Next Steps, Subcommittees
The initial work of the task force has been completed. Next steps will focus on the specific actions that need to be taken to return to campus. Subcommittees have been formed and will use the task force's initial work to inform their efforts. The subcommittees are being asked to address specific questions and provide recommendations, and they will remain active throughout the return to campus. Subcommittee chairs have been identified by the task force co-chairs based on their experience, the questions to be addressed and expertise sought to provide informed answers. The subcommittee chairs are charged to meet the imperative of diversity and inclusiveness in identifying subcommittee members.
Charge for the next steps
- Ensure that return-to-campus efforts are coordinated, communicated and consistent with the core values identified in the initial work.
- Establish, review and approve subcommittees with review and approval of committee charge and membership.
- Define the prioritization/timing by which the subcommittee work needs to be accomplished.
- Ensure the subcommittees provide actionable recommendations facilitating timely and informed decision-making by the president.
- Define the guiding paradigm for “safely return to campus” as foundational to the work we are asking the subcommittees to do. Specifically, safety is not binary.
Considerations
- Decisions must be prioritized, and processes must be designed, implemented and monitored to prevent and/or mitigate negative strategic, operational and financial impacts as we seek to repopulate campus and minimize health, and safety impacts on the institution.
- The risk of subsequent waves of infection remains until we achieve sufficient herd immunity through vaccination or actual infection and recovery. Key to our work will be a coordinated surveillance capability, a sound infection prevention and control strategy and a means to quickly identify, isolate, treat and refer individuals to mitigate a second wave of infection.
- The highly interactive, mobile, densely populated living and learning environment typical of most campuses creates multiple risk factors for transmission of COVID-19.
- We should prepare for the likelihood of a local rebound of infections that may result in a return to more restrictive mitigation measures and physical distancing for periods of time.
- Decisions to ease COVID-19 distancing restrictions must be based on the best available scientific data and the rapid availability of testing.
Subcommittees
The following 21 subcommittees have been formed and charged with developing plans and recommendations for many of the specific decisions that need to be made as we safely bring Spartans back to campus this summer and fall. Please see below for subcommittee leads and charges.
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Athletics Subcommittee
Leads: Bill Beekman and Tony Avellino
Charge: Develop a return of athletics plan that addresses student-athlete medical/mental health care and a communication plan to student-athletes, parents and fans.
Members:
Sally Nogle Allen Haller Alan Smith Jim Pignataro Jeff Kovan Jon Martin Bonnie Knutson Michael Kaplowitz Matt Larson Jen Smith Mike Vorkopich Lonnie Rosen Megan Vanderveen Julee Burgess Seth Kesler Joel Eddy Erin Neely -
Campus Mobilization for Health and Innovation Subcommittee
Leads: Jim Forger and Ronald Hendrick
Charge: Identify strengths campus-wide and develop a return to an on-premise activity plan that identifies ways to support and heal.
Members:
Jon Novello Mark Patishnock Divya Victor Lydia Weiss Keith English Jadrian Tarver Dabalina Bandyopadhyay Claudia Finkelstein -
Communication Subcommittee
Leads: Merri-Jo Bales and Prabu David
Charge: Develop a return to on-premise communication plan that promotes consistent contact with and updates to the MSU community.
Members:
Emily Guerrant Heather Swain Dennis Martell Melissa Jegla Jason Cody Sabrina Hebeler Stephanie Anthony Terri Hughes- Lazzell Monique Turner Kara Yermak Kathi Braunlich Kat Cooper Brianna Aiello Sharron Reed Davis Filomena Nunes Bob Thomas Kelly Mazurkiewicz Genyne Royal -
Contact Tracing Subcommittee
Leads: Chris Contag and Leo Kempel
Charge: Develop an approach to contact tracing that is values-consistent, affordable and supports the effort to return to on-premise activities.
Members:
Aron Sousa Karen Kelly-Blake Lynn Kriser Elizabeth King Andrew Zwyghuizen John Goudreau Deb Bittner Mi Zhang Keith Nelson -
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee
Lead: Chris Long and Tarah Chambers
Charge: Identify issues and make recommendations to be considered university-wide and within subcommittees that support diverse and vulnerable communities in return to on-premise activity plans.
