Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • Syracuse University Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • Syracuse University Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community

Empowering Students with 20,000 COVID-19 Wellness Kits

Wednesday, August 19, 2020, By Gabrielle Lake
Share
COVID 19
bag, wipe, thermometer, masks

Wellness kit contents

The Orange community has been working diligently to not only prepare the campus but also to empower students for the Fall 2020 opening. A unique pillar of this experience includes 20,000 COVID-19 Wellness Kits for both on- and off-campus students. Kits are free and include three masks; an oral thermometer; hand sanitizer; a “no touch” tool; and an information card highlighting COVID-19 symptoms, actions to take if experiencing symptoms, the Stay Safe Pledge and more.

“The health and wellness team wanted to ensure that each student received needed resources to support a healthy transition to campus. Additionally, our support reaches far beyond the thousands of kits we’ve already started distributing to students,” says Katelyn Cowen, Barnes Center at The Arch director of health promotion. “In addition to available in-person and virtual services, an overarching communications effort inspired, curated and supported by Syracuse University student leadership has been launched and highlights COVID-19 health and wellness messages. Efforts are visible on campus and into our local neighborhoods through yard signage, digital signage, flyers and the Stay Safe. Stay Healthy. Do Your Part. Social Media Toolkit, available on Answers using your NetID and password. Stay tuned for new communications to be made available throughout the Fall 2020 semester.”

To support ease of collection, students moving into an on-campus residence will receive their COVID-19 Wellness Kit during their residence hall check-in. Students living in an off-campus residence will receive their kit when participating in their arrival screening test. The College of Law will communicate instructions for collecting kits directly to students.

Extra COVID-19 Wellness Kits, in addition to free masks, are available seven days a week at the Barnes Center at The Arch Pharmacy. Explore additional health and wellness services and learn how to access the Barnes Center at The Arch on the Fall 2020 Barnes Center at The Arch web page.

When reflecting upon first receiving a COVID-19 Wellness Kit, Alexandra Nicole Santiago ’22, Barnes Center peer educator shared, “Adding a thermometer was a nice touch because we’re required to stay home if we have a fever, but I would guess that most college students did not previously own a thermometer. It’s not something you think of when you move, even amidst COVID-19.”

For additional information or questions, please contact Barnes Center at The Arch Health Promotion by emailing healthpromotion@syr.edu or calling 315.443.8000. For the latest information on health and safety precautions and updates from the University, visit syracuse.edu/Fall2020.

  • Author

Gabrielle Lake

  • Recent
  • Student Veteran Anthony Ruscitto Honored as a Tillman Scholar
    Friday, July 18, 2025, By John Boccacino
  • Bandier Students Explore Latin America’s Music Industry
    Thursday, July 17, 2025, By Keith Kobland
  • Architecture Students’ Project Selected for Royal Academy Exhibition
    Thursday, July 17, 2025, By Julie Sharkey
  • NSF I-Corps Semiconductor and Microelectronics Free Virtual Course Being Offered
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025, By Cristina Hatem
  • Jianshun ‘Jensen’ Zhang Named Interim Department Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025, By Emma Ertinger

More In Campus & Community

Bandier Students Explore Latin America’s Music Industry

Thirteen students from the Bandier Program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications recently returned from a three-week journey through Latin America, where they explored the region’s dynamic and rapidly evolving music industry. The immersive trip, led by Bandier…

Maxwell’s Robert Rubinstein Honored With 2025 Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching

Robert Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and professor of international relations in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is the recipient of the 2025 Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching. The prize is awarded annually to a faculty member…

National Ice Cream Day: We Tried Every Special at ’Cuse Scoops So You Don’t Have To

National Ice Cream Day is coming up on Sunday, July 20, and what better way to celebrate than with a brain freeze and a sugar rush? Armed with spoons and an unshakable sense of duty, members of the Syracuse University…

Message From Chief Student Experience Officer Allen W. Groves

Dear Members of the Orange Community: It is with profound sadness that I write to remember two members of our Syracuse University community, whose lives were cut short last Thursday when they were struck by a vehicle at the intersection…

Haowei Wang Named Maxwell School Scholar in U.S.-China/Asia Relations

Haowei Wang, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named the Yang Ni and Xiaoqing Li Scholar in U.S.-China/Asia Relations for the 2025-26 academic year. Wang’s one-year appointment began on July 1….

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • X
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2025 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.