs, no return to participation will be possible and no refunds granted.   

Individuals who may have been exposed to measles prior to coming to campus should avoid travel and notify their healthcare provider, local health department, and the Middlebury program they are planning to attend/work at for further instructions. College officials will review the information promptly and make a determination regarding arrival. In most cases, having documented proof of immunity will be sufficient to allow travel to campus to begin a program. 

Individuals who have been exposed to measles prior to coming to campus and are experiencing measles symptoms should call their local department of health and/or their healthcare provider and self-isolate until they receive instructions from their local care team.  

In order to avoid exclusion during a measles outbreak, a record of measles vaccination must be legible and in English (Original documentation may be in a foreign language with translation attached and show all of the following:

1. Patient name and date of birth consistent with an official government ID (i.e. passport or driver’s license). 
2. Medical clinic or pharmacy contact information. 
3. The vaccine provided 
4. The number of doses provided 
5. The date(s) provided 

Verbal reports of vaccination without written documentation will not be accepted as presumptive evidence of immunity. 

See requirements and examples. 

If you were enrolled as an undergraduate at Middlebury College during or after 2016, you can request your immunization records through Health Services by emailing healthservices@middlebury.edu or calling 802-443-5135.

Currently enrolled Middlebury undergraduates do not need to complete this step; however, Middlebury College graduates attending summer programs must follow summer program upload instructions. 

There is a readily available blood test that ca be used as valid documented proof of immunity against measles and may be a good option for individuals who are certain they received measles vaccine but do not have a valid immunization record.  

Lab report requirements include that the report be an official report, legible and in English (original documentation may be in a foreign language with translation attached) and show all of the following: 

• Patient name and date of birth
• Date the lab test was obtained 
• Laboratory name, address, and phone number

• An interpretation indicating that the result shows immunity to measles (likely listed as rubeola)

  Equivocal and /or negative results mean that the person is not considered immune to measles and would require vaccination.

Students with valid medical or religious exemptions must complete and upload a signed exemption form (linked in the secuore online form).

All others should upload appropriate medical documentation or a religious attestation.

Unfortunately, individuals with approved exemptions will need to be excluded from campus as/if determined by the College. Those individuals should have a detailed personal emergency plan including where they will go and how they will get there in the event of immediate campus exclusion.

Exclusoin requires anyone without valid documented evidence of immunity to pack and leave campus immediately at their own expense. Card access to our buildings and facilities would be shut off and participation in the program discontinued immediately.

Having a personal plan for exclusion, including where you would go and how you would get there, is critical for individuals without documented proof of immunity. Not having adequately planned for this possibility will not be grounds for an exception to remain on campus. 

Non-excluded students will be able to remain on campus and continue in their programs as directed. 

Individuals born before January 1, 1957, are considered to be immune to measles due to prior exposures and infections in the years prior to 1957. Individuals born before 1957 are not required to upload documents but will need to attest their birth date using the online secure form.

Individuals deciding between a blood test to confirm immunity and a third dose of vaccine should contact their healthcare provider to seek individualized medical advice.

No; however, the College can restrict access to campus for partners/spouses and children of faculty and staff not living on campus if there are cases and/or an outbreak. 

Middlebury employs a variety of security controls to ensure that collected information is secure. The collected information is encrypted both in transit and at rest and can only be accessed by a limited number of authorized individuals. Only the information necessary to establish proof of immunity is collected and the collected information will only be retained for as long as is required per health department guidelines. 

Yes, in order to avoid campus exclusion during an outbreak.