The College will be providing shuttles to the UMass Amherst COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic and CVS. Photo by Ali Meizels ‘23.
By Paige Comeau ’26
Staff Writer
The Division of Student Life recently announced that Mount Holyoke will be providing shuttles to the University of Massachusetts Amherst COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. The statement also provided updates to its shuttle service to a CVS in Chicopee, Massachusetts, for eligible students to receive a bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccination. The UMass shuttle will run every Thursday and Friday through Nov. 17 and 18, respectively. The CVS shuttle will run every Wednesday and Sunday through Nov. 13 and 16 respectively.
Students are urged to get their vaccinations through the shuttle services or independently. The Division for Student Life, in their recent email regarding the shuttles, underscored the importance of vaccination within the community: “COVID-19 vaccines and boosters provide strong protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death. If you are eligible for the new bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccination, you are strongly encouraged to get one.”
In the same email, the schedules for the shuttle services are listed, with both routes running two days a week. The shuttle to the UMass Amherst clinic will run on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Alternatively, the shuttle to CVS on Memorial Drive in Chicopee will run on Wednesdays from 5- 8 p.m. and Sundays from 3-6 p.m. If a student is planning to take a shuttle, they should first schedule a vaccine appointment either at the UMass Vaccine Clinic or CVS and then sign up to take a shuttle on a link provided in the email. Students may ride the shuttles without signing up if space is available.