Administration, individual employees and students all share in the responsibility for protecting the health of our community. If we each implement the measures set forth in this guide, the combined effect should reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 on campus. Therefore, the following actions are required for all employees and students.
Before returning to campus, each employee and student must:
As with all policies, procedures and mandatory training, employees who fail to comply may face corrective action up to and including termination. Students who fail to adhere to these requirements will be subject to discipline as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct.
ASUN is partnering with New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, located at A-State, for COVID-19 contact tracing. Contact tracing is a vital way to stop the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. It is the process of working with individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 to ensure that they have the right information and that people with whom they have been in contact with are notified that they may need to quarantine themselves. Contact tracers may: trace and monitor contacts of infected people and notify them of their exposure; help ensure the safe, sustainable and effective quarantine of contacts to prevent additional transmission; and use digital tools to expand reach and efficacy of contact tracing. ASUN will work closely with the expert team of physicians, public health administrators and trained contact tracers to help minimize the health risks to our campus community.
All employees and students must monitor symptom onset and exposure daily to lessen the community spread of COVID-19; and they must complete the ASUN COVID-19 Reporting form if symptoms or exposure occur.
Steps for Symptom and Exposure Monitoring:
Employees and students who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be transferred to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) for case administration and contact tracing. The ADH will contact you to discuss isolation. The ADH will contact you again at the end of your isolation period to determine if you are eligible for release. If you are eligible for release, the ADH will provide a written letter which you must forward to covid@asun.edu. Do not return to campus until you have received approval from covid@asun.edu.
For students and employees who have not tested positive for COVID-19, NYIT advise you as to whether you must isolate or quarantine. NYIT will provide you with a tentative end date for your isolation/quarantine.
Students and employees placed in isolation will be contacted by NYIT at the end of their isolation period for an exit interview. NYIT will provide a written letter of release, which must be forwarded to covid@asun.edu before you may return to campus. Do not return to campus until you have received approval from covid@asun.edu.
Students and employees who are placed in quarantine should contact covid@asun.edu at the end of their quarantine period for approval to return to campus. Do not return to campus until you have received approval from covid@asun.edu.
Employees will continue to notify their supervisor related to any absence and students will continue to contact their faculty members. However, please direct your questions about ASUN’s procedures and your return to campus to covid@asun.edu or call 870-512-7850.
For more information about COVID-19, please call the Arkansas Department of Health COVID-19 Hotline at 1-800-803-7847. For testing information, please call the Arkansas Department of Health. Jackson County Unit- 870-523-8968; Poinsett County Unit- 870-578-4480; Craighead County Unit- 870-933-4585. If you are feeling ill or need immediate medical assistance, please call your healthcare provider.
Consideration for Vulnerable Employees and Students
According to the CDC, individuals with certain conditions may have a higher risk for complications with a COVID‑19 infection. Those conditions may include:
Employees and students who have a medical condition that places them in a higher risk group may wish to seek a reasonable accommodation.