Dear colleagues:
The safety of our Pace Community is our top priority. Consistent with our decision to move all Pace University classes to remote learning,
we are encouraging Pace staff and faculty to shift to remote work wherever feasible
, beginning Saturday, March 14. This morning we held a webinar with supervisors to provide guidance on determining with their teams who should work on campus and who should work remotely.
Pace University remains open for business.
We remain focused on supporting our students in their studies and their well-being. All employees are expected to continue their work, whether on campus or elsewhere. We know that this can create some hardship for our student employees, and we are committed to finding a solution that will support them through this challenging time.
We recognize that some duties cannot be performed remotely, and that many Pace employees will continue to report to campus. For those employees, working amid fewer colleagues will help enable social distancing on campus. We will also work to stagger schedules to encourage more distancing and to help people avoid rush hour commutes.
Supervisors should work with on-campus employees to determine the most effective schedules to ensure both employee safety and University operations.
It’s important to recognize that these are precautionary measures.
We have had no reported cases of coronavirus at Pace or in the Pace Community.
But public health officials and
elected leaders have made clear the risks we face and the need to encourage social distance. The best way to do that is to work from home, telecommute, and avoid densely populated spaces.
There are several resources available to enable our staff and faculty to work remotely:
- Instructions from ITS on working remotely are available here.
- A recording of this morning’s webinar is available here.
- To keep up to date, please visit www.pace.edu/coronavirus.
This is a rapidly changing situation, and we will continue to update our policies as conditions merit. Our top concern is always the safety and security of everyone in our community—which also means maintaining University services for those who need them.
Thank you for your flexibility, your hard work, and your commitment to Pace. We’ll continue to share information with you as it becomes available.
Sincerely,
