Advent 2022 brought earlier mail-desk hours and a reminder to empty refrigerators before winter travel. Campus Safety asked the community to use well-lit paths after dusk.
Students heading to family homes or a London internship were asked to leave rooms inspection-ready and to update emergency contacts in the Ranger Portal.
COVID-19 Update: While our traditional food pantry is temporarily closed to in-person visits, the Cupboard is dedicated to ensuring our students have regular access to quality food throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
As we transition to an online ordering format, you may contact the Cupboard to request a bag of food and snacks to be picked up from the library at a pre-determined time. Please email milvetservices@regis.edu for your food request, or if you would like to donate.
Although the Cupboard is currently closed to visitors, online food donations can be made via the Amazon wish list (https://a.co/0dbXmQF) as well as food donations dropped off inside the entrance of the Dayton Memorial Library. Donations are highly encouraged and desperately needed at this time to address food insecurity as students return to school.
In addition, below is a list of resources to keep you and your family fed. If you have questions, please reach out to a member of our team at milvetservices@regis.edu.
Colorado Food Resources
Off-campus, the City of Denver and the State of Colorado also offer several services to assist with food needs. Please use these resources to contact local food banks.
Denver Inner City Parish
303.629.0636
1212 Mariposa Street
Denver, CO 80204
Hunger Free Hotline
720.382.2920
Call for a list of food banks according to zip code.
Food Bank of the Rockies
www.FoodBankRockies.org
877.460.8504 (toll-free) or 303.371.9250
Food Resource Hotline
885.885.4626
As part of a multifaceted effort to provide students with the safest and best possible academic experience, Regis University has established outdoor teaching spaces for use in pleasant weather during the fall semester.
Learn more about this safe and effective way our faculty are engaging with students this semester.
The U.S. Department of Education has mandated that, as of August 14, 2020, all universities update their policies and disciplinary processes. In line with new regulations, Regis University has revised its process for adjudicating cases of sexual misconduct. Regis continues to enforce affirmative consent and prohibit all forms of sexual misconduct.
Title IX is a federal law that states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” The law also pertains to cases of what Regis calls “sexual misconduct,” which an umbrella term for all forms of sexual harassment, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking or other offenses sexual in nature.
The required changes are significant and sweeping, and Regis University must comply. However, in line with our mission and Jesuit values, we have chosen to take steps beyond the scope of the regulations to ensure an appropriate response to all allegations of sexual misconduct and to provide support for survivors.
Required changes
The new regulations narrow the scope of complaints that universities are required to investigate. For example, sexual harassment is now defined as “unwelcome conduct” that is “so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to education.” Regis will continue to prohibit and address behavior that falls outside of Title IX via the Office of Community Standards and Care for students and Human Resources for faculty and staff.
The new regulations also narrow the jurisdiction of the University’s Title IX response. Per the new regulations, Title IX may only cover incidents that are in the United States and areas where the University has “substantial control” over the context and the respondent. This means Title IX no longer covers incidents that occur during study abroad, or that occur off campus (unless it’s during a University-sponsored trip or event). Regis will continue to prohibit and address behavior that falls outside of Title IX via the office of Community Standards and Care for students and Human Resources for faculty and staff.
According to the new law, a formal complaint regarding sexual misconduct will include a live hearing closed to the public. Each party must have an advisor present during the live hearing. Each party’s advisor will have an opportunity to question the other party and any witnesses.
What hasn’t changed
Though in some instances no longer required to by law, Regis will act in accordance with its mission and values to continue the below practices:
Confidential resources are available to students, faculty, and staff, regardless of whether a formal complaint is filed
Discrimination based on an actual or perceived protected class is prohibited
Sexual misconduct is prohibited
Retaliation for reporting discrimination or sexual misconduct is prohibited
Consent is an affirmative, actively given, unambiguous, and voluntary agreement to engage in a specific sexual activity during a sexual encounter
Parties involved in Title IX proceedings have the right to an advisor of their choice
All faculty, staff, and some student employees who are not deemed confidential resources are “Responsible Employees,” meaning they must report discrimination and sexual misconduct to the EO and Title IX Coordinator.
Supportive Measures (such as excused absences or extended deadlines on assignments) are available through the EO and Title IX Coordinator without making a formal complaint.
Regis University remains committed to promoting violence prevention through training and programming available to the Regis community throughout the year and upon request.
Regis University’s updated Discrimination, Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation policy and procedures, as well as training materials, are available to the public.
