Employee Message - Sept. 15, 2020

Good afternoon,

After a successful start to the Fall Semester, I thought it may be a good time for a reminder of the health and safety protocols that we have in place for our campus community.

• Face coverings are required to be worn in all College buildings and when outside in the presence of others where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. (Policy E-XXXXI).  You are doing an incredible job with this transition.
• If you are coming to campus, you must conduct a daily self-assessment to review exposure and symptoms. (Self-Assessment Form).
• If you have any symptoms or have potential exposure, we ask that you not come to work and that you self-report.  A College representative will contact you to assist you with guidance.  (Self-Reporting Form).
• An online guide is available that provides important information and steps to take for various scenarios related to COVID-19 exposure and testing. (Exposure & Testing)
• Cleaning supplies for wiping down your desks/workspaces and additional hand sanitizer are available from the Physical Plant. Enhanced cleaning is taking place each night by our custodians to ensure classrooms and common spaces are properly sanitized.
• Additional hand sanitizer stations have been added all around the campus.  Please use these to practice good hand hygiene.
• The College COVID-19 webpage has an employee resources link with additional helpful information. 
• The College COVID-19 webpage now includes a dashboard where we are providing daily information about our total positive cases, daily positive cases, and active cases.

Apparently, we are going to be in this environment for quite a while.  The health and safety of our campus community are the responsibilities of all of us. If we all follow these procedures and practices, we believe the campus can be a safe environment for all of us. We need you to help promote healthy behaviors on and off campus.  Following all of the COVID-19 guidelines will help mitigate the spread of the virus and keep the McLennan Community College campus open.  Unfortunately, the decisions of a few people to ignore health guidelines could have major consequences for us all.    We must each take responsibility and do this Together!   Together, we can talk about the challenges and overcome the scary parts.  Just be safe and know that the Board and the Leadership Team care.  To date, we have very successfully maneuvered the virus.  Good job!

Please also remember that Convocation 2020 will be held virtually this year. I will send you a web address Thursday, so that you will have time to watch the videos by Friday afternoon. We will close the College at 1:00 p.m. on Friday in order to allow everyone to meet with their divisions at 1:30 p.m.. Stay tuned!

Johnette E. McKown
President
McLennan Community College
Waco, TX  76708