NSCM eUpdate September 14, 2020

DID YOU KNOW

you could schedule a headshot session if you'd like to update your photo on our website? If you wish to set up an appointment, please contact Victor Martinez by email at victor.martinezrivera@ucf.edu.

All appointments will occur on UCF's main campus. Social distancing and facial covering policies will need to be followed before, during and after the appointment. Face coverings/masks will need to be removed during photo session, but Victor will remain using theirs for the duration of the shoot.

NOW YOU KNOW!

REMINDER: Research Area of Interest Updates (ACTION REQUESTED!)

Are your creativity and research areas of expertise up to date? As the new academic year begins, we would like to update our areas of expertise listing for our full-time faculty members. To assist with this process, we are asking that you review our current listing that has been posted on the Nicholson Resource at https://communication.ucf.edu/resource/about/school/ to confirm that your information is correct.

If you would like to update or make changes, please email Shameika Daye at sdaye@ucf.edu by Friday, September 25, 2020.

Thanks in advance for your assistance and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

New HR Forms — Faculty and PDAs working outside of the US

There are two new HR forms that need to be completed if a faculty member or post-doctoral associate will be traveling outside of the US for any reason.

The form states the travel will be limited to 120 days without obtaining an exception. If an exception is needed for travel extending beyond 120 days, the justification, which should include how much longer they intend to work outside the U.S. should be attached to the previously approved form. If there is no previously approved request, then a new form should be completed with the justification attached and routed through the approval process. There is no separate form to request an exception; therefore, we are asking that we use this form and add documents to the form to provide justification and supporting documents to support an exception.

Please send it to COSadmin@ucf.edu for the college review and Dean’s decision.

Faculty and Staff Phone List Updated

The Faculty and Staff phone list has been updated. To view, click here.

REMINDER: Protocol for Positive COVID-19 Cases

When a student is confirmed to have tested positive, Student Health Services (SHS) will inform the provost’s office/Faculty Excellence. A representative from Faculty Excellence will inform the instructor that a student who is enrolled in an in-person attendance course has tested positive. Obviously, if the student is taking an in-person class, they will not be physically attending the course.

After communicating with representatives from Human Resources and Dr. Michael Deichen, these are the steps that will be followed after a student is confirmed to have tested positive and when the student wants to return to the classroom. For a student to return to the in-person course:

The student must get medical clearance by calling the UCF COVID line (407/823-2509).
The UCF COVID line nurse will verify a student’s release from COVID isolation or quarantine and send the student an email that contains a “Release for Return to Class”.
Before the student is allowed to return to the in-person class, the student is required to provide the email containing the “Release to Return to Class” to the in-person instructor. If needed, instructors can verify the “Release to Return to Class” by contacting UCF COVID line.

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