{"id":123074,"date":"2020-07-22T08:06:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T18:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=123074"},"modified":"2020-08-18T08:14:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:14:15","slug":"uh-manoa-covid-19-plan-for-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/22\/uh-manoa-covid-19-plan-for-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa COVID-19 plan for fall"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa on July 22, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n

Aloha 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa ʻohana,<\/p>\n

I hope this message finds you well. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we prepare for an unprecedented fall semester. Our top priorities continue to be the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff, and our commitment to provide the best possible learning, teaching, and research experience for our campus community.<\/p>\n

Eight campus working groups have developed plans for the fall 2020 semester that, along with the 东精影业<\/abbr> System COVID-19 guidance, cover every aspect of campus operations. These plans are based on existing county, state and federal COVID-19 guidance, current science and data, and best practices from around the world.<\/p>\n

You can find the reports on the 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Moving Forward<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

Our plans call for significant changes in operations to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It will take a collective effort, and we all have a role to play as we protect and support each other.<\/p>\n

Protocols for positive cases and suspected exposure<\/strong>
\n东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students and employees are instructed to self-report to University Health Services M\u0101noa (808) 956-8965 or uhsm.covid@hawaii.edu<\/a> when they are symptomatic or have tested positive for COVID-19. The Hawaiʻi<\/span> Department of Health will also report positive and suspected cases connected to 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa to University Health Services M\u0101noa (东精影业SM<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

Protocols have been adopted outlining measures<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) that the university will take promptly upon notification that include quarantine or isolation, contact tracing, communication and facility disinfection.<\/p>\n

A 东精影业SM<\/abbr> COVID-19 Resource Team will assist students and employees in the protocols and will be responsible for clearing an individual\u02bbs return to campus. The team will also coordinate communication with health officials and the campus community.<\/p>\n

Daily Check-Ins<\/strong>
\nAll students, employees and visitors will be required to check in daily on a 东精影业<\/abbr> app or web form that monitors COVID-19 symptoms and report any positive or suspected cases to the University Health Services. This is critical for our test-trace-isolate strategy\u2013test suspected cases, isolate those who test positive, contact everyone who had exposure to the infected person, and continue to test and isolate.<\/p>\n

Facial Coverings Required<\/strong>
\nAll employees, students and visitors are expected to wear facial coverings when indoors (e.g., classrooms, laboratories, shops, and common spaces such as hallways and elevators) and where physical distancing is not possible. We must wash our hands, regularly and thoroughly, or use hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. There will be hand sanitizer stations at the entrance of every building and every classroom and teaching laboratory.<\/p>\n

Physical Distancing<\/strong>
\nWe must all practice safe physical distancing, maintaining a distance of at least six feet from each other. It will be easier this fall semester as there will be fewer people on campus. There will be far more online courses than usual, and our work to reconfigure classrooms and labs for physical distancing has reduced capacity by more than 50 percent. The same physical distancing concerns have also reduced student housing capacity by more than 30 percent. Many employees will continue to telework while some offices may adopt work rotations.<\/p>\n

More Online and Hybrid Courses<\/strong>
\nThe mode of instruction for more than 70 percent of the courses offered in the fall semester were adjusted to help adhere to the physical distancing requirements. The affected courses were either moved entirely online or to a hybrid combination of online and in-person instruction.<\/p>\n

Utilizing 167 general use classrooms, 3,344 courses were scheduled into the following formats for the fall 2020 semester:<\/p>\n

Updated August 17, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n