Members:
Luis Garcia Randy Rasch Quentin Tyler Tanya Jachimiak Andrea Munford Hilda Mejia Abreu Tracy Leahy Sharron Reed-Davis Genye Royal Ashley Green Tenille Gaines Regina Gong Aku Rohra Janet Ibarra Chezare Warren -
Events/Activities Subcommittee
Leads: Denise Maybank and Michele Jackson
Charge: Develop return to on-premise activity plans to conduct appropriate university events.
Members:
Radhika Pasricha Lynn Kriser Floyd Akins Jon Martin Stephanie Kribs Angie Zell Gary Wilson Meagan Abel Andrea Blair Michael Brand Tammye Coles Nate Evans Michelle Pell Julie Rojewski Korine Wawrzynski Porta Watkins Erik Maillard Kris Allen -
Finance Subcommittee
Leads: Mark Haas and Dave Byelich
Charge: Evaluate costs, financial commitments and funding sources associated with returning to on-campus activities.
Members:
Mike Stokes Sanjay Gupta Larry Gremel Karen Crosby Audree Baxter Greg Swain Charmaine Shellman Brent Johnston Richard Fulton Annette Cawley -
Health/Safety Subcommittee
Leads: Dave Weismantel and Norm Beauchamp
Charge: Develop return to on-premise activity plans that support the emotional and physical health needs of MSU community members.
Members:
Seth Ciabotti Elizabeth King Rebecca Campbell Marilyn Tarrant Anthony Avellino Jim Pignataro Jerry Kooiman William Hart-Davidson Andy Smith Norm Hubbard Natalie Moser Beier Yao Molly Shuart -
Human Resources Subcommittee
Leads: Terry Curry and Sharon Butler
Charge: Develop return to on-premise activity plan that strives to maximize the effectiveness of staff and faculty.
Members:
Barbara Forney Theresa Kelley Kristine Moore Sonja Fritzsche Barbara Roberts Christine Leese Tom Voice Cheryl Sisk Jake Lathrop Kathy Lewless Teresa Mastin Erica Fiasky Joe Garza Deborah Moriarty Melanie Trowbridge Ericka Covington Meagan Abel -
Information Technology Subcommittee
Leads: Melissa Woo and Jeff Grabill
Charge: Develop a return to on-premise activity plan that seeks to support students, faculty and staff.
Members:
Rob Root Robert Barto Kate Sonka Johannes Bauer Leslie Johnson Miriam Kaburu Maddie Shellgren Fred Sudler Seth Ciabotti -
Operations/Logistics/Supply Chain Subcommittee
Leads: Dan Bollman and Dave Oslund
Charge: Develop return to on-premise activity plans that support safety measures for campus, such as decontamination and personal protection equipment.
Members:
Kristin Demir Karen Ross Vedat Verter Jim Gallagher Dan Olsen Susan Fennell Barb Kranz Dave Brewer Sharri Margraves Denni Kraft Tommy Tracy -
Outreach and Engagement Subcommittee
Leads: Laurie Van Egeren and Jeff Dwyer
Charge: Develop a return to on-premise activities plan for outreach and engagement.
Members:
Debra Furr-Holden Kathy Wilbur Nakia Barr Marti Heil Nick McLaren Jeremy Reutter Burt Bargerstock Renee Brown Dave Chupak Charlie Hasemann Marti Heil Janet Lillie Miles McNall Erin Moore Judith Stoddart Kelly Kapsar -
Research Subcommittee
Lead: Doug Gage
Charge: Establish a phased return to campus of research programs, seeking to incorporate the values, safety measures, guidelines and monitoring protocols identified in Phase One.
Members:
JR Haywood Doug Buhler Paul Hunt Dave Brewer John Goudreau John Verbonvoeur Laura McCabe Eric Hegg Anne-Sophie Bohrer Sara McFall-Boegeman William Hart-Davidson -
Residential Learning and Living Subcommittee
Leads: Vennie Gore and Steve Esquith
Charge: Develop return to on-premise residential living, dining and learning plans that seek to incorporate applicable public health guidance, best safety practices and engagement of community members. A comprehensive communication plan will be developed to educate and create social norming behavior for the benefit of community.
