Georgetown University staff resist after being asked to take new public health roles or unpaid leave Lauren Lumpkin Staff at Georgetown University are railing against a program that asks them to temporarily take on health-related roles during the pandemic — such as conducting wellness screenings, registering visitors to campus or security — or go on unpaid leave. It comes as the school has designed a spring semester that will include about 200 hybrid courses, increased access to campus facilities and brought twice as many residential students to campus than in the fall. In preparation, the university revamped a program that places employees into temporary public-health-oriented jobs.