April 22, 2021 Dear Campus Community, As we prepare for a return to normal campus operations for the next academic year, which will include face-to-face instruction, full residence halls, and a complement of student events and activities, I am pleased to share the report of the Fall Planning Group, which will serve as a framework for our campus operational plan for the fall semester. The report offers a detailed operational guide and recommendations for re-establishing a robust living-learning environment that ensures the health and well-being of our campus community. Our efforts will focus on offering students a full residential, in-person college experience in September safely. We will require all undergraduate and graduate students who wish to live or learn or conduct research on campus or access campus resources to be fully vaccinated prior to the beginning of the fall semester, on the basis of expected additional state, federal and legal guidance and vaccine availability, and subject to religious and disability accommodations pursuant to state and federal law. Evidence to date concerning the present and expected approval status and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines supports the university’s position. In addition, given our goal to have fall 2021 be as close to pre-pandemic times as possible, there is an operational imperative that faculty and staff who have been performing their duties remotely transition back to on-campus work. Accordingly, all faculty and staff are strongly encouraged and recommended to get vaccinated prior to the beginning of the fall semester. While recognizing the potential value of working remotely for some future operations, for this fall all employees will be considered on-site, and only hybrid or remote if approved by a unit’s vice chancellor. Further details on these fundamental aspects of our approach for the fall can be read in the full report.