MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) – Wesleyan University warned students and staff over the weekend that a senior at the private liberal arts college was hospitalized with a suspected form of meningitis that may be resistant to a vaccine all students received.

The student, Tom Cornish, remained hospitalized in stable condition in a critical care unit Sunday, Wesleyan officials said. He was hospitalized Friday night.

The college said Cornish may have bacterial meningitis, which is an inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord. Flu-like symptoms include fever, headache and a stiff neck. In severe cases, it can result in brain damage and even death.

Wesleyan officials said they were waiting for test results to confirm the diagnosis.

The college notified students by e-mail that the suspected strain of meningitis Cornish has is potentially contagious, spread through coughing or kissing, although not has contagious as the common cold or the flu.

The university said Cornish could have been infectious as early as Feb. 27. It asked anyone who had contact with him since then to call the university health center at (860) 685-2470.