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COVID-19 has dramatically impacted our campus and world. Salisbury University is committed to keeping our community safe, healthy and informed. Please check this page regularly for information on COVID-19.

Guide for Returning to Campus

SU’s Faculty and Staff Guide for Returning to Campus is available for download (click button below). These guidelines are expected to remain in place through the spring 2021 semester. All employees are expected to comply fully with the policies, protocols and guidelines outlined in this document.

Download the Faculty and Staff Guide for Returning to Campus (PDF)

Policies and Procedures

Please visit SU’s main COVID-19 webpage for current information on Campus ID Requirements, Campus Visitors, Daily Screening, Face Mask Policies, Testing, Training and Travel information.

Spring 2021: What to Expect

The health and safety of faculty, staff, students and the community is SU’s top priority. Below is information about what faculty and staff can expect on campus this winter and spring.

Campus Cleaning Procedures

The Department of Physical Plant’s facility services team adopted a “Green Cleaning Process” of campus years ago in response to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification process and to disinfect and clean the campus in a healthy and sustainable process. Recently, facility services increased the frequency of disinfecting to daily of all frequently touched and hard surfaces that may come in contact with our hands to reduce germs and the spread of COVID-19 virus. These surfaces include handrails, door knobs, elevator controls, switches, classroom desk tops and similar items. Custodial services reviewed cleaning and disinfectant chemicals with BISM, Acme, and Daycon (outside contract suppliers) to confirm the disinfectant kills the COVID-19 virus. We have worked with our custodial chemical suppliers to make sure we are using the proper chemicals to achieve these goals.

In addition, our floor maintenance program not only cleans and puts a shine on the floors but all common areas are cleaned daily to reduce germs from getting tracked throughout buildings. We use entry walk off systems within all buildings to reduce dirt from getting tracked into the buildings and also vacuum carpeted floors on a routine basis and use a HEPA grade filters within the vacuums to minimize dust particles by 95 percent.

Cleaning Frequency Guide

The mission of facility services is to provide a safe and clean environment in support of the University’s goal to provide a quality education. The following cleaning standards have been implemented during the COVID-19 virus for the campus.

Room Type	Frequency	Method
Restrooms	Daily with routine policing	Thorough cleaning and disinfecting of entire restroom
Frequently touched surfaces (door knobs, stair railings, desk tops, and elevator controls)	Daily	Thorough disinfection of entire surface
Maggs PAC, Stadium, UFC – showers, locker rooms, and training facilities	Daily	Thorough cleaning and disinfection of entire area
Classrooms	Daily	Disinfection of surfaces, vacuum as needed
Health Center	Daily	Disinfection of surfaces, vacuum as needed
University Police	Daily	Disinfection of surfaces, vacuum as needed
Laboratories	Daily	Touched surfaces disinfected and other areas cleaned routinely
Offices	Daily, Weekly	Trash emptied as needed, surfaces disinfected if permitted or accessible.
Residence hall rooms/suites	2 days per week	Bathrooms are cleaned and disinfected. Students responsible for own living space.

Equipment/chemicals utilized

Facility services uses chemicals that have been approved by BISM, Daycon, and Acme for disinfecting of facilities. Facility services also utilizes the EvaClean PX200ES hand held electrostatic sprayer and Purtab mixture in spray bottles for a one-minute kill claim for the COVID-19 virus and also has a 14-hour protection window. Areas that are being treated daily:

Locker rooms
Public shower areas
Elevator controls
Light switches
Health Center
Maggs

Training rooms
Door knobs
Classroom desks
Lab tables
University Police
University Fitness Center

The wax that is utilized on floor tile surfaces has an antimicrobial infused into the wax, causing bacteria to be unable to grow and reproduce.

Hand Sanitizer

The University community is encouraged to utilize bathrooms for the purpose of washing hands, which is stocked by facility services. Facility services does provide and maintain certain hand sanitizer stations located in most buildings on campus. Facility services does not provide individual or jug size hand sanitizers for use, this would be a departmental expense and process. Individual departments would be responsible to fund and refill hand sanitizer stations that are in addition to the locations below. Hand sanitizer locations on campus:

Guerrieri Student Union – South entrance
Guerrieri Academic Commons – Service Desk & Help Desk
Perdue Hall – First floor near room 151
Maggs PAC – Near dance studio
Holloway Hall – First floor near center elevator
Simulation Lab
Conway Hall – First floor; two locations: tower entrance and southeast entrance
Wicomico Hall – Two locations on first and second floor. One location on third floor
Manokin Hall – Two locations on first and second floor. One location on third floor
Chester Hall – Near elevator first-sixth floors
Severn Hall – Near elevator first-sixth floors
Chesapeake Hall – First floor lounge

Commons Building – Near cashier’s station
Henson Hall – Three locations
Devilbiss Hall – First floor
Blackwell Hall – Advising desk
Fulton Hall – First floor near elevator
University Fitness Club
Nanticoke Hall – Two locations on first and second floor. One location on third floor
Pocomoke Hall – Two locations on first and second floor. One location on third floor
Sea Gull Square – Near elevator first-fifth floors; First floor reception; First floor room wing
Choptank – near elevator 1st – 6th floors
St. Martin Hall – First floor lounge

Supplies responsibility

Facility services is budgeted for and provides hand soap, paper products, hand driers, and other supplies necessary in bathrooms and areas responsible for cleaning.

