Mount St. Mary’s University’s policies and protocols for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic have, and will continue to be rooted in these Guiding Principles:
Daily. All students and employees are required to submit the attestation on a daily basis on days when they would normally be on campus.
Yes. If you would, under normal circumstances, be expected on campus (work, classes, etc.) you need to submit the form. The attestation allows you to note you do not plan to be on campus today).
No. If you are able to answer ‘no’ to all questions, you may proceed.
Close contact means someone was closer than six feet for more than 15 minutes from an individual who is positive for COVID-19. It does not matter if the individuals were wearing face coverings.
If you answer yes to any of the questions on the attestation, you will be advised to not come to campus. If you are an employee, follow your department’s procedure for calling out sick or requesting to work from home and contact your healthcare provider. If you are a student, inform your professors, work supervisors and/or coaches about your absence and contact the Mount’s Health Center.
Contact Human Resources (for employees) or the Dean of Students Office (for students) to inform them of your error. Only these offices can override the error.
Completing the Health Attestation Form daily on your regularly scheduled work days even if you will be working remotely from home will allow the university to track our community’s responses in the event of an outbreak.
Faculty do not need to complete the health attestation form each day if it is not a time in which they would regularly be on campus and don’t intend to come on campus that day. Faculty need to begin completing the form when they are attending university meetings or training on a regular basis or when they come on campus for the Fall semester.
Faculty seeking ideas to support remote instruction have a wide variety of resources available to them in the Continuity of Instruction course. Resources include both technology how-tos and pedagogical methods to support student engagement and success.
Access resources through Canvas
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For more information on course schedules, advising and how to register, visit the undergraduate section of the Registrar's Office page.
Want to schedule a meeting with a member of the Learning Services staff? Please complete the Request a Meeting form with some basic information, and someone will be in contact with you soon to arrange a meeting time.
As you teach a distance education course, the friendly staff at the Phillips Library is happy to support you. Our librarians, Mike and Jessica, were both distance education students themselves. They understand the unique needs of distance education students and are excited to help these students reach their educational goals. Part of that process is supporting the faculty members who teach distance education courses.
If you need to submit a support ticket to Information Technology Support Center (ITSC), please complete the Ticket Submission Form.