The Guttman President and her designees have reviewed the New York State Interim Guidance for Higher Education Research during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, as well as CUNY and NY Forward guidance, and affirm that the college will implement the guidelines as described in this Phased Reopening Plan.
Per NYS guidance, this Safety Plan will be posted on the Guttman Coronavirus website https://archive.guttman.cuny.edu/news/coronavirus-updates/ for access by students, faculty and staff. Information about requirements for COVID-19 training, campus access requests, social distancing, face coverings, hand hygiene and cleaning will be communicated to the Guttman community via email and the Guttman website.
Recommendations for personal travel when using mass transportation, and for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, will also be provided. Individuals will be verbally reminded about social distancing, the use of face coverings, and other considerations as well, in addition to having signage placed throughout the campus to share safety and other health information (see below).
Emergency contact will be conducted through the CUNY Alert system and information posted on the Guttman homepage and coronavirus- updates pages for all members of the community to access. In addition, Guttman will use different communication strategies to reach each stakeholder group:
- Administrators, department leaders, faculty, staff: email, virtual forums/town halls
- Students and parents: email, texting, social media, virtual forums/town halls, website/hotline
- Alumni: social media, website
- Local community: website
On-campus, signage will be posted to remind individuals to adhere to proper hygiene, social distancing rules, appropriate use of PPE, and cleaning and disinfecting protocols. Examples are included in the appendix.
