SPS Information Updates – Page 2

Air purification and cleaning protocols

August 16, 2021August 19, 2021 SPS Editor

What are the cleaning protocols for all three of our spaces?

Please see the University guidelines for cleaning and personal hygiene. Additional details about how each area on campus is cleaned and frequency of cleaning are outlined here.

How often will public areas be cleaned?

All public areas are governed by Central Facilities department and the intention is to have nightly cleanings in the evening. If additional cleaning is necessary, it can be requested via a ticket through the help desk and facilities can arrange for the school to purchase additional visits as necessary.

Where will air purifiers be located?

See the maps below. The “starbursts” represent the locations where the air purifiers will be located. See below for a picture of the units that are being used.

Lockers

August 16, 2021August 18, 2021 SPS Editor

Who can use the lockers and where will they be located?

Lockers will be digitally locked with a code that can be set by the user on a daily basis, SPS facilities has master keys in the case you forget your code or are locked out. Lockers are meant for employee use when you are using hoteling space and should not be used for overnight or permanent storage.

Each employee will have lockable storage space in your shared workspace. Keys for workspace storage will be provided by SPS facilities.

A map with locations of lockers will be following shortly.

Workstation Equipment

August 16, 2021August 18, 2021 SPS Editor

What equipment will be at each workstation and what do I need to transport between my home office and campus workspace?

All workstations will have a monitor and the appropriate adapters (no docking stations). The photos below are a sample of what will be at each workstation. Each workstation will have a monitor, a lock, as well as the appropriate adapters to connect to the monitor at the workstation. This set up allows employees to utilize two screens at their workstation – one external monitor and one on their laptop.

Each employee will each retain the existing keyboard and mouse from their workspace, separate from their laptop. New employees will be provided with a new keyboard and mouse separate from their laptop. Employees are responsible for bringing/transporting these items, if they desire. They may also be stored at your shared workspace. Employees do not need to share keyboards and mice.

If you have questions, please submit a ticket.

Updated Dress Code

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 SPS Editor

What is the dress code when we return to campus?

We recognize that the standards of professional attire have evolved and have updated the policy accordingly. We hope this new dress code policy allows for more workday comfort and flexibility.

School of Professional Studies Dress Code Policy
September 2021

The School of Professional Studies continues to expect a professional work environment as we return to work on campus. Therefore, effective September 7, 2021, SPS staff should be guided by the following updated dress code policy:

While working on campus, all SPS staff are expected to follow a business casual standard of dress. A business casual standard of dress also applies in all video conferences with University colleagues, students and other external parties or any circumstances where staff represent SPS. Business casual dress is defined as follows:

• Tops: All shirts with collars, business casual crew neck or V-neck shirts, blouses, and golf and polo shirts. Examples of inappropriate shirts include athletic wear, T-shirts, shirts with slogans, tank tops, and crop tops.

• Bottoms: Casual slacks, trousers, skirts, dresses, and dark-wash, colored, or white jeans without holes, frays, or wrinkles. Examples of inappropriate pants include shorts, sweatpants, athletic wear, faded jeans.

• Footwear while on campus: Casual slip-on or tie shoes, dress sandals, and clean athletic shoes. Examples of inappropriate footwear include flip-flops and construction or hunting boots.

For school-wide events such as New Student Welcome and SPS Symposium Welcome Reception, SPS follows business professional attire. Business professional attire is also appropriate for University leadership meetings, including Zoom meetings. Business professional attire includes:

• Dress shirt, tie, and sport coat worn with trousers and dress shoes, as well as pantsuits, business-like dresses and coordinated separates.

The following clothing items are prohibited:

· Jeans that are frayed, tattered, ripped, and/or overly distressed or faded;

· Sneakers or athletic shoes that are old and weathered;

· Shirts with slogans or messages;

· Midriff shirts;

· Shorts, sweatshirts and sweatpants, or any athleticwear; and

· Flip-flops/beach shoes

University policy pertaining to staff states that departments and/or schools may set standards of personal appearance and hygiene as reasonable and appropriate for the operation of the department. Please contact your immediate supervisor if you have any questions.

