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Introduction

Greetings From Chairs & Dean​

Dear Faculty:
Welcome to the 2022-2023 academic year at the School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU). At a time when our world is experiencing unprecedented uncertainty, we are committed to our students, our school, and to creating a caring, supportive, and engaging community for our students and faculty through distance learning. We invite you to examine this Faculty Handbook, intended to present useful information about SLU policies and practices that inform and serve other members of the campus community and the City University of New York (CUNY).

The Department Chairs, in collaboration with the Office of Academic Affairs, is responsible for providing this handbook with an overview of various functions and departments. It is reviewed and renewed annually after consultation with chairs, faculty, and school staff.

The Handbook provides an overview of the functions of departmental chairs, faculty, administrative staff, the library, student affairs, etc. The Handbook also features hyperlinks to a broad array of policies, including both guidelines principally affecting faculty and procedures that may be of interest to faculty but also apply broadly across the School and University communities.

The Faculty Handbook is an important resource for new and continuing faculty, one that provides guidance to institutional protocols and departmental practices in an effort to provide essential and detailed information.

Steven London, Chair of Urban Studies
Ruth Milkman, Chair of Labor Studies
Gladys Palma de Schrynemakers, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Return to the Office Update and Mask Mandate​

Dear Faculty & Staff,

We look forward to welcoming you back to the office next week. As we continue to prepare for a modified reopening, we wanted to share more updates with you.

New Temporary Mask Mandate​

Due to the current rate of the coronavirus transmission, CUNY is enacting a new temporary mask mandate as of Monday, August 16. This mandate is subject to modification based on changing vaccination statistics and coronavirus transmission rates. For the time being, everyone, regardless of vaccination status, must:

  • Wear a face mask inside all CUNY campuses and office buildings.
  • Wear a mask outdoors on campus when unable to maintain physical distance from others (for example, while attending a CUNY gathering or sporting event).

To be clear, anyone who is not yet fully vaccinated must wear a mask indoors and outdoors at all times while on campus, including in enclosed spaces, except when eating (in which case they must maintain strict social distancing from other individuals).

Uploading Vaccination Records​

If you are returning to the SLU campus beginning August 16th, are vaccinated, and want to disclose your vaccination status, you must upload your vaccination verification documents to CUNYFirst as soon as possible. For a guide to submitting your vaccination information to CUNYFirst, please visit here.

CUNY Testing Protocols​

All faculty and staff members who have not provided proof of vaccination in CUNYFirst or who chose not to disclose their vaccination status need to enroll in CUNY’s testing program and should have received an email with a link to enroll.

Testing sites will operate at 18 colleges and at two Central locations. Have questions? Read CUNY’s COVID-19 Testing FAQ

If you need assistance, please contact:
SLU Service Desk 646-313-8444 Ithelpdesk@slu.cuny.edu

As always, we remain committed to the safety and health of the SLU community and look forward to welcoming you back in the weeks ahead. More information and updates will be forthcoming in the next few days.

Sincerely,
Burton Sacks

About CLEARED4 CUNY​

CLEARED4 is the health verification platform used to manage the CUNY testing program, including appointment scheduling, sample tracking and reporting.

You will receive a Welcome message to your phone number and/or email address. Your registration creates a personal, private home page link for you. It never changes so you can save it and launch it like an app. Your results from the ADCL lab are communicated back to you through this same system via email or text. Program Administrators with special permission use the system for program reporting.

To learn more, visit: https://www.cuny.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-testing-program-facultyandstaff-faq/