IMPORTANT REMINDERS

As we enter the second week of the semester, we would like to remind you about submitting your vaccination status as soon as possible, and also provide you with information on mandatory testing requirements.

Reminders for Faculty/Staff on West Campus, and Non-Patient-Facing Staff at HSC and RSOM

Vaccination Status: If you have not yet done so, please remember to enter your vaccination data.

• Active State and Research Foundation (RF) University Employees: Sharing your vaccination status through SOLAR is only open to active State and RF University Employees. If your employment status is not yet active, you will be able to access the folder once your employment status becomes active.

• View instructions here.

• If you are having any difficulty please call (631) 632-6151.

Testing:

If you are not vaccinated, or have not recorded your vaccination, you are required to test weekly. Failure to test may result in administrative action.

If you are vaccinated, and have recorded your vaccination details, please make arrangements to follow the monthly testing schedule listed below. Employees with a last name beginning with letters S through Z ... this is your testing week!

Last name begins with:	Testing required on the following weeks:
Last name begins with:A-E	Testing required on the following weeks:08/09/21-08/13/21	Testing required on the following weeks:09/07/21-09/10/21	Testing required on the following weeks:10/04/21-10/08/21
Last name begins with:F-L	Testing required on the following weeks:08/16/21-08/20/21	Testing required on the following weeks:09/13/21-09/17/21	Testing required on the following weeks:10/11/21-10/15/21
Last name begins with:M-R	Testing required on the following weeks:08/23/21-08/27/21	Testing required on the following weeks:09/20/21-09/24/21	Testing required on the following weeks:10/18/21-10/22/21
Last name begins with:S-Z	Testing required on the following weeks:08/30/21-09/03/21	Testing required on the following weeks:09/27/21-10/01/21	Testing required on the following weeks:10/25/21-10/29/21

For your convenience, we encourage you to check out the COVID-19 Scheduler Tool, which enables employees to:

• View and reserve a convenient appointment time and select the most convenient of three locations

• Identify appointment times when the testing schedule may be less busy

• Receive a reminder email indicating appointment time and location

• Simply choose a new date/time if there’s a need to reschedule

Reminders for Stony Brook University Hospital Employees

Submit Your Vaccination Status: Using your Stony Brook Medicine email account, please send a copy of your COVID-19 Vaccination card to SBUH_HR_Employee_Health_and_Wellness@stonybrookmedicine.edu or fax to (631) 444-6199.

Reminders for Stony Brook University Students

Submit Your Vaccination Status: Students, including GA/TA/RPA, go to Wolfie Health Portal. Students will not be able to complete this action through SOLAR.

Vaccine Availability

If you have not yet been vaccinated and would like to get the vaccine, there are two convenient options listed below:

• The Student Activities Center (SAC) has opened up a new vaccine point of distribution (POD) site for students. Johnson & Johnson, and a limited supply of Pfizer vaccines are also available at that location now for employees. Click here for more details.

• Appointments are also available at our vaccination sites located in the Innovation & Discovery Building (IDC) in Stony Brook’s Research and Development (R&D) Park. Currently, the site is open Monday through Saturday, from 8 am to 6 pm, and every Sunday, from 8 am to noon with a daily limited number of walk-in appointments available. Click here for more details.

Update on Face Mask Guidance

Our indoor mask requirement, originally scheduled to conclude on September 7, 2021, has been extended until further notice. All faculty, staff, students and visitors, regardless of their vaccination status, must wear face coverings while inside University and Hospital buildings. This includes classrooms, hallways, libraries and other common spaces, as well as SBU buses and shuttles. It also includes the Health Sciences and Basic Sciences Towers, offices in Flowerfield, Tech Park, Ronkonkoma and Commack, and administrative areas within outpatient facilities and physician practices. Face coverings are not required inside personal rooms at residence halls, while eating in on-campus dining areas, within personal offices or in non-public-facing personal workstations. Masks are not required outdoors.