• Students and employees should avoid close personal contact and always maintain a minimum of 6 feet apart.
• Campus community members should remain mindful of physical distancing and follow occupancy requirements in small spaces such as elevators, stairwells, and restrooms.
• Faculty and staff with individual offices should consider working with office doors closed.
• Eat in locations that allow for physical distancing such as outside, in a private room or office with the door closed.
• When in person meetings are necessary, maintain a minimum of 6 feet apart and consider the use of outdoor meeting spaces.

• Engage in frequent handwashing for at least 20 seconds.
• Use hand sanitizers and wipes frequently.
• Wiping commonly touched surfaces before and after use is recommended.
• Use disposable tissues to cover your mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing.

• Follow all campus and residential policies and procedures requirements (i.e., expectations for face coverings, physical distancing etc.).
• Adhere to the posted limits on the number of people permitted in campus common areas (such as lobbies and lounge areas) classrooms, meeting rooms, restrooms, and elevators.

Please know these expectations are designed to keep the community safe, therefore they are not optional. Everyone who lives on campus must adhere to all expectations.

While living on campus, you and your classmates will be expected to do the following:

• Follow all campus and residential polices and procedure requirements.
• Observe limited occupancies in common spaces in the residence halls. Adhere to the posted limits on the number of people permitted in community areas such as laundry rooms, elevators and residence hall kitchens.
• Limit of one guest per resident per visit in a resident’s room; note that the visitor can only be another Saint Augustine’s University resident from within the same building.
• Limit your interactions off campus unless for work or essential business. Then follow CDC and other guidance for wearing face coverings and physical distancing, along with frequent hand washing.
• Limit off campus travel.
• Be aware that if you are symptomatic or knowingly come into contact with an individual who is COVID positive, you may be relocated temporarily to an isolation space.
• Understand that you could be relocated to clean, disinfect, or otherwise treat an area in which you live.
• A campus residence hall will be used for isolation/quarantine; residents will be made aware of which areas are set aside for this purpose. Meals will be dropped off to these rooms each day.
• Room changes may be restricted for safety precautions.
• The Gordon Health Center will notify students if they need to be tested or if there is a need to quarantine or isolate.

Violations of Saint Augustine’s University COVID-19 Policies and Procedures in the residence halls should be reported to the Resident Assistant (RA) on duty or Resident Director (RD) or Assistant Resident Director (ARD) on duty at using the number provided to residents by the Residence Life Staff. The report should include a description of what occurred, who was involved, and the location of the incident. Any violation of the Saint Augustine’s University Violations should be reported in a timely manner, and as close to the time of the incident as possible.

After receiving notice of the violation, the RA on duty will investigate the situation. The RA may solicit the assistance of the RD if there are any questions involving how to handle the violation or additional backup and support in resolving the incident is needed.

During the investigation of the incident, if the RA on duty finds a student in violation of the COVID-19 Policies and Procedures, they will inform the student of the violation and request that the student comply with the COVID-19 Policies and Procedures. At the conclusion of the incident, the RA on duty will also submit an incident report (using the incident report form). The RA on duty should submit/email the incident report to the RD of the residence hall in which the incident occurred. The RD should submit/email the incident report to the Dean of Students in the AM. If the violation was observed by an RD or ARD will complete an incident report and keep it on file with their student records and send a copy to the Dean of Students.

Reporting Process for Violations

After a report is filed for a violation of the Saint Augustine’s University COVID-19 Policies and Procedures, the Dean of Students will review the incident report and determine whether an Educational Warning for the violation should suffice, or if it should be referred to the Judicial Conduct Board. If the Dean of Students determines that the incident will not be referred to the Judicial Conduct Board, then violations will be addressed by the Dean of Students. A student who wishes to appeal the decision must go through the Appeals Process.

Violations of Saint Augustine’s University COVID-19 Policies and Procedures should be submitted in writing and directed to the Office of the Dean of Students via email at abrown@dos5.net with the subject line: COVID-19 Policies and Procedures Violation. The report should include a date of the incident, description of what occurred, who was involved, and the location of the incident. Any violation of the Saint Augustine’s University COVID-19 Policies and Procedures should be reported in a timely manner, and as close to the time of the incident as possible.

After the Office of the Dean of Students receives notice of the violation, the incident will be referred to the Judicial Conduct Board. The Judicial Conduct Board will determine if an Educational Warning will be issued or if other sanctions will be applied.