Campus Operations
Throughout the University of Georgia’s (UGA) response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UGA has remained focused on the health and safety of our faculty, staff and students. This commitment has never wavered, and it remains a guiding tenet.
Campus Conversation Webinar on COVID-19 (August 4, 2020)
Efforts to Create a Safe Environment on Campus
- Following best practices from the University System of Georgia, the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Taking a gradual and phased approach for employees returning to work.
- Providing training modules for supervisors, employees and students.
- Issuing two (2) reusable and washable cloth face coverings to all students, staff and faculty and strongly encouraging their use while on campus.
- Requiring all employees to self-monitor and acknowledge that they are not aware they have signs and/or symptoms of COVID-19 before coming to campus each day.
- Implementing enhanced cleaning and disinfection protocols across campus.
- Providing technical assistance and resources to supervisors to assist them in their efforts to create a safe work environment prior to the return of all students, staff and faculty.
- Using reminder signage and other communications to encourage all members of our community and visitors to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by practicing good hygiene.
- Conducting a voluntary and free surveillance testing program for asymptomatic members of the UGA community in addition to free testing for symptomatic students at the University Health Center.
- Securing nearly 500 rooms to accommodate students from residence halls who have limited options and need to isolate after testing positive or quarantine after being exposed through a close contact.
Faculty/Staff Weekly Digest Emails
- Faculty/Staff Digest: January 12, 2021
- Faculty/Staff Digest: January 5, 2021
- Faculty/Staff Digest: December 15, 2020
- Faculty/Staff Digest: December 1, 2020
- All Campus Digest: November 24, 2020
- Faculty/Staff Digest: November 17, 2020
- Faculty/Staff Digest: November 10, 2020
- Faculty/Staff Digest: November 3, 2020
- Faculty/Staff Digest: October 27, 2020
- Faculty/Staff Digest: October 20, 2020
Student Weekly Digest Emails
- Student Digest: January 12, 2021
- Student Digest: January 6, 2021
- Student Digest: December 16, 2020
- Student Digest: December 2, 2020
- All Campus Digest: November 24, 2020
- Student Digest: November 18, 2020
- Student Digest: November 11, 2020
- Student Digest: November 4, 2020
- Student Digest: October 28, 2020
- Student Digest: October 21, 2020