Return to Spring 2022

OVERVIEW Guiding Principles

The health and safety of our faculty, staff, students, and the public is UW-Stout’s top priority for developing protocols to respond to COVID-19.

Our health and safety protocols are aligned with guidance from the federal government, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, WI Department of Health Services, American College Health Association, UW System, and the UW-Stout Recovery Planning Team.

As we have done since spring 2020, we will continue to update our plans as conditions evolve and information becomes available.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Please visit our website: uwstout.edu/coronavirus for the latest updates. Questions can be sent to covid19update@uwstout.edu.

Return to Fall Phase 4 and Plan Timeline This plan is effective January 14, 2022 and will be updated as new information emerges and the spring semester progresses.

Stout entered its Phase 4 of operations on August 1, 2021.

PHASE 4

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Phase Four – When a vaccination is commonly available, or the risk of COVID-19 has substantially diminished • Employees return to work. • Face masks required, and continued sanitizing as appropriate. • Virtual meetings may continue and telecommuting, due to COVID-19, may no longer be necessary.

Employees with existing medical accommodations due to COVID, who feel the accommodation may need to be extended, should discuss their request with their supervisor and the Human Resources office. Our telecommuting policy that existed prior to COVID resumed on August 23, 2021.

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RETURN TO SPRING 2022