Resources
For questions about the policy or to report discrimination, sexual misconduct, or retaliation, please contact:
Carole Goddard (she/her/hers)
Equal Opportunity & Title IX Coordinator
Main Hall 204
303.964.6435
Report Discrimination, Sexual Misconduct, and Retaliation
Equal Opportunity & Title IX Webpage
For confidential support in cases of sexual harassment, sexual assault, intimate partner violence (dating/relationship violence) or stalking, please contact:
Alison McCarthy (she/they)
Assistant Director, Victim Advocacy & Violence Prevention
Coors Life Directions Center 124 B
303.458.4029
720.307-4809 (can text)
Victim Advocacy & Violence Prevention
For after-hours confidential support, please contact:
The Blue Bench (24-hour sexual assault hotline): 303.322.7273
Safehouse Denver (24-hour domestic violence hotline): 303.318.9989
Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners (24-hour mental health support): 844.493.8255
Please click below for Bon Appetit’s dining service hours for Aug. 13-16 and for the Fall 2020 semester.
Click for text-only versions of the Aug. 13-16 schedule and the Fall 2020 semester.
Faculty Expectations
Faculty must follow minimum use policies of the online learning platform set by academic affairs and their colleges. This enables Regis to migrate content quickly to remote learning if necessary.
Faculty will teach their classes in the format and delivery model established by the college.
Classroom capacity will be held at 50% in-person, to a limit of 50. A small number of very large rooms can accommodate up to 100. All classes must meet these standards through hybrid or online supplements.
Faculty may teach their classes out of doors, weather permitting, if they have asked for and been assigned a location by the Office of the Provost. Social distancing and masking are still required. Faculty may only use their assigned space during class time.
Faculty may refuse class entry if a student is not wearing a mask.
Faculty should require assigned seats in classrooms to enable contact tracing.
Faculty must wear masks in the classroom.
All faculty, regardless of assigned teaching method, must have a plan to move fully or partially remote if necessary.
Classroom social distancing must be maintained.
Faculty must take attendance this fall for the purpose of identifying potential outbreak patterns.
All group music lessons will be outside in an enclosed, heated tent for the duration of the semester. The University will purchase “singing masks” for students for the fall.
Masks and Social Distancing
Masks must be worn except in personal offices.
Social distancing of six feet or more is required.
Group size and meetings will be limited in accordance with local restrictions.
Meetings should be held virtually whenever possible.
Employees
Employees will work on campus except:
Those who have requested and obtained HR accommodation requests.
Those whose jobs have been identified as potentially fully remote, for those periods of time when the University is reducing its density.
Classroom Management
If one student in a classroom is confirmed with COVID-19, other students will be asked to self-monitor for symptoms and get a COVID-19 test after 7 days have passed.
If two students in a classroom are confirmed with COVID-19, other students will be asked to quarantine, the classroom will be shut down for use, it will be disinfected using CDC guidelines and closed for 48 hours.
If more than two students in a classroom are confirmed with COVID-19, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Outbreak Team will be called in to advise on next steps.
Colleges will adapt these plans to their individual unique college needs. Colleges may have plans that are more stringent than these guidelines, but these minimum guidelines must be met.
Please see the graphic below for updates from Regis University Fitness and Wellness on the fall 2020 semester. View text-only version by clicking here.
Northwest Denver Campus: Building Information: Effective August 10, 2020
Key Information
Except as noted below, building access hours will be 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
All entrance doors will be open. However, we ask that you continue to enter through the designated entrance noted below.
Classrooms/labs will only be open when scheduled for use.
Designated Entrances
Carroll Hall: First Floor entrance is open and ADA accessible and is the designated entrance.
Chapel: Main doors are ADA accessible and are the designated entrance.
Clarke Hall: South Entrance is ADA accessible and is the designated entrance. Upper floors will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Claver Hall: East entrance near the plaza that faces the parking lot (the card access door that goes in from the east side next to the large classrooms to the south of the door).
Coors Life Directions Center: Accessible by appointment only.
Dayton Memorial Library: South doors are ADA accessible and are the designated entrance for employees.
Monday 8/10 - Friday 8/14, main doors: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Effective Sunday 8/16 - fall semester hours will be as follows:
Sunday: 12:30 - 8 p.m.
Monday - Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Field House: South door is ADA accessible and is the designated entrance.
Loyola Hall: West door is ADA accessible and is the designated entrance.
Main Hall: West doors are ADA accessible and are the designated entrance.
Pomponio Center: North entrance by the DeSmet statue is ADA accessible and is the designated entrance.
Student Center: South side doors are ADA accessible and are the designated entrance. First floor main entrance will remain locked until cafés open.
Approved Card Access Only
If your ID/access card is not working, please contact Amy VanderTuig at avandert@regis.edu.
Coors Life Directions Center: Available by appointment only.
Boryla Apartments
West Hall: Human Resources is available by appointment only.
DeSmet Hall
O’Connell Hall
Residence Villages 1 - 4
Note: Above information applies to Northwest Denver Campus. All other Regis University campuses are accessible to those faculty and staff who work in these facilities.
Meet Swivl — Regis University’s new colleague in the age of COVID-19.
As part of the University’s efforts to prepare for hybrid and blended teaching formats this fall, faculty members will have access to cutting-edge technology kits that help students follow class sessions in person or via Zoom.
Need a reminder about the University’s plans for the fall semester?
Regis University will offer in-person, hybrid and blended classes this fall to provide high-quality, academic instruction in a safe environment. Learn more here.
