指导 & Steering/Working Groups

COVID指标

Frostburg状态 University’s response to the current novel coronavirus pandemic requires the ability to quickly absorb important research data and public health information, while using judgment under imperfect conditions to make decisions regarding the safety of students, 教师, 和工作人员. Throughout the 新型冠状病毒肺炎 pandemic, the University has operated by making decisions that have been informed by national, 状态, and local health conditions, as well as guidance from the Governor of Maryland and Chancellor of the University System of Maryland. Both the Pandemic Response Plan and the Recovery Response Plan have utilized phased-in levels as an operational guide.

FSU will monitor several key 新型冠状病毒肺炎 indicators that may impact the local and institutional environment. These indicators have been adapted from 新型冠状病毒肺炎 Planning Guide and Self-Assessment for Higher Education (OpenSmartEDU, 2020). 相应的, each key 新型冠状病毒肺炎 indicator will have trigger metrics that will inform our decision-making regarding our institutional recovery response level. These indicators include incidence and prevalence, 积极率, case clustering from contact tracing, regional healthcare preparedness, 测试能力, 保健中心容量, quarantine/isolation capacity, adherence to public health protective factors, 当地条件, 状态条件, wastewater testing and vaccination and post-COVID immunological antibody rates.

Frostburg状态 University’s Pandemic Response Team will continuously monitor the key 新型冠状病毒肺炎 indicators to discern patterns of concern that would potentially trigger the raising or lowering of our institutional recovery response levels. 在大多数情况下, triggers will be evaluated in coordination with our director of health services, 当地卫生官员, key institutional stakeholders, 和总统. As there are 12 indicators, the Pandemic Response Team will consider positive or negative triggers of several key 新型冠状病毒肺炎 indicators that would prompt a recommendation to the President to raise or lower the institutional recovery response level, unless the scope or intensity of at least one of the indicators would overwhelmingly initiate a high-level concern. The President will communicate any modifications in response levels to the University with a specific implementation plan.

大流行恢复计划

As FSU began to see the possibility of 新型冠状病毒肺炎 becoming a pandemic, we relied upon our Pandemic Response Team to provide guidance, a role that continues as we move forward into the fall semester. At this point, we are being guided by the 大流行恢复计划. There are three levels in the recovery plan:

PANDEMIC RECOVERY LEVELS

1级: Classes remain online; essential housekeeping, 维护, 理由让, and administrative staff working; limited population of students on-campus; most operations continue to telework; social distancing, face mask donning in the presence of others, 洗手, and student/employee health monitoring checkins required.

2级: Buildings remain open and services remain available; students can remain in residence halls with limitations on size of gatherings and reduced density; telework continues, staff are completing essential functions with reduced footprint as authorized by supervisors; 教师 working with students on online implementation of blended modalities; social distancing, face mask donning in the presence of others, 洗手, and student/employee health monitoring checkins required.

3级: (Current as of May 24, 2021) 国家, 状态 and local pandemic indicators trigger improved conditions; Governor’s office and USM provides return-to-normal guidance; vaccine becomes available; some public health measures may stay in place, while others are incrementally lifted; operations and classroom restrictions begin to return to normal; recovery levels transition to preparatory phase.

Frostburg状态, like many other academic institutions, is working tirelessly to thoroughly identify relevant situations and scenarios that may impact our campus community during this viral pandemic. As we continue to craft the necessary next steps, we will be as transparent as possible.