Department supplied

Departments may elect to provide hand sanitizer or other disinfectants within their department, offices or classrooms.

COVID-19 Additional Notes

Facility services will be available to address any urgent disinfectant needs that are determined to be necessary.
Frequency will change based on occupancy of space, campus closure or special circumstances.
Routine scheduled cleaning, during non COVID-19 conditions, will be adjusted in order to complete tasks under this procedure.
Facility services will also modify this procedure based on need or as directed by director of physical plant and/or assistant director of physical plant – facilities services.
Procedure will also be modified as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or other credible sources provides guidelines and recommendations.

Frequently Asked Questions For Faculty and Staff
Preparing for Spring

Q: Where can faculty go to find the most up-to-date information on SU’s COVID-19 efforts?

A: Updated information is maintained on the SU COVID-19 webpages, including Informed Faculty, Informed Staff and Informed Students. All full-time faculty, adjunct faculty and academic staff also should have access to the Faculty Senate COVID-19 Instruction and Town Hall Canvas site. Please see the Communication Flow statement and other important documents there.

All COVID-19 Task Force teams are sharing documents in One Drive and uploading completed documents to the COVID-19 Canvas site.

Q: Is there a Faculty Readiness Checklist that academic areas can use to gauge readiness for Level 2?

A: There are several readiness resources. The SU Technology Support Center Knowledgebase has useful information to search by keywords. On the Faculty Senate COVID-19 Instruction and Town Hall Canvas site, please use the Modules “Useful SU Links” and “External Teaching Resources,” and “External COVID-19 Higher Education Resources,” with documents such as Johns Hopkins’ “Open Smart.” For students, SU’s Center for Student Achievement created a video to support students transitioning to online learning. Additionally, Instructional Design and Delivery has MyClasses support for faculty and students on successful online learning.

Q: How do we address attendance language for syllabi?

A: Faculty need to be reasonable in their attendance expectations due to COVID-19 and technical challenges. Policies will vary faculty to faculty and for different programs.

Q: Will Supplemental Instructors still provide course support during COVID-19 operations?

A: Yes. As indicated in the “Coding Classes for Fall” document, GullNet class notes should include whether the class is supported by Supplemental Instruction. Please contact Heather Holmes for more details.

Teaching Modalities and Quality

Q: How will students know how courses will be taught?

A: All SU courses are coded to correctly reflect our usual coding system, with additional instruction notes added, where needed:
- Face-to-face section numbers: 001-410
- Hybrid section numbers: 601-699
- Online course section numbers: 701 – 749
- Remote course section numbers: 750-799
All undergraduate and graduate students received an email on July 10 with information on course sections, including an infographic to explain the four class modalities.

Q: Can we require students who choose to stay online to have access to a printer/scanner? Can we make sure that students on campus, including those in self-isolation have such access?

A: It is better to help distance students leverage digital services (e.g. DocuSign, Scannable App, etc.). See for example, the Adobe Scan app to use phones as scanners. On-campus, students can access Student Printing Services at Guerrieri Academic Commons. The SU Bookstore is exploring e-text options for all required texts. They anticipate a no-cost shipping option for remote/online students for course materials. We recommend establishing a centralized printing service through the GAC for remote and online students to email as files to be printed with a pick-up location.

Q: How will faculty evaluations be handled this spring?

A: The plan is to adopt a similar strategy to the spring and fall 2020 semesters, in which evaluations are administered for instructional reflection, with flexibility about reporting the results as representative of overall teaching effectiveness. Faculty and programs might consider alternatives to student evaluations, such as a student reflective essay, focus group exit discussion, faculty mentor meeting with mentee students, or other options.

F2F and Hybrid Classroom Management and Safety

Q: Will faculty be required to send students to the in-person academic assessment site at the Guerrieri Academic Commons Assembly Hall?

A: No. If faculty are teaching F2F and hybrid, they should hold exams in their own classrooms, if safety guidelines permit. Remote and online courses should use online exams. The academic assessment site will be available by reservation for up to 104 students for faculty who need a larger space to proctor in-person exams. Guidance on the in-person assessment site was sent via email on July 11 and is posted on the Faculty Canvas.

