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To Our Campus Community:
UMKC will continue to require all students, faculty, staff and visitors to wear masks in all public indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status, in keeping with the recently extended mandate issued by the City of Kansas City.
The masking requirement that has been in effect throughout the University of Missouri System expires tomorrow. However, the System policy also calls for individual campuses to follow local public health requirements for masking, and continues to recommend masking in indoor settings.
At UMKC, that means face coverings will continue to be required in all public indoor settings, including our classrooms, labs and other learning spaces. We appreciate the spirit of cooperation and mutual respect our community has displayed throughout this pandemic, factors that have kept our campus Coronavirus case counts very low.
In addition, all other COVID-related protocols remain in place, such as notifying the university about an exposure, symptoms or positive results; isolation/quarantine procedures, and mask requirement exemptions.
We continue to urge vaccination for all members of our community as our single best defense against COVID-19. To get vaccinated, we offer:
• A series of on-campus free vaccination clinics for students, faculty and staff. These clinics will be offered at the Student Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Nov. 23 and Dec. 7. As an incentive, we are offering a $25 gift card to every student, faculty or staff member who receives a vaccine at these clinics. Each person vaccinated at one of the upcoming clinics also will be automatically entered in a drawing to win one of several $200 and $500 gift cards.
• Free vaccinations by appointment through our partners at University Health/Truman Medical Centers. Register online or call (816) 404-CARE (2273) and press option 1.
Please remember that we must each do our part to ensure that we can continue to offer in-person teaching, learning and community service. Please remember to stay home when you are sick, get tested if you have COVID symptoms, follow quarantine guidance and report positive cases to the university.
In this together,
C. Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Jenny Lundgren, Ph.D.
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
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