The academic work that is at the very center of our mission is back to being done almost entirely in person. Faculty are teaching and meeting in person, and students are learning and studying in person. Prospective students and families also visit our building regularly to understand the character of campus life. Our collective expectation as a college is that staff will also show up in person in ways that fully support these educational activities.
To that end, we are requesting the following:
- Please work with your supervisor over the next two weeks (if you haven’t already) to identify your three or more in-person days.
- Our expectation is that the functional and operational needs of your position and team are the priority, and that they take precedence over personal scheduling needs and preferences. We need to approach the three-day requirement as a floor, not a ceiling.
- Please maintain consistency in your baseline in-person days, rather than modifying them to accommodate appointments and other one-off needs.
- Should your work activities or the college’s needs require you to come into the office more than three days in any particular week, you are expected to do so without fewer in-person days the week before or after.
- Each functional area (marketing, finance, admissions, student affairs, human resources, development, etc.) must have at least one person on site every day. If there are instances where no one will be there (sick days, vacations, etc.), supervisors are expected to arrange for someone else on the team or themselves to come in to provide coverage.
We will continue to have a few remote days and weeks scattered throughout the semester. Should you have any questions about any of this, please feel free to reach out to taubmancollegehr@umich.edu.