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In this Return to Campus Issue:
- More than 130 HEPA filters installed in classrooms
- UGA launches new study space map
- DawgCheck available on UGA App in iOS
- Making sense of quarantine vs. isolation
- UGA Extension COVID-19 webinars available online
- Ask Me Anything series continues
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Campus Operations
Supplemental Air Filtration Added
UGA’s Facilities Management Division completed the installation of over 130 High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) units in classrooms where other improvement strategies were not feasible. This is part of a larger effort to improve indoor air quality for classrooms and complements other initiatives that either increase the daily fresh air changes or improve filtration for more than five million square feet of academic space. These units will filter the air three to four times each hour, depending on the size of the space. HEPA filtration systems are laboratory certified to capture 99.6% of particulates in the air that are the size of the SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19.
For more information on these units, HVAC systems and other efforts to improve indoor air quality for our students, faculty and staff, please visit https://fmd.uga.edu/buildinghvac/.
Online Interactive UGA Study Space Map Now Available
We are pleased to announce the launch of an online interactive map to help students, and the entire campus community, find places to study, connect to an online class, or sit for a while between on-campus classes. Faculty may find this map useful to discover outside venues to hold a class.
Places include both interior and exterior locations. Interior spaces are provided as a list of study-specific and other open-seating areas within select buildings and include recommended Fall 2020 capacities and other descriptive features. The exterior spaces are searchable by filters including features such as: area of campus, seating types and distance from current location.
Formatted for both desktop and mobile devices, the map default is set to geo-locate users with GPS enabled devices.
Please note that this resource is a work in progress. Contact the site admin to request modifications.
DawgCheck Now Available in iOS
You can now download or update your UGA App in the Apple App Store. The app is updated with DawgCheck and the link to COVID-19 resources. Android updates are coming soon.
Please check your symptoms each day through DawgCheck. If you are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID, you should contact your Primary Care Provider for guidance.
Decoded: Making Sense of Quarantine vs. Isolation
These two terms are often used interchangeably, but they don’t mean exactly the same thing. Here’s the difference between quarantine and isolation:
- Quarantine: Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of individuals who are believed to be reasonably exposed to COVID-19 to monitor their health for symptoms. Although these individuals are not symptomatic, because they have had some exposure or close contact with a confirmed case, they should remain in quarantine for at least 14 days after initial exposure.
- Isolation: Isolation is for sick individuals—or individuals who receive a positive COVID test. This separates individuals who are known (or reasonably believed) to be infected with COVID-19. Faculty and staff needing to isolate may have received a positive test result or may be diagnosed by a medical professional as being presumptive positive based on their symptoms.
Helpful Resources for Navigating Campus
Learn more about navigating campus by familiarizing yourself with the following resources:
- Bulldog Bike Share allows you to rent electric peddle assisted bikes to ride on campus. Download the Gotcha app to unlock the bikes from hubs across campus. Gotcha also offers monthly and yearly subscription plans for the Bulldog Bike Share.
- Live track the UGA and Athens Transit buses on the UGA app. You can access route information, bus stop locations, and arrival times of the UGA buses on campus. Remember to familiarize yourself with UGA’s new bus routes.
- See how many parking spaces are available in select parking decks before heading to campus with Deck Check, a feature on the UGA app.
- Conveniently pay for daily or hourly parking at select parking decks and lots with ParkMobile. Download the ParkMobile app to pay or utilize one of the pay kiosks across campus.
Dining Reminders
- Seating areas and tents have been established for general use in the following areas:
- The North Atrium at Stegeman Coliseum: Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Please remain in the designated seating area and follow directional signage.
- The dining room at Snelling Dining Commons: Monday - Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- A designated section of the Legion Pool parking lot (W06) near Bolton as well as outside of Village Summit at Joe Frank Harris Commons.
- Tents have also been added in front of Oglethorpe and Bolton Dining Commons for meal plan participants entering the building.
- Meal plan customers now have access to grab and go menu items that will be served from temporary Meal Plan Quick Stop units at the bus stop at the West Campus Parking Deck and D.W. Brooks Drive. The Meal Plan Quick Stops will provide additional areas on campus for meal plan customers to pick up food. These locations will accept all-access and block meal plans only. Meal plan participants may use their swipes or blocks to choose menu items from each category. Paw Points, Bulldog Bucks and credit/debit will not be accepted at these locations. Click here for more information.
- Meal plan customers may view menu items available in the dining commons for take-out and dine-in by using Build Your Plate. Menu items that can be ordered ahead and picked up at each location can be viewed on the Grubhub app. Please note that menu items available from the Grubhub pick-up service may vary from our take-out and dine-in menu, meaning you will receive a wider selection of meal items by visiting available stations to choose from a variety of take-out items or making a reservation to dine-in.
- Our retail locations are open to all for take-out and Grubhub pick-up service. Paw Points, Bulldog Bucks, and credit and debit cards may be used to purchase meals to-go from any of these locations.
- Explore our wide selection of dining locations across campus—away from the highest-demand halls on central campus—and visit outside of peak hours of 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for faster service and smaller crowds.
UGA Golf Course Resumes 7-Day Operations
The UGA Golf Course has resumed 7-day operations, Monday – Sunday. Tee times are available Monday - Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The driving range, E.B. Smith Golf Clubhouse and Champions Café are now open Monday - Sunday with limited capacity.
- Driving range: 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- E.B. Smith Clubhouse: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Champions Café: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Safety and operational procedure updates can be found at https://golfcourse.uga.edu/notifications/.
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Outreach: PS&O and Extension
UGA Extension COVID-19 Webinar Series
Since the start of the pandemic, UGA Cooperative Extension specialists have hosted regular webinars on timely topics.
Browse the full series to select from more than 35 available webinars on subjects like stress and mental well-being, best health practices, telecommuting, home gardening, meal planning and financial literacy.
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Development & Alumni Relations
Between the Pages Virtual Book Club
All are welcome to join in the UGA Alumni Association's next virtual book club featuring An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (M '98), a New York Times best-selling author. Thanks to the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame for partnering to host this event on Sept. 23 via Zoom. Cost is free.
Be a UGA Mentor
Register to attend the UGA Mentor Program Kickoff to learn what it means to be a UGA Mentor, get answers to your questions and hear inspiring UGA mentorship stories - Aug. 25 at 12 p.m.
Ask Me Anything
The UGA community is invited to a series of interactive online sessions with UGA alumni and faculty members from diverse academic disciplines. These experts discuss the effects of the pandemic on their area of expertise and answer participant questions. Cost is free.
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