Faculty and Staff

• Masks are required inside of all CMU buildings unless you are (1) in your office/room AND (2) maintaining social distancing of six feet. 
• Masks are required indoors regardless of prior COVID-19 infection or vaccination.
• Masks are not required in outdoor spaces so long as six feet of physical distance is maintained. 
• CDPHE Mask Guidance  
• If you are a student who needs an alternative to wearing a face mask (such as a face shield) due to a disability or other condition, visit the EAS website or submit this online form to request accommodations.

updated 1.22.21

If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms you are required to stay home. Work with your supervisor to discuss working from home options or potential use of accrued leave. Anticipate a follow-up from Amy Grimes in HR. Schedule a COVID-19 test at CMU's testing site.

updated 2.2.21

Schedule a test at CMU's testing site.

Updated 2.2.21

CMU is using Scout to monitor the daily health of all students, faculty and staff. The Scout wellness passport is a COVID-19 symptom checker used to keep the CMU community safe. It is not a downloaded mobile app but a webpage you can access through MAVzone. It’s a tool to help the university identify when COVID-19 is on campus in the early stages so we can stop the spread before it starts. 

In addition to using Scout daily, by logging into MAVzone or your computer, you are affirming that you do not have any new symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

updated 11.12.20

Yes. All CMU faculty, staff and students need to monitor their daily health through Scout. The Scout wellness passport is a COVID-19 symptom checker used to keep the CMU community safe. It's not a downloaded mobile app but a webpage you can access through MAVzone. Symptom checking is important because it is one of the first signs that tells us we have COVID-19 on campus. 

Please remember as CDC guidelines on COVID-19 symptoms change, Scout will be updated. To ensure your safety and understanding of the latest guidelines, please use Scout once a day.

updated 11.12.20

If you come in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you will be required to implement a 14-day self-quarantine measure and may be required to use leave if you are faculty or staff. (The CDC describes “close contact" as “anyone who was within six feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 48 hours before the person began feeling sick until the time the patient was isolated.”

If you are unsure whether you have been in close contact or not, reach out to safety@coloradomesa.edu. 

updated 2.2.21

Travel restrictions that were in place this past fall are no longer useful as virtually all parts of the country as well as here in Mesa County, have reached elevated transmission levels. Rather than prohibiting travel outside of the region, we are asking that students, faculty and staff observe CDC travel guidelines.

updated 1.8.21

The university encourages employees to minimize group gatherings. This includes formal meetings and informal gatherings, particularly in small spaces such as hallways or common areas. The use of Microsoft Teams and Zoom meetings should be used to the maximum extent practicable. If meeting in person, all individuals must be able to maintain 6-feet social distancing requirements.

updated 11.12.20

Supervisors should work with facilities to identify needs. Employees are responsible for acquiring and paying for supplies for their personal workspace.

updated 11.12.20

Supervisors and department heads should develop a visitor tracking system to be used for all visitors to the building. The log should include name, phone number, date and time of visit.

updated 11.12.20

• Don’t teach face-to-face while symptomatic. Contact your academic department and CMU's HR. Notify your students and move to remote learning temporarily.
• Call the Community Health Partnership line at 970.644.4001. Do not go to the emergency room or clinic before a call and preliminary phone screening.
• If deemed necessary by the screening, get tested ASAP. Schedule a test at CMU's testing site.
• If the COVID-19 test verifies that you are healthy, return to the classroom when you are able.
• If you test positive for COVID-19, and you feel healthy enough to teach (many recorded cases have limited symptoms), then continue to teach online until your isolation period ends as prescribed by contact tracing guidance.
• If you do not feel healthy enough to teach, then notify your academic department head who will help find a temporary substitute for your courses.
• Please contact Human Resources for details addressing employment issues related to COVID-19. For questions concerning COVID-19 safety protocols, contact safety@coloradomesa.edu.

updated 2.2.21

• You will need to make a reasonable accommodation that allows the students to complete the course.
• To accommodate students, you may:
  • Record lectures.
  • Zoom classroom activities and discussions, though this does not work effectively in every classroom.
  • Provide alternate assignments that students can complete online.

updated 2.2.21

• In most cases, you are not required to offer an online option for a face-to-face class and only EAS can make the determination if a student is eligible for this accommodation. Begin by asking the student to fill out the EAS COVID-19 accommodations eform. If you are informed by EAS that the student is eligible, you will need to decide whether a remote option for your course is appropriate.
• If you are not able to offer your face-to-face course online, work with the student and others (such as your ADH) to identify alternatives:
  • Can the student wait to take this course later and fulfill another requirement instead?
  • Does another professor teach the same course online?
  • Is there a comparable course that would fulfill the same requirement?
  • If the student is very close to graduating, can the student’s advisor and department head help problem-solve with substitutions for the requirement that your course is fulfilling?

updated 2.2.21

updated 2.2.21

Many variations of this can occur. In general, you should contact safety@coloradomesa.edu to see whether a close contact has been reported or needs to be reported. Students reporting a need to quarantine should work with CMU Safety to have that status confirmed.

updated 2.2.21

Contact campus facilities and in the meantime, “borrow” some wipes from another classroom that is not currently being used.   

updated 2.2.21