As spring break ends on our New York City and Pleasantville campuses, and as we prepare to start a new week tomorrow, we wanted to send you our best wishes in this challenging time, and to remind you of the new policies in place for New York State and Pace University.
Most important, please remember that all classes across our three campuses are being held via remote learning. All faculty and all non-essential staff are expected to work from home.
We know these transitions haven’t been easy, and we want to thank everyone in the Pace Community—students, faculty, and staff—for their hard work, commitment, flexibility, and dedication in pulling off these major changes. All of these steps are critical to the health and safety not just of our own Community but of our city, state, and country.
As we’ve said, wherever possible students should have left campus.
Students who need to remain in residence halls may stay, and minimal on-campus services, including limited dining services, will remain open for them.
At this point, we cannot permit additional student move-outs after today, and we have deferred future move-out appointments.
We will make limited exceptions for urgent needs.
The Office of Residential Life and Housing will share further information on this later this afternoon.
A lot of what we’re now doing is guided by the New York State on PAUSE executive order, issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday. All non-essential businesses in the state must cease all in-office work effective Sunday at 8:00 p.m., which is tonight. Additionally, all New Yorkers aged 70 and older, and those with compromised immune systems and underlying illnesses, must remain home for their protection.
Certain aspects of Pace’s operations fit within the definition of essential operations, and those will continue. That includes the ITS staff keeping our remote campus running and the security, facilities, and dining staff necessary to support those students who must remain in residence halls.
None of this is easy, for any of us. But it’s what we need to do to keep everyone safe, and we’ll all get better at it as we get the hang of it.
For now, whether you’re at home or on campus, please be careful. Observe social distancing guidelines, especially if you’re still on campus. Wash your hands frequently. Monitor your health. Get enough sleep, eat well, and get some exercise. You can find all of our coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance and updates at
www.pace.edu/coronavirus
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Stay safe. Stay inside. Stay socially distant. Keep an eye out for more information from us. We’ll get through this together.
Sincerely,
