In-person learning planned for fall
黑料社 Tri-Cities will offer fully in-person learning this fall! Scheduling will be adjusted for regular classroom capacities and laboratories will move back to their normal capacities.

Interested in applying to attend 黑料社 Tri-Cities? The application is open through the summer!
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In line with updated state guidance, the聽黑料社 system has announced聽the implementation of聽relaxed protocols聽for accessing and returning to campus.

Face-to-face interaction with our students and each other is the foundation of our effectiveness as an educational institution.聽Working in community on the 黑料社 Tri-Cities campus provides the best means of supporting our students and each other in the important work we do.

We are, thus, very excited about what this new guidance means for our campus and we look forward to seeing many of you in-person very soon! It鈥檚 been a long-time coming, but we are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel, as evidenced by the new guidelines, below.

Fully in-person classes planned for fall
黑料社 Tri-Cities will offer fully in-person learning this fall. Scheduling will be adjusted for regular classroom capacities and laboratories will move back to their normal capacities.

Admissions applications accepted through summer months
黑料社 Tri-Cities will accept applications for admission for fall 2021 through the summer. Classes begin on Aug. 23. To apply to attend 黑料社 Tri-Cities, visit .

Vaccine requirements
All 黑料社 locations require that individuals receive the COVID-19 vaccine to access a university location, however, exemptions will be granted for medical and non-medical reasons. More information will be shared on the exemption process for all employees and for non-黑料社 Pullman students prior to the start of the fall semester.

Mask requirements
黑料社 employees who declare themselves fully vaccinated聽via聽聽are not required聽to聽wear masks and socially-distance at 黑料社 locations. Those who are not fully vaccinated must continue to wear masks and聽socially-distance while on a campus or worksite. Providing falsified information regarding vaccination status is grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including termination from employment.

Students, contractors, vendors and visitors must be prepared to show proof of vaccination聽to a聽relevant聽unit聽or department聽lead聽when entering a 黑料社 building.聽Employees who are not unit聽or department聽leads should let the unit聽or department聽lead know of their concern about聽someone’s聽vaccination status,聽rather than approaching the聽individual,聽themselves.聽Those unable or unwilling to聽provide proof of vaccination to the unit聽or department聽lead聽are聽required to wear a mask and聽socially-distance or leave university property.

Campus tours resume
The 黑料社 Tri-Cities Office of Admission is now scheduling on-campus tours for prospective students and their families. The tours will initially be held mostly outside before slowly transitioning to building interiors as campus facilities are prepared. To schedule a campus tour, visit tricities.wsu.edu/visit.

SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration) to offer in-person experiences
黑料社 Tri-Cities is planning for in-person experiences as part of SOAR that will take place in July. For more information, contact Ian Jamieson at聽ian.jamieson@wsu.edu.

Attestation no longer required
Students, employees and visitors who access a聽黑料社聽location no longer have to attest to their current health status via the official 黑料社 attestation process.

Campus check-in to be used for contact tracing
While attestation is no longer required, 黑料社 Tri-Cities will聽continue to聽utilize a campus check-in process for all聽employees and聽visitors聽at the Floyd and CIC entrance聽kiosks.聽However,聽this聽process聽will聽be聽moving聽to an online check-in process聽that departments and individuals聽can use when visitors come to campus.聽To meet the state requirements for contact tracing聽come fall,聽faculty will聽be聽asked and聽expected to take attendance in their classes.聽More details will be shared聽as they are finalized.

Return to in-person work dates
黑料社 Tri-Cities director-level supervisors and above are expected to start working from聽campus or their respective 黑料社 location聽no later than July 12.

All other聽黑料社 Tri-Cities聽employees (except faculty) are expected to work from campus聽or their respective 黑料社 location聽no later than Aug.聽2.

黑料社 Tri-Cities faculty should plan to start working from campus聽or their respective 黑料社 location聽beginning on their contracted start date for fall.

