• On Saturday, July 31, CIM reinstated required masking for everyone, regardless of vaccination status. To be clear, this is required in all spaces that have the potential to be used by multiple people throughout the day. This means that even if you are in a practice room or studio by yourself, you must wear a mask. This will be strictly enforced and consequences for non-compliance, for both students and employees, may include the suspension of your access to the building.
• There are two activities that are exceptions to this rule:

1. You are a fully-vaccinated woodwind, brass or voice student or faculty member and are actively engaged in playing or singing.
2. You are actively engaged in eating or drinking.

• Wind, brass and voice students or faculty who are not vaccinated will not be permitted to play or sing in the building, including in practice rooms and studios, orchestra or opera rehearsals and performances, chamber ensembles, or in any other setting. Student Affairs will directly contact any students impacted by this protocol, and Human Resources will contact any faculty members in these areas of study who are not vaccinated. This protocol applies even to students who have an approved medical or religious exemption from CWRU. Additional restrictions may also apply to students in departments where instruments are shared.
• Students must complete the card upload or exemption process at CWRU by Monday, August 16. The UHCS portal is now available to all students who need to upload cards or alert CWRU that you wish to be vaccinated upon arrival on campus. Those requesting a medical exemption can do so here. If you need to request a religious exemption, visit this page. If you have any issues accessing the UHCS portal or either of the exemption portals, please contact the CWRU Service Desk directly for assistance.
• All CIM students, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to participate in CWRU’s three-week baseline testing program. We will share more information with you next week about how to access this testing at a time and location that is convenient for you, free of charge.
• Faculty and staff who are vaccinated must upload your card to ADP. If you have already done so, no further action is required on your part. Any faculty or staff person who is not vaccinated against COVID-19 who must remove their masks in order to complete their duties, such as woodwind, brass or voice faculty, will not be able to access the CIM campus to complete those duties. If you have not uploaded your card by Monday, August 16, it will be assumed that you are not vaccinated.
• All faculty and staff who are not vaccinated will be required to obtain, at your own arrangement and cost, a COVID-19 test once every 7 days between August 23 and December 15 and to report the results via a secure portal managed by CIM’s Human Resources. CIM is obligated to share these results on a weekly basis with CWRU and failure to complete this requirement may result in the suspension of your access to campus.