Information Regarding the COVID-19 Response at the University of Michigan-Flint
Vaccination Policy
The University of Michigan COVID-19 Vaccination Policy was updated on December 17, 2021, and now requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the booster shot by February 4th or as soon as they are eligible thereafter. If you have received your booster, please take time now to upload your booster information using the form in Wolverine Access.
This policy is subject to change as the pandemic and public health guidance continues to evolve.
You can read more about the policy as well as review the vaccination FAQs. Please update your vaccination status through the appropriate form:
- Report Partial COVID-19 Vaccination Report here if you have received only one dose of a two-dose vaccine within the last 30 days.
- Report Primary Vaccine Series [both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine] Please do not report your booster information through this form.
- Report COVID-19 Booster Information Please do not report your primary series through this form. If you have not submitted your primary series, please also complete this form: Report Primary Vaccine Series.
Individuals may submit a vaccine medical or religious exemption or a postponement request through this form.
Individuals may submit a booster medical or religious exemption or postponement request through this form.
If you have any questions, please send those to reopeningcommittee@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 ongoing health and safety of our campus community.
Your Path Through the UM Vaccine Policy
Undergraduate or Graduate Student at UM-Flint
In-Scope of Policy
All students are subject to the UM COVID-19 vaccine policy and are required to be in compliance with the policy before the first day of class unless they are deemed “out-of-scope”.
Students in-scope of the policy have access to campus property, events, and transportation and are required to be in compliance with the policy through up-to-date vaccinations or an approved medical or religious exemption.
VACCINATION
If your ResponsiBlue App says “COVID-19 Up-To-Date,” you are in compliance with the policy. Otherwise:
- Report Partial COVID-19 Vaccination (received only one dose of a two-dose vaccine in the past 30 days)
- Report Primary Vaccine Series [both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine] Please do not report your booster information through this form.
- Report COVID-19 Booster Information (when eligible)
APPROVED EXEMPTION
- Request Exemption to COVID-19 Vaccine [primary series]
- Request for Booster Exemption (you only need to request an exemption to the booster if you have received the primary series of the vaccine and do not plan to receive the booster)
Out-of-Scope of Policy
Out-of-scope students are defined as individuals whose courses are online or hyperflex (must be coded with a W or H) AND; who do not live in on-campus housing AND; who do not have an employment relationship with the University of Michigan AND; who are not in compliance with the policy.
As a fully online student with no need to visit the campus, you are deemed “out-of- scope” of the vaccine policy. This designation means:
- You understand that you cannot be physically present on any UM property or transportation.
- You agree to not visit campus and use any face-to-face campus services.
- You agree to utilize online offerings and appointments for all campus services.
- You understand no fee adjustments will be made for related campus services.
- You agree to not travel to campus for academic or non-academic reasons including attending campus programs and events. This includes participating in campus-related activities at off-campus locations.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS and would like access to campus as an “in-scope” student, please report your up-to-date vaccination records or obtain an approved medical or religious exemption before submitting THIS request form.
Please contact the OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS with any questions.
Update on Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccination
Face Covering Policy
Effective Monday, March 14, 2022 face coverings will be required to be worn only in classrooms, labs, and areas where class-related (credit-bearing) activities are taking place. Face coverings are optional in all other places on campus. The full policy is available here.
Reporting COVID-19 Like Illness, Exposure, or 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
EMPLOYEES – including 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 an Illness
If anyone who is COVID-19 symptomatic, asymptomatic, but was exposed to someone who tested positive OR has 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
- If exposed, quarantine for 10 days, and if no symptoms develop, continue to self-monitor health on days 11 through 14 while returning to normal activities
- If symptomatic/tested positive, isolate for at least 10 days from onset of symptoms, until without fever for at least 24 hours, and all other symptoms improved
- 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. Please note that these guidelines may change or evolve based upon your case details and the guidance from our university health experts and our county public health partners.
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 UM-Flint returning to campus guidelines informed from the most current health guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Genesee County Health Department before returning to campus.
- Students must complete the Student Return to Campus Verification form as well as submit supporting documentation from a testing clinic, 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.