Greetings,
Thank you for your participation in the efforts to get us Back to Campus safely and efficiently. You will find an archive of past digests at our website.
King and Pierce counties are in Phase 2 of Governor Inslee’s Healthy Washington plan. The Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma campuses are in Healthy Washington Phase 2. Face coverings are required and telework is strongly encouraged. Learn more about the UW’s plan.
Returning to Campus
- EH&S updated their guidance for Quarantine and Isolation
- For those who are vaccinated and then exposed to COVID-19
- For those who recovered from COVID-19 and were re-exposed.
- A new COVID-19 test site in the E-1 parking lot is finalized and open to the public for testing. Please note this test site is not a part of the Husky Coronavirus Testing Program.
- The WA Notify COVID-19 exposure notification app is live, enabling participants to utilize smartphone technology to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
- EH&S has launched a dedicated phone hotline for UW students, faculty and staff to call with questions or to report on positive test results: 206-616-3344. All messages are logged and retrieved daily with appropriate follow-up provided by EH&S staff.
We have received reports of employees not being aware of the required online training or attestations prior to returning to campus. Please ensure this information is shared with all supervisors across your unit to inform relevant staff.
- EH&S requires this online training for all persons on campus (faculty, staff, and students), even if they have already been working onsite as a critical employee, prior to returning to campus.
- Daily attestations are required for all staff and academic personnel coming to campus.
- For staff and student employees/supervisors
- For academic personnel, including faculty, librarians, medical residents and fellows, postdoctoral scholars, and academic staff
Returning to Work
- Unit/site-specific COVID-19 Prevention Plans are required for University workplaces.
- The UW has convened a Back to the Workplace Task Force reviewing and updating University protocols for how more UW employees can return to in-person work on our campuses.
Returning to Research
- Office of Research’s Guidance for Returning to In-Person Research.
Returning to School
- On 3/1, students received a message from the ACCD about staying safe during spring break and an update on the COVID-19 vaccines.
- Both variants of the virus have been detected in King County.
- Nonessential travel is strongly discouraged.
- Students in on-campus housing or in the Greek community and who are enrolled in the Husky Coronavirus Testing Program will receive an invitation for post-spring break testing.
- Anyone who is eligible for a vaccination is encouraged to do so.
- Though most of spring quarter will be held online, some student services will be opening for spring quarter, including the Research Commons at Allen Library for individual study, and Student Life continues to maintain a list of open spaces and facilities.
- On 2/19, students received a message from Denzil Suite, VP for student life, in response to a large gathering on February 13, and were required to self-isolate until 2/28.
- The Office of Student Life has announced My SSP, which provides students access to real-time, confidential mental health and crisis intervention support, available 24/7 and in multiple languages. Available at: 1.866.743.7732, online chat, via the My SSP app as well as on the mental health landing page on the Husky Health and Well-Being website.
- The UW has convened a Back to School Task Force reviewing and updating University protocols for campus spaces including residences, classrooms, labs and libraries.
Visit uw.edu/coronavirus for the most up-to-date communications and information for our UW community.
If you have info for us to share in the digest, or feedback or questions, you can email us at engineeringuw@uw.edu. Please note, the contents of this email do not represent the full breadth of information and resources available. If we missed something, let us know.