Parking

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 SPS Editor

How do I go about getting daily parking on the Chicago campus?

Discounted daily parking is available for $11 a day. Complete parking details are available here.

If you have questions about parking on either campus, please reach out to chicagoparking@northwestern.edu or parking@northwestern.edu for Evanston.

500 Davis Street (Evanston) – Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) classrooms

July 20, 2020August 28, 2020 Lito Lomahan

Completed OLLI Classrooms with donated tables & cushioned chairs. Once again, many thanks to CPS.

The OLLI classrooms will be the benefactors to upgraded furniture and chairs courtesy of the Center for Public Safety (CPS). Current chairs are flat, hard plastics while current tables do not have casters and are difficult to move.

Wieboldt Hall Classroom(s) +

July 20, 2020September 18, 2020 Lito Lomahan

The final pieces of plexi-glass was delivered Fri. Sept. 18. All student and faculty PPE are laid out and the classroom is ready for Mon. Sept. 21, 2020 when the aMPPA students arrive in this space @ 9:30am.

First piece of plexi-glass is hung up in front of the lectern at Wieboldt Hall. More plexi-glass to come.

In addition to the building HEPA filtered air, there will be additional HEPA filtered air cleaners distributed around the classroom for added air quality control. In addition to HEPA air cleaners, hand-sanitizer/face masks/tissue stands are located outside of all common hallways.

Almost ready for the Fall 2020 face-to-face aMPPA (Accelerated Master’s in Public Policy and Administration) students! The hanging plexiglass is scheduled to be hung this week as this has been delivered (see RED arrow). We are awaiting the delivery of two additional mobile plexiglass that will be stationed adjacent to the lectern.

Tables and table-barriers placed in ALL the classrooms has been zip-tied together to limit movement.

Faculty will also be receiving their own PPE on the lectern as they arrive.

Student PPE will be in the classroom when they arrive.

Each student will have an assigned number on the table. The idea is to have each student sit only at that seat to prevent musical chairs.

As requested from the academic group, two additional student rooms are available for our aMPPA students. (see photo below)

The “NEW” Global Marketing signage are placed throughout Wieboldt Hall. There are many similar signage throughout the building and campus. Drinking fountains have also been “x’ed-out” – NOT fill stations. (see below)

The Wieboldt Hall Classrooms are coming along. Tables are serving double duty as barriers and student desks. One-way floor decal arrows are being installed. One Entry door and One Exit door will be the “norm”. A mote area surrounds the faculty area. All are still work in progress so stay tuned for more updates. I can say though that Tables are Six Feet Apart. So sings Alec Benjamin- Check it out : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d9XjnV2iKA

The Faculty requested a classroom just for them. I said okay. Room 702 was converted to be their own faculty lounge with two chairs in the event there is a student/teacher conference. Yes, 6′ apart…

The 7th floor hallways furniture has been removed and stored away. (BEFORE and AFTER images below)

Classroom are converted to store all extra furniture (see photos below) – we may have a Storage Wars sale soon (LOL!) – you know, that show where there is a Auction of ALL items in dormant storage lockers. (click onto the word Storage Wars above to see full meaning)

Wieboldt Hall Classroom 703, 704, 705 will be fully opened, rearranged, and prepared for our Accelerated Masters of Public Policy and Administration (aMPPA) cohort beginning Fall 2020. Shown below is the original configuration of the classroom space. Current capacity for all three classrooms is 126. After the configuration, the classroom will accommodate up to 27 students, if necessary. (extra space – Yay!)

Classrooms 703, 704, 705 being configured for the best possible solution with a 6 feet radius between all student’s workspace. Work in progress…Stay tuned.

1801 Maple

July 20, 2020October 21, 2020 Lito Lomahan

The move out of the lab is now complete – YAY! See the photos below. NOW – Elvis has left the building…again.

**Along South Wall immediately left upon entry …**

Move out begins October 13, 2020 of the 1801 Maple location forensic lab. Some photos inside the lab are below, along with some movement in the hallways for now. Wow, a lot of stuff. (See Day 1 & 2 photos below)

Just in…after the epic move-out of our entire facilities on the 1st floor, we have one more room to move out from – the Forensic’s Lab. All the sensitive equipment and chemicals located inside this lab will be completed by the equipment owners and is scheduled for Tuesday October 13, 2020 – Stay-tuned as the date draws closer for exclusive pix. (More photos soon!)

