RIT Croatia COVID-19
Alert Level System: monitoring the safety on our campuses
August 31, 2020
Another academic year
is about to start and though we are happy to see our students start and continue to
achieve success in their academic lives, a lot of things have changed in just
one year. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone's lives globally and made
us adapt to what some call the „new normal".
„Ensuring safety of
our students and employees has always been our number one priority – now more
than ever," said Don Hudspeth, President and Dean of RIT Croatia. „Ever since
February 2020, we have been working diligently to ensure safe environment for
our students and provide them with the same high quality of education that RIT
Croatia is known for. Among many novelties we have introduced, we have
developed a Safety Plan that defines our operation and behavior during
these times. Adhering to the competent authorities’ directions and regulations,
we are starting this academic year by delivering our courses on campuses and in
an online environment."
Working and studying
on campuses has changed. Aside from physical distancing, wearing masks and
taking care of one's hygiene, RIT Croatia, as part of the RIT university has developed
a color-coded COVID-19 alert level system to monitor the level of safety on our
campuses.
„Though we cannot guarantee
COVID-19 free environment, we have made modifications on our campuses to ensure
maximum protection from facility and service delivery point of view," said
Ivona Labaš, Director of Strategic Development, ITS & Facilities. „In
addition, we have provided masks to all our faculty, staff and students, hand
sanitizers on campuses and increased cleaning and disinfection protocols. We have
shared information and directions for behavior on campuses through our Safety Plan. In order to monitor the safety level on both
of our campuses we have introduced alert level system".
How do we monitor
safety on our campuses?
The alert level system
comprises of four colors: green, yellow, orange and red, and ranges from low to
high level of risk from COVID-19 on campuses. A team of RIT Croatia officials has been appointed evaluate and monitor
internal and external factors in determining the current level of safety, on a
daily basis. More information about the alert levels, as well as the appropriate
measures is available here: https://www.croatia.rit.edu/mitigation-strategies-and-return-to-remote-operations
In addition, we have
developed an online dashboard that includes information with regards to
possible number of positive cases and isolation cases related to both of our
campuses. The dashboard is updated on a daily basis and available here: https://www.croatia.rit.edu/ritcroatia-ready-dashboard
We are all in this
together!
Although we have been
working on providing the best possible and safest environment for all our
students and employees, the success in keeping it safe will depend, among other
factors, on each and every individual. We each should recognize the importance
of our own role and responsibility in this and contribute to make our RIT
Croatia community intact if possible.
„We have always taken
pride in all of our community. RIT Tigers are smart and responsible individuals
that make this world a better place. I am confident that we all will do our
best to keep our communities safe. I invite everyone to read our Safety Plan, and to take the RIT Croatia Safety Pledge!",
said Dean Hudspeth.
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