UGA Campus Update
Fall 2021 News for Students
Be like UGA SGA president Carter Marks and get vaccinated to protect yourself and your fellow Bulldogs against COVID-19! In this issue:
Face Coverings On & Off Campus As we welcome students and families to campus this week, remember that face coverings are strongly encouraged when inside buildings on the UGA campus.
Off campus, masks are required indoors in Athens-Clarke County. As of 8 a.m. on Wed., Aug. 4, masks are required when indoors for most people while inside public spaces or private entities with limited exceptions. Click here for more details.
Vax Up! Win Bucks! Without question, the vaccine offers the best defense against the pandemic, and we urge all faculty, staff and students to get vaccinated, if they are able, either on campus or with a local provider. As demand for vaccination increases, the University Health Center is increasing capacity to ensure that every member of the UGA community who wants a vaccine gets a vaccine.
Faculty, staff and students who get vaccinated at the University Health Center or Tate Center Mobile Clinic may choose to enter a drawing to win a Visa gift card worth $100. Through Sept. 3, 10 individuals will be randomly selected each week to receive a $100 gift card. A total of 40 names will be drawn during the four-week period with our first winners being drawn last Friday. In addition, everyone vaccinated during this timeframe will receive a $20 gift card as well as a specially-designed UGA T-shirt. While supplies last, options include gift cards to the UGA Bookstore, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Fully Loaded and El Barrio. Getting your vaccine is fast, easy and at no cost to you.
Vaccinations are available now at the UHC, and you can click here to make an appointment. The University Health Center is partnering with the Georgia Department of Public Health to administer COVID-19 vaccines at the Tate Center later this month. Walk-ups will be available from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on August 19, 23-26, 30-31, and September 2 in room 137.
Incentives are for new vaccinations only. Share the word with friends and colleagues!
DawgCheck The Daily Symptom Checker on DawgCheck has been discontinued. However, any faculty, staff or student who tests positive for COVID-19 is still REQUIRED to report their positive test through the online website and follow the guidance provided.
COVID-19 Testing UGA will continue to offer free testing for COVID-19 to all members of the UGA community at the University Health Center. Based on CDC and DPH guidance, any individual, vaccinated or not, should get tested if they have had close contact with someone with COVID-19. Appointments for testing can be booked via the Vet View scheduling process.
Student Well-being Resources When it comes to your health and well-being, know that you have the support you need, any time, any place. Whether you are on campus, studying from home or studying abroad, UGA is here for you.
Counseling and Psychiatric Services CAPS is your go-to, on-campus resource for emotional, social and behavioral-health support. We support students in achieving both academic and personal life goals. CAPS is committed to providing high quality, affordable and confidential services to UGA students and their eligible partners. The benefits of CAPS includes:
*For students who pay the health fee and bill insurance.
COVID-19 Student Educational & Response Team (CO-SERT) The COVID-19 Student Educational and Response Team (CO-SERT) is a temporary collaborative team at UGA, charged and led by Student Affairs, to provide a central point of contact, review and response or referral on identified questions and concerns involving students and COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. Questions and concerns from faculty, staff and community members related to students and COVID-19 health and safety guidelines may be submitted to askstudentaffairs@uga.edu.
Know Before You Go As we begin transitioning back to normal bus operations, it’s important to keep a few key tips in mind:
Transportation and Parking Services team members continue to use disinfectant sprayers to sanitize the inside of the buses at the end of each day. Railings and handles on the buses will continue to be periodically wiped down with disinfecting wipes between class breaks.
Additionally, full seating capacity has been restored on UGA buses and passengers will now be able to load / unload from the front and back doors. For more information on Campus Transit, please visit tps.uga.edu
Watch for Dawgs! As more faculty, staff, students and visitors return to the campus our community will be busier and more active as individuals walk, bike, drive and ride the bus on shared road spaces. Remember to give yourself extra time to travel across campus and as traffic increases, remove distractions (phones, headphones, etc.) so that together, we can make all of our roads safer. Safety is our collective responsibility; please keep your head up and Watch for Dawgs!
Click here for class change schedule and transportation resources.
Expanded Library & MLC Hours University of Georgia Libraries locations, including the Miller Learning Center, will expand hours of operation this fall to provide more in-person options for students and patrons during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The Miller Learning Center will be open 24-hours a day on weekdays, beginning August 18. During weekends, the building will close at midnight Friday night and reopen at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, closing again at midnight Saturday night to reopen at 10 a.m. Sunday morning, before returning to the 24-hour schedule.
The Main and Science Libraries will resume a schedule of 2 a.m. closures Sundays through Thursdays with earlier closings on Fridays and Saturdays, while some branch locations will provide extended hours, compared to the last academic year.
At the Special Collections Libraries, the UGA community can view exhibits and access primary source research materials during extended evening hours. The building, which houses three special collections units, will extend its regular weekday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in response to requests from graduate students and other researchers.
In addition to visiting the libraries in person, faculty, staff and students are invited to take advantage of a wide scope of digital resources, including online chats with librarians and millions of journal articles, databases and e-books available at libs.uga.edu.
For a full listing of hours at all UGA Libraries locations and services, including branches for Art, Music, Curriculum Materials and the Carnegie Library on the Health Sciences Campus, as well as specialty labs and services, see libs.uga.edu/all-hours.
Made-to-Order Burritos and Quesadillas are Back With the start of the fall semester, dining commons locations across campus are resuming full-service. This includes the return to full seating capacity, self-service stations and the ability to customize menu options at stations such O-Hacienda (O-House), The Bowl (Snelling) and Blue Steel Grill (Village Summit).
For more information on dining at UGA or to sign up for a meal plan, please visit dining.uga.edu.
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