Pandemic Resumption Plan

Eastern Oregon University has been engaged with local, regional, statewide, and national resources in preparing to resume operations and engage with students, faculty, and our community. Planning for resuming activities is a complex endeavor. The overarching principle guiding our planning is to maintain the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff, and our community.

• Click here for President’s Delegation of Authority to the Pandemic Response Officer and Others.
• EOU’s Resumption Plan follows the gating criteria established by Governor Kate Brown and aligns with Union County.  As Union County is approved for Phase 1, 2 or 3, then EOU will follow suit. 
• Face masks/coverings required across campus.
• COVID-19 Infection Reporting and Response Protocols – isolation, quarantine, disinfect, contact tracing and notification
  • Student Contact Tracing Protocols – Pending
  • Employee Contact Tracing Protocols
• Required daily self-assessments for coronavirus symptoms prior to arriving on campus
  • Self-Assessment Protocol- Pending
• Increasing/modifying ventilation systems
• Plexiglas barriers on lecterns, desks and service counters.
• Physical distancing required across campus.
• Enhanced cleaning/disinfecting:
  • Instructional areas and venues
  • High-touch common surfaces
  • Busy pedestrian traffic areas
  • Personal workspaces
• Capacity analyses/reductions in all campus classrooms and meeting spaces to help ensure safe physical distancing:  
  • Low-density, flexible instructional frameworks (in-person classroom, hybrid, and remote learning)
  • Staggered and modified course scheduling
  • Appropriate small and large group classroom, lab, workspaces, and activity standards.
• Education and promotion of personal hygiene necessary for preventing virus spread (washing hands, covering coughs, etc.)
• Promotion of personal responsibility and safety of others 
• Optional (voluntary) personal protection equipment (PPE) (gloves, gowns, etc.) for employees
• Continued use of technology for meetings
• Continued public health messaging
• Reasonable accommodations provided to employees and students with qualifying disabilities and “at-risk” medical conditions
• Accommodation Requests
  • Employees who have an “At-Risk” medical condition or who have an ADA qualifying medical condition:  complete accommodation request form in your Mountie Hub.
  • Employees who have a household member with an “At-Risk” medical condition:  contact your supervisor/dean.

• An OSHA coronavirus job hazard analysis (C-JHA) will be conducted for all employees, and appropriate PPE assignments for each employee will be determined by their C-JHA
• Emergency leave of absence options for employees in allowable FFCRA and CARES Act circumstances (child care, at-risk, public transportation, etc.). See Updated Summary Table.
• Post-coronavirus illness return-to-campus requirements and approvals in alignment with Oregon Governor Executive Orders, CDC, OHA and CHD requirements and recommendations.