Healthy Restart FAQs Answered Sept. 8 for UK Faculty, Staff and Students

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2020) — With University of Kentucky now offering in-session classes again, the university continues to field questions related to specific elements of the campus restart plan. Listed below are answers to some of the questions most commonly asked by university faculty and staff.

Q: If I am working mainly from home due to my courses being online or hybrid, how do I record my workstation?

A: Each faculty or staff member needs to enter his/her work location (even if home address) in the Employee Self-Service tab of myUK (Personal Information>Personal Profile>Addresses>Add+>Remote Work Address).

Q: Are there any updates on how electronically recorded lecture material developed by UK instructional faculty can be used later by the university?

A: See AR 7:6, which covers Intellectual Property Disposition, at www.uky.edu/regs/sites/www.uky.edu.regs/files/files/ar/ar7-6.pdf.

Phase I and II testing of students by Wild Health ended Aug. 30. As of Sept. 7, UK is reporting 477 current active cases and 480 recovered cases among students. As of Sept. 4, 27,892 tests have been conducted with students, including 754 positive tests and 27,127 negative tests. For information on testing results, visit: www.uky.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-data-dashboard.

For more information related to University of Kentucky's COVID-19 response and restart plan, visit www.uky.edu/coronavirus/, including more FAQs at www.uky.edu/coronavirus/employees/employee-faqs.

Each day UK will be providing some of the most frequently asked questions from students, faculty and staff and answering them as we start the new semester. If you have questions you would like to see answered, please email coronavirus@uky.edu. We will continue to answer those on an individual basis, but may also include them in UKNOW. Thanks and stay safe and healthy.