UNC officials provided the campus community further updates this week as it prepare for the start of a fall semester now less than one month away.

On its Carolina Together website detailing campus operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, UNC recently revealed official university guidelines on physical distancing and the use of face coverings. As described earlier, the recommendation of six feet of distance between individuals is expected of all students, staff, faculty and visitors while on UNC campus. Signs, barriers and other markers are being installed around campus and in buildings as reminders.

In addition, the guideline also clarifies UNC’s enforcement of face coverings. The university states compliance with its public health standards, which includes wearing a mask outside of one’s place of residence, is key to protecting its community.

Those who do not follow such guidelines face administrative action. The website states students could face disenrollment from courses and removal from on-campus housing, while others could face restriction from university facilities as a potential outcome for failed compliance.

In his weekly update regarding the rollout of the Carolina Roadmap for the Fall 2020, UNC Provost Bob Blouin shared details on the university’s libraries and ongoing sanitation efforts.

Part of the libraries’ plan to distribute resources is emphasizing digital and contactless pick-up methods. The first libraries reopening are Davis Library and the Health Sciences Library, with both offer circulating materials to anyone with an ONYEN or community borrower’s card starting July 13. Public space in the buildings will become available August 3, but only the first and second floors of Davis Library and the lower, first and second floors of the Health Sciences Library will be open.

The university’s Facilities Services department is working to sanitize surface, buildings and spaces across campus following CDC guidelines, according to Blouin. To help students, faculty and staff keep good hygiene while indoors, hand-washing stations and hand sanitizer dispensers are being installed throughout campus buildings. According to the update, these stations will often be found at key building entrances and near elevators, restrooms and common areas.  

Updates on where cleaning is being completed around campus can be found on the Facilities Services website.

The upcoming fall semester for UNC is slated to begin Monday, August 10.

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