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In this issue:
- Cleaning and sanitizing updates
- Rec Sports resumes operations
- Bookstore reopens for regular hours
- Georgia Center resumes food service
- Student leaders produce welcome video
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Return to Campus Resources
FMD Helps Units Prepare for Return to Campus
The Facilities Management Division (FMD) team continues to actively assist schools, colleges and departments in their final preparations for a safe return to campus. The preparations include:
- Extensive training for the FMD Building Services department in disinfection practices and personal protection;
- Increasing the number of daily air changes in many academic buildings and large classroom spaces that have centralized HVAC systems, subject to the limitations of the existing infrastructure;
- Installing thousands of hard surface sanitation units;
- Installing additional hand sanitizer units, as they become available;
- Fabricating and installing plexiglass (sneeze guards) for customer service desks, reception areas, instructional desks, lecterns, podiums, tables and other areas as requested by individual departments and units;
- Assisting the Office of Space Management with mapping unconventional study and teaching spaces to allow for social distancing in classrooms and other areas; and
- Assisting the Preventative Measures Advisory Board (PMAB) with questions related to facilities.
The COVID-19 website now includes FAQs regarding plexiglass barriers (sneeze guards).
Faculty/Staff Parking Permit Pickup
Faculty/Staff members who elected to pick up their parking permit may do so at the One Stop Shop on Tate Plaza, Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Please be mindful that wearing a face covering is required at all times. No further action is needed for Faculty/Staff members who elected to have their permit mailed or have parking assignments in License Plate Recognition (LPR) lots.
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Campus Operations
Campus Mail Services to Fully Resume August 17
Campus mail, including FedEx and UPS service, will resume their standard (pre-COVID) mail services on August 17. Unless your department has made updated delivery arrangements with Mail and Receiving, the current delivery schedule will remain in effect. If you need to adjust the delivery schedule for your building, please contact Dwayne Weaver for package/freight deliveries and Susan Baxter for mail service.
Deskside Waste Reduction Program Launches
Want to support the frontline staff who keep your building safe and clean? Participate in the UGA Deskside Waste Reduction Program!
UGA units are encouraged to take responsibility for managing waste within their office environments to enable FMD staff to focus on cleaning and disinfecting restrooms and common areas. Participants receive new deskside recycling and “side saddle” trash bins and commit to empty them into nearby common area bins. New deskside bins are provided free of charge to Resident Instruction facilities and are available for purchase by Non-RI units on the UGA Athens and Health Sciences campuses. Departments can submit a request directly to their Building Services Supervisor or complete the UGA Deskside Waste Reduction Program Request Form. More Information is available on the Office of Sustainability website.
Recreational Sports and the Ramsey Student Center
For complete information about Rec Sports programming and facility guidelines, please check out our NEW Know Before You Go website. This page is designed to provide members with detailed descriptions of programming and facility changes as well as health and safety guidelines for patrons.
The Ramsey Student Center will re-open on Thursday, August 13, and Pound Hall re-opens on August 20. The fall semester hours of operation for these facilities is as follows:
Ramsey:
- Monday-Friday: 6 a.m.- 9 p.m.
- Saturday: 12 p.m.- 6 p.m.
- Sunday: 3 p.m.- 9 p.m.
Pound Hall:
- Monday-Friday: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
- Saturday: CLOSED
- Sunday: CLOSED
Read more about fitness classes, personal training and team-building at the Rec Sports page below.
Links for updates and operations status
- Dining Services keeps their website current with regular updates and FAQs.
- Transportation and Parking Services keeps their website current with regular updates.
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Instruction
Bookstore Resumes Regular Hours
The UGA Bookstore will resume regular hours beginning August 10 (8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Mon-Thur, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sundays). Save time by ordering online and picking up at the store. The Bookstore will be operating at reduced capacity, please be mindful that wearing a face mask is required at all times.
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Outreach: PS&O and Extension
Dining options reopening at the UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel
The Bulldog Bistro in the UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel on south campus has reopened with limited hours, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., offering coffee, pastries, and grab and go options for breakfast and lunch. Fill out this online form or text GEORGIACENTER to 22828 from your phone to receive weekday menus. The cafeteria-style hot breakfast will resume on Aug. 15 from 7-10 a.m. Starting Aug. 20, the Bulldog Bistro will return to full service and regular hours, 7 a.m.-10 p.m., and the Savannah Room restaurant will reopen with regular hours: Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; dinner, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Masks are required when ordering. For more information go to Bulldog Bistro or Savannah Room.
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Research
Phase 3 Research Resumption Requirement Update
Research Resumption Plans will not be required for single-occupancy use of faculty offices. This applies only if offices will be used solely by the faculty member for research and scholarship, not for interactive research or research-related meetings, in which case an approved RRP is still required (unless an RRP covering the office for the same use was approved for Phase 1 or 2, in which case no further action is required). For additional information, please visit the Research Resumption Requirements page and the COVID-19 Research Operations FAQ.
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