Friday, August 21, 2020

Dear Parents and Family,

Your student recieved this email earlier today:

Returning to Campus Guide for Students

The university has created a guide for students returning to campus that includes information on topics such as:

  • Protocols for health and safety in campus spaces,
  • Preventive measures to stay healthy and what to do if you get sick,
  • Steps for self-reporting illness and close contacts, and
  • Updates on how various campus services will operate during COVID-19.

Please take time to read this document on the UI Coronavirus website.

Reminder: Review and Update All Contact Information 

The university is asking all students to please review and update your personal and emergency contact information or confirm that the information currently listed is correct. The Contact Review page is located on the Student Information tab of MyUI.

Reminder: City of Iowa City and Johnson County Face Covering Mandates

It is important for students to remember that face coverings are required while inside campus buildings, unless you are alone in an office or are alone or with your roommate in your residence hall room. In addition, students should be aware that the city of Iowa City and Johnson County also have face covering mandates, requiring face coverings to be worn in public places.

Updated Event Guidelines

Effective today, attendee numbers for all essential in-person events (indoors or outdoors, on or off campus) will need to align with room capacity guidelines that allow for 6 feet of social distancing. Event organizers are responsible for working with the building coordinator of the event location, obtaining updated room capacity information, and making needed adjustments.

All events must follow public health and university guidance regarding protective equipment and social distancing or be offered through a virtual format. When necessary, building coordinators should review and verify appropriate space use with Campus Planning. Contact Maggie Vogel (margaret-vogel@uiowa.edu) for support. 

Exceptions

Hosts of events that do not align with these parameters need to complete this form for review by the UI’s Critical Incident Management Team (CIMT).

Reminder: Protective Equipment Pick-Up

Returning students who live off-campus should plan to pick up their protective equipment (PE) kit at one of several distribution locations by Aug. 23.

Students living on campus in the residence halls will receive a PE kit as part of the move-in process. Incoming first-year students and transfer students who live off campus will be issued their kits at On Iowa! check in, in the second floor ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Students will need their Iowa OneCard or student ID number to pick up their PE kit. The rain location is the IMU Hubbard Commons for all dates and times. Directions and exact building locations can be found on the UI campus maps website.

Student PE distribution schedule:

  • Aug. 21: UI Hubbard Park, 1 to 4 p.m.
  • Aug. 22: UI Hubbard Park, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Aug. 23: UI Hubbard Park, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

PE kits will be available at the IMU Welcome Center and the Office of Dean of Students from Aug. 24 to Aug. 28, 2020, for those who were unable to pick up a kit during the previous times.

Reminder: Student COVID-19 Safety Training Deadline is Today (Aug. 21)

The university has created a training course to help you transition to campus during COVID-19. This course was made available on ICON earlier this month. As a reminder, the deadline for course completion is TODAY (Friday, Aug. 21, 2020). If you have not already, please complete the course as soon as possible to ensure you are prepared to return to campus.

The course takes 30 to 45 minutes to complete and can be completed over multiple sessions.

The training modules cover the following topics:

  • Your role in returning to campus
  • COVID-19 myths and facts
  • Strategies for minimizing the spread of COVID-19

Reducing the risk of exposure to COVID-19 for everyone in the UI community is critical to our shared mission of teaching, research, service, and patient care. This requires shared responsibility, and we expect faculty, staff, and students to take reasonable precautions to protect their fellow Hawkeyes. As a UI student, we are asking for your commitment to this shared responsibility when you are on campus.