We all want to stay healthy and keep our community safe. We all want our lives to get back to normal. When we all work together to follow public health guidelines, it slows the spread of COVID-19 — protecting those who need it most and giving researchers time to find the treatments we need. Here's how you can help keep campus safe:
The University of Michigan is using a multi-tiered testing and monitoring strategy to help stop the spread. Find out about all of the testing options available for students, faculty and staff who are living, learning and working on campus.
Monitor yourself for COVID-19 symptoms every day by using the ResponsiBLUE health screening tool. This is a requirement for all U-M faculty, staff and students who enter campus buildings. In addition, ResponsiBLUE provides COVID-19 vaccination verification, as well as testing verification for individuals who are required to complete weekly testing.
The Concern Reporting Student Registry is an opt-in program for students who want to be contacted if their residence is reported through the COVID concern line. Information collected will only be used to contact you if a concern is reported.
Learn more about socializing safely and connecting with virtual activities and resources at U-M.
Students, faculty and staff can learn more about COVID-19 safety and how they can actively help create a safer environment for all.
Join other U-M students, faculty and staff in following safety measures across campus to protect yourself, your family, your friends and your community.
To provide the best campus experience possible in the context of this historic threat to the health and well-being of all, we understand that consistently making safe and healthy choices to keep the entire community as safe as possible is a collective responsibility shared by students, faculty, staff and Ann Arbor residents. As such, Wolverines are committed to care for ourselves and to be respectful of our impact on the health of others, by committing to the following:
Protect the community through vigilant self-monitoring for symptoms and self-isolate if/when symptoms do develop or you are in contact with someone with symptoms. Avoid and/or minimize travel and the hosting of guests throughout the semester. Participate in testing, isolation/quarantine and contact tracing as suggested by health care providers and required by public health officials.
Maintain 6 feet or more of personal distance, wear face coverings in classrooms, and limit group gatherings as directed in accordance with prevailing public health guidance.
Engage in enhanced health-positive practices, including regular hand washing, keeping personal and shared spaces clean, getting the flu vaccine when available.
Educate yourself and others on health-positive fact-based information, innovate to achieve community well-being and spread awareness of disparate impacts and realities of COVID-19 in marginalized and vulnerable communities.
Observe and integrate all dimensions of well-being important to a thriving community: Physical, Emotional/ Mental, Environmental, Financial, Occupational, Social, Intellectual and Spiritual.
All students living off-campus are asked to opt in to a voluntary address registry, providing the university with their name, address and cell contact information.
By signing up for the opt-in registry, students receive updates from the COVID-19 concern reporting line if a concern about their address surfaces, giving them the opportunity to address the situation without police involvement as the first response.
Being able to text or call a responsible student as an initial level of peer outreach may prevent the need for law enforcement interactions.
All U-M students (undergraduates and graduates) are required to take an online course called “Staying Healthy in a Changing Environment for Students on Campus.” The course provides students with information about the COVID-19 virus, mental well-being, and returning to campus. Students will learn important information, critical skills and how to access resources.
The course lasts 25 minutes. Students received an email from campus leaders during the beginning of the Fall semester informing them about how to complete the course.
At the end of the course, off-campus students are asked to voluntarily opt in to provide their current off campus address and cell number to allow for students to be directly contacted about any concerns related to their residence.
If you’ve haven’t completed the course, please visit the First Year Experience course page for more information.
All employees working on campus are strongly encouraged to take COVID-19 training that at a minimum covers the following:
COVID-19: Working Safely at U-M is a helpful training module available in My LINC.
Documentation that employees have completed the training will be maintained in the system. Departments should also ensure that individuals are trained on their site-specific workplace requirements.
Physical distancing, wearing a face covering in areas that require it and hand washing are the most reliable actions we can take to protect our community.
For more details on how you can stay safe and healthy at U-M, view our specific information pages for the Students and Families and Faculty and Staff.