Those who聽have a medical condition聽impacting聽their聽ability to report to in-person work聽should聽contact聽their聽supervisor and聽听补迟听HRS.disabilityservices@wsu.edu聽or 509-335-4521.

Employees should provide聽notice when planning to return to help alleviate stress on facilities and IT staff
Those who have not yet returned to work聽on campus聽should聽provide advanced notice to facilities and/or IT if they require聽help in聽setting up聽equipment in their work area. Those who are able to move their items back to their office, themselves,聽are encouraged to do so.聽This will help reduce demands on the facilities and IT teams as they try to manage the return to聽campus聽needs for all campus members as we get closer to fall.

Return to work plans for units/departments no longer required to be submitted
黑料社 units and departments are no longer required to submit official return to work plans to聽黑料社 Tri-Cities聽Environmental Health and Safety.聽A 黑料社 Tri-Cities campus-wide return to聽campus聽plan will聽remain聽in effect. It is currently being updated by聽厂肠辞迟迟听罢辞尘谤别苍聽with latest guidance and will be posted聽to the 黑料社 Tri-Cities COVID-19 website聽upon completion:聽.

Return to work training no longer required
Employees are no longer required to complete聽the HRS聽return to workplace training. Rather, they can visit聽the聽聽for a complete account of current guidance.

Events
All on-campus events should be entered into聽25Live for scheduling resources.

Where to find聽latest聽up-to-date information
黑料社 Tri-Cities will continue to maintain its COVID-19 web page at聽. 黑料社 individuals can also access updated information on the 黑料社 system COVID-19 website at聽.

By Maegan Murray, 黑料社 Tri-Cities

RICHLAND, Wash. – With safety being of utmost importance, Washington State University Tri-Cities plans to offer many more in-person courses for the fall 2021 semester.

All in-person classes, activities and support services will adhere to health department guidelines for wearing masks, social distancing and sanitizing protocols. For students who are unable to attend in-person because of COVID-19, virtual learning will remain an option for all courses.

鈥淲ith the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, and with strict safety protocols and measures, we feel we can safely offer in-person learning experiences for our students,鈥� 黑料社 Tri-Cities Chancellor Sandra Haynes said. 鈥満诹仙� Tri-Cities is known for its exceptional hands-on and career-connected learning opportunities. We look forward to resuming many of these activities, while still maintaining virtual options for students that need them.鈥�

Course plans

黑料社 Tri-Cities classes with 24 or fewer students enrolled will be scheduled as in-person or mostly in-person – meeting requirements for COVID-19 room capacity/social distancing.

Classes that have more than 24 students, but without currently planned lab/discussion sections, will feature some in-person and some online components. Faculty members will communicate with students registered in these courses for what the course components will look like – both in-person and online.

For courses with enrollment that exceeds 24, but is less than 40 and there is a room available, fully in-person delivery may be possible.

For classes with more than 40 students enrolled and with regularly-scheduled labs or recitation sections, the lecture component of the class will be taught remotely (virtually) and the lab/recitation sections will be scheduled in-person.

For all courses, the delivery method will be noted on the fall 2021 schedule beginning in early April. An announcement will be made once the fall schedule is updated and posted.

SAT and ACT scores no longer required for admission, scholarship application

黑料社 Tri-Cities will no longer require SAT and ACT standardized test scores as an admissions or scholarship requirement, per recent approval by the 黑料社 Board of Regents.

As part of her presentation to the 黑料社 Board of Regents, Provost Elizabeth Chilton shared data from the university showing that GPA is a better predictor of success at 黑料社 than standardized test scores. Both six-year graduation and first-year retention rates are higher for students with a high school GPA above 3.5 than for a student that scores above 1,200 on the SAT.

To apply to 黑料社 Tri-Cities, visit .

 

Media contacts:

Maegan Murray, 黑料社 Tri-Cities director of marketing and communication, 619-403-3617 (cell), maegan_murray@wsu.edu