Helping Pilots Prevent Weekly Content to Help Guide UP's COVID-19 Response
november 16, 2021
Indoor and Outdoor Mandate for Masks
In accordance with the statewide mask mandates, all people age 5 and older are required to wear a mask inside University of Portland buildings and crowded outdoor spaces on campus, including athletic events, regardless of vaccination status.
Face coverings are not required in private office space, private laboratories, and dorm rooms. Please read the full face-covering policy for more details. Until further notice, the University will continue to follow the latest county, state, and federal guidelines, recommendations, or requirements for face coverings.
One student Shares his experience with Covid isolation at UP
We checked in with a UP sophomore to find out what his 10 days of COVID case management were like. (Spoiler alert: there were lots of snacks.)
Study skills expert offers survival strategies for finals, and life
Before you can enjoy winter break, you've got to get through finals. Br. Tom Giumenta of the Shepard Academic Resource Center offers his time-tested tips to help you manage the load and your anxiety.
Traveling by air? Read this first
Holiday travel is often frenetic, but pandemic precautions and heavy construction at Portland International Airport (PDX) have turned airline travel into a test of endurance and patience. Check out our list of tips to help your journey be as smooth and COVID-safe as possible.
Tell us what You're Thankful for this year
As Thanksgiving approaches and we enter the final few weeks of our first semester back together again on campus, we're thinking about all the things we're thankful for this year. We want to know what's at the top of your list! Email us at pilotsprevent@up.edu and we’ll share your comments in next week's Helping Pilots Prevent newsletter.
Dashboard Updates
Curious about the rate of positive COVID-19 cases in the UP community? Our positive case dashboard is updated weekly. During the week ending November 14, 2 (two) positive cases reported.
Helping Pilots Prevent is published weekly. Look for the next issue Tuesday, November 23!