COVID considerations:

If you become quarantined or isolated at any point in time
during the semester, in addition to support from the Protect
Purdue Health Center, you will also have access to an
Academic Case Manager who can provide you academic support
during this time. Your Academic Case Manager can be reached
at acmq@purdue.edu and will provide you with general
guidelines/resources around communicating with your
instructors, be available for academic support, and offer
suggestions for how to be successful when learning remotely.
Importantly, if you find yourself too sick to progress in the
course, notify your academic case manager and notify me via
email or Brightspace. We will make arrangements based on your
particular situation. The Office of the Dean of Students
(odos@purdue.edu) is also available to support you should
this situation occur.

Students should stay home and contact the Protect Purdue
Health Center (496-INFO) if they feel ill, have any symptoms
associated with COVID-19, or suspect they have been exposed
to the virus. In the current context of COVID-19, in-person
attendance will not be a factor in the final grades, but the
student still needs to inform the instructor of any conflict
that can be anticipated and will affect the submission of
an assignment or the ability to take an exam. Only the
instructor can excuse a student from a course requirement
or responsibility. When conflicts can be anticipated, such
as for many University-sponsored activities and religious
observations, the student should inform the instructor of the
situation as far in advance as possible. For unanticipated
or emergency conflict, when advance notification to an
instructor is not possible, the student should contact the
instructor as soon as possible by email, or by phone. When
the student is unable to make direct contact with the
instructor and is unable to leave word with the instructor’s
department because of circumstances beyond the student’s
control, and in cases of bereavement, quarantine, or isolation,
the student or the student’s representative should contact
the Office of the Dean of Students via email or phone at
765-494-1747.

The Protect Purdue Plan, which includes the Protect Purdue
Pledge, is campus policy and as such all members of the Purdue
community must comply with the required health and safety
guidelines. Required behaviors in this class include: staying
home and contacting the Protect Purdue Health Center (496-INFO)
if you feel ill or know you have been exposed to the virus,
wearing a mask in classrooms and campus building, at all times
(e.g., no eating/drinking in the classroom), disinfecting
desk/workspace prior to and after use, maintaining proper social
distancing with peers and instructors (including when
entering/exiting classrooms), refraining from moving furniture,
avoiding shared use of personal items, maintaining robust hygiene
(e.g., handwashing, disposal of tissues) prior to, during and
after class, and following all safety directions from the
instructor.

Students who are not engaging in these behaviors (e.g., wearing a
mask) will be offered the opportunity to comply. If non-
compliance continues, possible results include instructors asking
the student to leave class and instructors dismissing the whole
class. Students who do not comply with the required health
behaviors are violating the University Code of Conduct and will
be reported to the Dean of Students Office with sanctions ranging
from educational requirements to dismissal from the university.

Any student who has substantial reason to believe that another
person in a campus room (e.g., classroom) is threatening the
safety of others by not complying (e.g., not wearing a mask) may
leave the room without consequence. The student is encouraged to
report the behavior to and discuss next steps with their
instructor. Students also have the option of reporting the
behavior to the Office of the Student Rights and
Responsibilities. See also Purdue University Bill of Student
Rights.

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