Dear Faculty and Staff,

We write to remind you of PSU’s Religious Accommodation Policy. This fall, Yom Kippur, a Jewish High Holiday, falls on the first day of classes for fall term, Monday, September 28, 2020. Students and employees observing the holiday would not attend classes or work during that time. We ask that faculty who teach a course that meets on that Monday please take the following steps:
  • Upload your syllabus on D2L in advance of the start of the class.
  • Email the students in your course to let them know that they will be excused from the first days of class if they are missing for religious observance.
  • Do not drop students for not attending the first days of class.
  • If your course is remote or being recorded, record you course, and provide the students with the recording.
  • Work with students to provide them with the necessary information that they missed on the first days of class due to this holiday.
  • Keep your contact information updated in the PSU Directory via the Odin Account Manager (OAM) system under "Update Directory Info."
We ask you to please work with students to plan appropriate religious accommodations when they are requested.  Additionally, if you will be out for religious reasons, please inform your Chair and email students to inform them about possible impacts on their classes.

If a student needs assistance in identifying a reasonable religious accommodation, please contact the Office of the Dean of Student Life at askdos@pdx.edu. If you or an employee you supervise requests a religious accommodation, please work together to plan appropriate accommodations. If you or the employee needs assistance in identifying a reasonable accommodation, please contact the Leaves/Accommodations Team in HR at leaves@pdx.edu.

For more information about Instructor’s Policy and Mandated Obligations Pertaining to Students, please review the online information. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Julie Caron, Interim Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion.

Sincerely,

Susan Jeffords, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Julie Caron
Interim Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion

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