Forwarded from: Carolina Passos<cpas...@miu.edu <mailto:cpas...@miu.edu>> Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 9:35 AM Subject: Updates on COVID Safety To: MIU HR <hremaill...@mum.edu <mailto:hremaill...@mum.edu>>
Dear Staff, We are off to a great start this year. As you know from President Hagelin's letter last week, we had only one student test positive. You may not know that Iowa City and Ames now have the highest per capita cases of COVID in the world. Please share this with your team mates and remind them that we are asking everyone to stay within Jefferson County. If your have a doctor's appointment or some other urgent reason to leave the county, you should get approval from HR first so that proper arrangements can be made upon your return. The nurse will determine if you have to be tested or retested and spend some time in isolation upon your return. We want to maintain the safety of our community by continuing to be vigilant. It is our responsibility to be sure everyone in our offices and our buildings is wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing. I think mostly everyone is being very cooperative, but if you know of a co-worker who refuses to wear a mask, you can contact Security of HR and we will support you. Security is going to be issuing tickets and imposing fines for ANYONE not wearing a mask in a university building or when walking or talking with a group outside, even if they are observing social distancing. You may walk or run alone or ride a bike without a mask, but please put one on if you stop to talk to someone. Thank you all so much for your patience, creativity and cheerful cooperation in these challenging times. Sincerely, Carol Passos | HR Director Human Resources Director and Co-Director of Diversity | Dreier Building, Room 231 Tel: (641) 472-7000 X.4826 | Cell: (641) 451-4683 Maharishi International University <https://www.miu.edu/>
