Office of the Provost

Dear Colleagues,

As communicated last week, we reinstituted the requirement to wear masks in all classrooms through the end of classes and finals (this is in addition to the requirement in all workspaces as well as events with greater than 100 attendees). This message provides a few reminders specific to masking in the classroom.

While this requirement is in effect, instructors can remind students to wear their masks in class; instructors also have several options available if a student is non-compliant, leading up to asking that student to leave class and ultimately ending a class if necessary. In those cases, an instructor may report disruptive conduct to the Dean of Students Office. Please see our FAQs for further details: https://provost.uconn.edu/covid-19/academic-faqs/. A similar approach can be taken in workspaces, which also may include seeking support from your manager.

The Dean of Students also sent a reminder to students yesterday regarding masking requirements across all classes and workspaces. You may view that here: https://dos.uconn.edu/communications/.

We appreciate your partnership in helping us maintain consistent masking practices across all UConn classes.

Thank you,

Carl

Carl Lejuez

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs