Dear UMBC Community,
UMBC has begun the transition from fully remote operations toward limited on-campus activity. As part of this process, we are launching a pilot COVID-19 symptom tracking and testing program for the small number of faculty, staff, and students approved to be on campus this summer. Even as we plan to have a low-density campus, we know that testing and daily symptom tracking are essential to support campus health and safety.
University Health Services is coordinating on-campus testing for July 13 and 14, 2020, through a process developed in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Testing will be outdoors, under tents or similar cover, to support safe physical distancing. It will involve a simple, rapid nasal swab.
Please note that only a small number of UMBC community members will be invited to participate in this initial testing effort. It is specifically for those who have been approved to be on campus this summer, and testing is by appointment only. All faculty, staff, and students included in the pilot will receive a personal email within the next day with additional details.
We invite all UMBC community members to learn more about the Retrievers Return Roadmap. Community members seeking to report a case of COVID-19 may do so through the Retrievers Return website. Please contact covid19@umbc.edu with questions.
Philip Rous, Provost
Lynne Schaefer, Vice President of Administration and Finance
Nancy Young, Vice President of Student Affairs
UMBC has begun the transition from fully remote operations toward limited on-campus activity. As part of this process, we are launching a pilot COVID-19 symptom tracking and testing program for the small number of faculty, staff, and students approved to be on campus this summer. Even as we plan to have a low-density campus, we know that testing and daily symptom tracking are essential to support campus health and safety.
University Health Services is coordinating on-campus testing for July 13 and 14, 2020, through a process developed in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Testing will be outdoors, under tents or similar cover, to support safe physical distancing. It will involve a simple, rapid nasal swab.
Please note that only a small number of UMBC community members will be invited to participate in this initial testing effort. It is specifically for those who have been approved to be on campus this summer, and testing is by appointment only. All faculty, staff, and students included in the pilot will receive a personal email within the next day with additional details.
We invite all UMBC community members to learn more about the Retrievers Return Roadmap. Community members seeking to report a case of COVID-19 may do so through the Retrievers Return website. Please contact covid19@umbc.edu with questions.
Philip Rous, Provost
Lynne Schaefer, Vice President of Administration and Finance
Nancy Young, Vice President of Student Affairs