Our return-to-campus video messages from Regis leadership review COVID-19 guidance for our community and prepare us for the fall semester. Watch here.
As directed by current state and city orders, face masks or face coverings must be worn by all faculty and staff working on campus when in close proximity to others and in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., common work spaces, meeting rooms, classrooms, etc.). Visitors are also expected to also wear masks or face coverings when on campus. Appropriate use of face masks or coverings is critical in minimizing risks to others near you. You could spread COVID-19 to others even if you do not feel sick. Please see Face Covering/Mask Guidelines & FAQs for additional guidance.
Department Meetings
Physical Plant has held meetings with all department heads to review and discuss the following items:
The first discussion point is to assure our front door staff are protected from all visitors. We are looking at the areas that have high contact with customers. For each of the identified areas, plexiglass safety guards have been installed to assure distancing. A total of 66 areas have been identified.
Sanitizing stations will be placed in each of these suites on campus. Physical Plant will resupply these stations as we will reuse the units.
Custodial support cleaning will occur early in the morning and then re-cleaning main entrances and bathrooms in facilities will occur daily around mid-day. Physical Plant has provided CDC-approved hand wipes for departments to clean areas on their own as needed. These will be resupplied as needed.
Signage/Additional Protections
Physical Plant and Marketing and Communications are installing signage around campus.
Key signage will be in facilities and suites entrances, reminding everyone of the following:
Face covering/masks must be worn in common areas
Social distancing must always be followed
Wash hands frequently and use sanitizer as much as possible
Buildings
Conference/classroom signs
Plexiglass barriers
Sanitizer stations
Regi paws on floors
Table top seating paws
Campus
6 A-frame 24x36” double-sided posters on Boettcher Commons around Student Center and in front of campus buildings
Entrance Banners
Lot 6 Federal/50th entrance banner
50th/Lowell pedestrian entrance banner
51st/Lowell pedestrian entrance banner
52nd/Federal fence banner
A series of resource posters are now available for employees to download, print and post in their offices. Download here.
Classrooms
The Office of the Provost, Physical Plant, Auxiliary Services and Information Technology Services are working together to ensure classrooms are set up to meet occupancy and social distancing requirements.
We will be establishing social distancing in our classrooms, conference rooms and high occupancy locations.
Once completed, these set-ups will be charted and shared to get ready for the new semester. We will use the Regi paw to show where people should sit.
We are working on securing facilities, and we are slowly and safely bringing back our faculty and staff while preparing for students.
Ventilation Exhausts and Returns
All units have forced air supply and return, and each unit supplying the air has fresh air intakes as the air returns to the unit. The air is mixed as it supplies the spaces it is supporting. Labs have 100% air exhaust and resupply at least 13 times in a day. Opening the windows reduces return air pressure and defeats the proper operation of the HVAC units.
The forced air returns mixed with fresh air intakes minimize potential particulates and any infection being carried back into spaces. We also exchange our filters quarterly. (The Advancement offices in Main Hall do not have forced air returns and neither does the Room 101. These rooms should open their windows in the wintertime.)
Enhanced Cleaning Protocols
During the Stay at Home Order, our custodial staff conducted enhanced cleaning operations for all buildings.
Our custodial team is now cleaning all bathrooms in unlocked facilities in the morning and mid-day, and restocking and wiping down the bathroom and entrances to the suites and designated access to the facility.
To assist in this area, we can each be personally responsible to practice the required hygiene protocols, which include washing our hands thoroughly with soap and water frequently.
The soap in all buildings is high quality and not anti-bacterial and works in all water temperatures. The CDC has recommended to use regular soap instead of anti-bacterial because of the increase of staph infections in hospitals.
Cleaning Supplies
Common/Reception Areas: Physical Plant is providing supplies of hand sanitizer, disposable wipes and gloves for the reception areas of office where face-to-face interactions may be required. Each department may purchase its own supplies for use in offices and other spaces if desired.
Questions can be directed as follows:
Human Resources: hrinfo@regis.edu
Physical Plant: physplan@regis.edu
Financial Affairs is getting back into monthly trainings for the community. This is where you will learn what our department can do and provide for you. Questions are welcome!
The meetings will be held every third Thursday of the month from 12-1 p.m. via Zoom, so you are of course welcome to eat your lunch during this time. If you’re interested in attending, please send an email to nahlberg@regis.edu.
Based on registrations completed by graduates by midnight Sunday, the University is slightly adjusting the Commencement schedule and plans to hold three ceremonies instead of the original five on July 31, Aug. 1 and 2. Graduates are being informed by email. The fully updated schedule and other information is available at Regis.edu/Commencement.
Reminder: The University may not have any guests on campus during the ceremonies due to restrictions on large public gatherings designed to protect the health and safety of participants. Only graduates and those producing the ceremonies — a limited number of faculty and staff and support vendors — may come to campus to participate. The University will provide a live stream of the ceremonies.