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.
 
Washington state is open under Governor Jay Inslee’s Washington Ready plan, and the state’s Healthy Washington phase plan was retired on June 30. However, all UW locations remain in Phase 3. Face coverings are required indoors regardless of vaccination status, and telework is strongly encouraged. Learn more about the UW’s plan

Returning to Campus

• New UW COVID-19 safety policy and guidelines are expected to be released in July. 
  • Masks continue to be required in all UW facilities, regardless of your vaccination status, and telework is strongly encouraged. The COVID-19 symptom attestation and EH&S online training remain required as well, linked below.
• Hall Health received approval from the Washington state DoH to provide vaccines by early September. UW students will be prioritized to receive vaccinations from Hall Health.
  • Vaccinations will soon be available at the UW Medicine neighborhood clinics, and are available at UW-Tacoma at pop-up clinics each Wednesday through the end of August.
• Husky football will return this fall with 100% seating capacity in the stadium for the upcoming season.
• 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

• The UW has finalized additional telework guidance for staff post-COVID as part of the the Return to Onsite Work page, which includes checklists and tools for telework planning and decision-making.  
• Unit/site-specific COVID-19 Prevention Plans are required for University workplaces.

Returning to Research

• Office of Research’s Guidance for Returning to In-Person Research.

Returning to School

• 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.