Q: Are there any guidelines for teaching hybrid classes in which half of the students are in the classroom and half attending virtually?

A: How faculty use their class space and time is entirely up to them. The only thing that is inviolable is staying below COVID-19 classroom capacity. Some hybrid faculty are planning to live stream or record within the classroom for distance students.

ID&D is creating resources for best practices for classroom management in person and virtually. The Fulton Remote Teaching Specialists are designing a model to identify one faculty member in each department to learn more about these types of pedagogy challenges in order to share best practices and support colleagues; please see the Faculty COVID-19 Canvas for more information.

Some faculty plan to use mobile technologies that allow for FaceTime, Skype or Hangouts to bring online students into the classroom. The Teaching with Technology Subcommittee is available to address additional technology needs within classrooms. Please contact Robin Hoffman through Knowledgebase if you have specific needs that are not already included in the technology setup.

Q: Are faculty required to record and post F2F classes?

A: All hybrid courses (combination of F2F and synchronous sessions) should be live streamed. Recordings of sessions/portions of courses are with the purview of faculty. If faculty have concerns about live streaming sensitive discussions, asynchronous activities could be offered to students who are remote while each team engages in a private discussion. Be sure to include plans for this in your syllabi and/or prominently on your MyClasses site. Feel free to discuss with your dean or chair. Please refer to document on “Safe and Effective Learning Environments.”

Q: What technology will be available in the classroom to facilitate hybrid instruction?

A: The Teaching with Technology Subcommittee is available to address additional technology needs within classrooms. Contact Robin Hoffman through Knowledgebase if you have specific needs that are not already included in the technology setup. Please note: You may not have access to the building you are scheduled to teach in if it is different from the location of your faculty office. You will need to request access.

Remote and Online Teaching

Q: Is there a copyright statement that can be added to classroom recordings stating they are provided for student use during this semester only, and any permanent copying, posting or sharing of these materials is strictly forbidden and a violation of both University policy and copyright law?

A: ID&D and COVID-19 Task Force teams have designed Canvas and syllabi statements that faculty can add to their courses. Here is one potential statement on recording:

Lectures are recorded or delivered from written notes and electronic files to guarantee they are protected under Federal Copyright law. You are permitted to take notes of lectures and to use course materials for your use while enrolled this course. You may not record or take photos of lecture material without the instructor’s express consent, and you may not publicly distribute or display - or allow anyone else to publicly display or distribute - course materials, notes or recordings from class in any form without obtaining prior written permission from the instructor. By taking this course you agree to abide by all course policies.

Q: Is there a policy regarding the recording of lectures or discussions that contain potentially sensitive material or a disclaimer about technological errors that can be added to syllabi?

A: ID&D and COVID-19 Task Force teams have designed Canvas and syllabi statements that faculty can add to their courses. Faculty can include statements about sensitivity of topics and video- or audio-only instruction.

Campus Health Issues

Q: What is the plan if a faculty member becomes seriously ill and cannot teach?

A: Faculty need to work closely with chairs, directors, deans and administrative staff to ensure that at least one other colleague has access to their Canvas site, syllabus, and course materials in case of an emergency. Department administrative assistants can be added to Canvas courses as teaching assistants to send messaging to students if an emergency arises.

Faculty should arrange colleagues now who can serve as potential designated substitutes for courses, and add them to the Canvas before the semester begins. Chairs should have emergency plans in place to hire potential adjuncts, if necessary. Please see the July 17 Human Resources Sick Leave document on the Faculty Canvas site.
PPE and Other Equipment
Departments should continue using PPE provided in the fall and will be able to purchase replacements or refills from Support Services with departmental budgets.

Some areas and employees may continue to request specialized PPE. A list of available standard equipment for departmental purchase, with prices, is available in the PDF below. For questions about ordering and delivery of specialized PPE, please contact Wayne Shelton at wxshelton@salisbury.edu.

Questions about the PPE ordering and distribution process should be directed to the following contacts in each division:
- Academic Affairs: Tara Smith
- Administration and Finance: Jodie Johnson
- Advancement and External Affairs: Lisa Hutson
- President’s Office: Tracy Hajir
- Student Affairs: Robin Evans
Standard Equipment Price List PDF

Human Resources Information

Below is information related to Human Resources that will help SU faculty and staff.

Information For Faculty

Need More Information?

Have questions about positive tests or failed screenings? Looking for the testing dashboard? Visit the COVID-19 Testing webpage.

Looking for policies and procedures, including Campus ID Requirements, Campus Visitors, Daily Screening, Face Mask Policy, Testing and Travel Information? Visit the main COVID-19 website.

Looking for details on Academics, Athletics, Dining, Housing, Student Activities, Student Health Services, etc.? Visit the Informed Students & Families webpage for more details on these areas and more.