With less than three weeks until the start of the fall semester at the University of Northern Colorado, the university reported COVID-19 vaccination rates in the 85 to 91% percent range among students, faculty and staff who've returned required documents.

In the spring, UNC announced it would require students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Aug. 15, which is eight days before the start of fall classes. The university said it would require proof of vaccination status or exemption documents be submitted through a secure online portal starting on June 1.

As of Tuesday, the university said 86% percent of students and 91% of faculty and staff who've returned documents are vaccinated.

The fall semester begins Monday, Aug. 23.

UNC spokesperson Deanna Herbert said the university has received 3,657 forms from students and 3,132 are vaccinated. Among faculty and staff, Herbert said documents have been submitted from 912 individuals with 829 indicating they're vaccinated.

"We're watching the numbers change every day and especially with three weeks until the start of school," said Herbert, the university's director of news and public relations.

Herbert said the university will work with students, faculty and staff who don't submit paperwork by Aug. 15 to bring them into compliance. Herbert said UNC will begin contacting individuals Aug. 15 to inquire about their status and intentions.

Students will be out of compliance on Sept. 3.

"We want students on campus," Herbert added.

To help members of the university and Greeley communities access a vaccine, the university will host a mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic Aug. 20-22 on campus during student move-in days. The clinic will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day or until vaccine runs out, and and it will be located just south of Campus Commons at 1051 22nd St.

The clinic will offer either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. The clinic is open to UNC students, faculty, staff, parents or anyone without an affiliation to the university, according to Herbert.

She said the university has been in regular communication with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment through the pandemic, and worked with the agency to bring the mobile clinic to campus.

"Our goal is to help people comply and one of the ways we can do it is with the clinic," Herbert said. "They (CDPHE) provided it as an option and we jumped at the chance."