Members:
Tariq Abdelhamid Ray Gasser Rebecca Selesky Kelly High McCord Kat Cooper Melanie Van Antwerp Barb Kranz Jeff Judge Michelle Jackson Jerry Caldwell Laurie Thorpe Tim Hinds Mark Axelrod Scot Yoder Abii-tah Bih Rachel Cleveland Savanna Roark Aleaha Renee Smith -
Risk Management Subcommittee
Leads: Brian Quinn and Melanie Jacobs
Charge: Identify risk management, legal and compliance issues to be considered and evaluated in university-wide and subcommittee planning for returning to on-premise activities, as well as establish tracking mechanisms and controls in conjunction with appropriate subcommittees.
Members:
Marilyn Tarrant Kathy Wilbur Matt McCabe MacCallum Beatty Mackenzie Fritz Jade Mitchell Allyn Shaw Tracy Leahy -
Satellite Campuses Subcommittee
Leads: Chuck Reid and Aron Sousa
Charge: Maintain consistency in policies in off-campus locations where MSU personnel and students are located.
Members:
Andy Amalfitano Deandre Beck John Ambrose Suzette Hitner Fred Janzen Adam Cooley Ben Darling Jessica Nakfour Linda Cornish Ronda Palametier Kirsten Waarala Melissa Jegla -
Scenario Planning Subcommittee
Leads: Mark Largent and Doug Gage
Charge: Define future scenarios, listening posts and potential solutions for research and education.
Members:
Thomas Jeitschko Jeff Rayis Tariq Abdelhamid Megan Donahue Stratton Lee Dre Nichols Joseph Salem Joshua Sapotichne Cheryl Eschbach Joy Hannibal Renata Opoczynski -
Surveillance Subcommittee
Leads: Jack Lipton and Aron SousaCharge: Develop and operationalize saliva and wastewater surveillance programs to facilitate early intervention and adequate campus response time to possible infection sites.
Members:
Joe Patterson Allyson Cole Strauss Vic DiRita Jade Mitchell Joan Rose Birgit Puschner Laura Bix -
Teaching/Learning/Advising/Student Success Subcommittee
Leads: Terry Sullivan and Phil Duxbury
Charge: Develop return to on-premise activity plans that include varying approaches of in-person education and online instruction.
Members:
Nwando Achebe Shannon Burton Denise Ferrell Cara Cilano Thomas Jeitscho Mark Largent Barb Kranz Steve Hanson Sarah McFall-Boegeman Debra Dotterer Mary Graves Jennifer Carter-Johnson Arlene Weismantel -
Testing Subcommittee
Leads: Keith English and John Gerlach
Charge: Operationalize CLIA testing and sample collection sites on campus and develop agreements with supporting agencies to ensure and execute adequate testing capacity for the campus community.
Members:
Keith Nelson John Gerlach Brett Etchebarne Krishna Yelleswarapu Lynn Kriser Kris Allen Ron Crosson -
Transportation Committee
Leads: Adam Lawver and John Verboncoeur
Charge: Evaluate campus transportation and provide recommendations on how we can help support the needs of students, faculty and staff (i.e., on campus and traveling to campus). Evaluation should include buses, zip cars, scooters, shared bicycles and other forms of shared transportation.
Members:
Brian Watts Wolfgang Bauer Janet Lillie John Prush Stephanie O'Donnell Paul Manson Bradley Benton Jordan Polk Susan Fennell -
Travel Subcommittee
Leads: Beth Alexander and Steve Hanson
Charge: Develop incoming and outgoing travel policies for students, staff and faculty that recognizes traveler safety and financial constraints that encompasses both domestic and international trips.
Members:
Opal Bartzis Krista McCallum Beatty DeAndra Beck Sarah Blom Rique Campa Patrick Cudney Chris Daniel Angel Forde Doug Gage Debbie Gulliver Maureen Handrahan Vivian Leung India Plough Brian Watts