Information Regarding the COVID-19 Response at the University of Michigan-Flint
This is the information site for the UM-Flint community regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. As this public health issue continues to impact the campus, the university is dedicated to keeping all stakeholders updated with the latest information on a wide variety of topics including classes and academics, hours of operation, and other related information.
New information is added as soon as it is available. If you have any questions, please send those to flint.key-issues@umich.edu, and we will respond as quickly as possible.
For medical-related questions, please call your doctor. For questions regarding COVID-19, call the State of Michigan’s COVID-19 Hotline at (888) 535-6136, 7 days a week 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thank you for your commitment to the health and safety of our campus community.
UM-Flint’s Response to the November 18 Emergency Epidemic Orders
Read the message to campus here.
Reporting COVID-19 Like Illness
UM-Flint aims to deliver its mission while protecting the health and safety of our faculty, staff and students and minimizing the potential spread of disease within our community. Please follow these steps if you are experiencing ANY of the following:
- COVID-19 symptomatic
- Fever or chills; Cough; Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing; Fatigue; Muscle or body aches; Headache; New loss of taste or smell; Sore throat Congestion or runny nose; Nausea or vomiting; Diarrhea
- Asymptomatic but were exposed to someone who tested positive (within 6’ for greater than 15 minutes over a 24 hour period)
- Tested positive for COVID-19
Self-Reporting
Faculty, Staff, & Student Employees
- Stay home and self-isolate until provided with further advice from your physician and direction from the university.
- Notify your supervisor
- Contact UM Occupational Health Services (OHS) at (734) 764-8021 (select prompt 1).
- Notify Human Resources (HR) and Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) by emailing UMF-COVID-Employee-Reporting@umich.edu and completing the Employee COVID-19 Illness Reporting Form
- If testing is required, OHS will monitor in partnership with UM Work Connections and coordinate return to work with HR and EHS when appropriate.
- Depending on advice from OHS and EHS, you may require notification to the Genesee County Health Department for contact tracing.
Faculty, staff and student employees will receive follow-up, support and information regarding resources from HR and EHS in coordination with UM Work Connections.
Students
- Stay home
- Notify your instructors
- Complete the Student COVID-19 Illness Reporting Form
- Consider being tested
- Begin self-isolation/ quarantine
- A case manager will be assigned and reach out for support and resources
- If testing is required, the Office of the Dean of Students will monitor in partnership with the Genesee County Health Department to coordinate return to campus when appropriate.
A case manager from the Department of Public Health will be assigned to students for follow-up, support and information regarding resources. The case manager will assist with contact tracing and provide ongoing outreach for 14 days regarding test results, communication with faculty, resources and support.
Third-Party Reporting of a Student Illness
If a student reports to a faculty or staff member they are COVID-19 symptomatic, asymptomatic but were exposed to someone who tested positive (within 6’ for greater than 15 minutes over a 24 hour period) or you have tested positive for COVID-19 please follow these steps.
- Instruct the student to stay home and not come to campus
- Advise the student to contact their health care provider and get tested
- Advise the student to self-monitor symptoms
- Self-isolate for 14 days if advised by a healthcare provider
- Complete the Student COVID-19 Illness Reporting Form
- Consider academic accommodations for course work
- Student employees should be connected with Suzi Bye sbye@umich.edu in Human Resources for reporting requirements.
Return to Campus
In order to return to campus please follow the procedures outlined below based on your affiliation with UM-Flint.
Faculty, Staff, & Student Employees
- Employees are not allowed to work on campus until written documentation is provided through Human Resources (HR), working in conjunction with UM Occupational Health Services (OHS).
- Employees are allowed to work remotely if approved by HR and OHS, and overall supervisor approval.
Students
- Students will be required to follow the most current health guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Genesee County Health Department before returning to campus.
- Students must submit written documentation from a healthcare provider or local county health department to the Office of the Dean of Students BEFORE returning to campus.
- Students cannot return to campus until they receive a “Clear to Return to Campus” email from the Office of the Dean of Students.
- Students should provide this email to their instructors for verification of clearance.
- Instructors can contact the Office of the Dean of Students for confirmation of a student’s clearance.
- Residential students will be instructed by Housing & Residential Life about their return to the residence hall.