Day Twenty Three through day Twenty Nine – (Final Days from August 25 through August 28)… We have completed moving out of 1801 Maple location. All services completed – desk emptied, coffee & water disconnected, items moved, electronics recycled, and floor cleanings will be Friday and Monday August 31, 2020. All staff are working remotely, all needed items (for now) are stored safely inside the Coach-house, and all keys will be given back to central facilities. (whew!) If you have a key to return, please email sps-it@northwestern.edu to setup a key return date. The forensics lab and equipment will be moved out sometime in the month of October 2020.

At this point, we are considered moved out……….Peace Out! (mic drops)

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Day Twenty-Two (Aug. 24, 2020)…Trucks are loaded once again…Round Two into Coach-house – 1st and 2nd floors loaded up with more. Chairs and Furniture will be reused in Wieboldt when needed.

Day Seventeen (17)…All staff have moved out of their offices and work-spaces. First group of files and boxes moved into the Coach-house as the Second Round will begin next week. Additional cleanup and moves are scheduled for next week such as Coffee & Water service removal; NUIT phone disconnections, and Janitorial services; will be coming to complete the final move-out process. (see work-spaces below – Which areas do you recognize?)

The Purple chairs and tables will be generously donated and to be used in OLLI’s 500 E. Davis Street location in Evanston. Thank You CPS! (Center for Public Safety)

Tables and Chairs to be donated to 500 E. Davis Street location.
Both are fold-able for easy storage.
Photo by P. Dubak

**Chair with Casters –**
Photo by S. Patel

Day Eleven (11)…first move of items into the Coach-house (415 Church St.) from 1801 Maple – ROUND ONE (ding goes the boxing bell) – Wow, a lot of stuff! Move-out will continue into the week of (8/16 – 8/22). The Center for Public Safety (CPS) is scheduled to be fully out of the 1st FL of 1801 Maple by Monday August 31, 2020. Additional photos are shown below (scroll down).

More items moved into the Coach-house. (Pack ’em, Rack ’em & Stack ’em!) These are taken from the 2nd and 1st floor areas in the Coach-house.

Day SEVEN (7)… some more progress photos of items stacked and ready for pickup to store inside the Coach-house.

The main hallway in front of the 1801 Maple Classrooms. The photos removed were of the graduating classes of the Police Staff and Command Classes.

Day THREE (3)…

Day ONE (1) of the move in 1801 Maple. The fun has just begun.

This is the current location of the Center for Public Safety (CPS). We are expected to vacate these premises by August 31, 2020.

Facilities Updates

July 10, 2020September 18, 2020 Ken Woo

Signs, Signs, Signs….Work in progress photo, when we are installing signs – looks like a Sign Store threw up on the floor. (see below)

More signage samples can be found: https://www.northwestern.edu/coronavirus-covid-19-updates/campus-return/guidelines/social-physical-distancing/office-space-signage.html

Northwestern Wellness app and webpage for all returning to campus has been launched. Once an individual completes the form daily, a GREEN screen will appear to show you are “ready” to return to campus with no symptoms. (see screen shot below when completed).

Hallways within Wieboldt Hall are stripped with directional tape. Floor/Wall decals and signage will be posted throughout the building. In addition to hand sanitizers in the PPE, additional hand-sanitzer/face mask/tissue dispensers (photo below) around all the hallways. Moreover, Wieboldt Hall will have in front of each classroom a hand-sanitizer station mounted to the walls for community use.

hand-sanitzer/face mask/tissue dispenser stands in all hallways

On the Chicago Campus, a Student Testing Facility is up and running. See the signage in front of 345 Superior Street (across the street from Wieboldt). See the NU guidelines for students/faculty/staff on COVID testing: https://www.northwestern.edu/coronavirus-covid-19-updates/health/testing/fall-quarter-testing.html#graduate

Plexiglass screens were installed on the 6th and 8th floor front desk areas.

Our 405 Church Street building remains INACTIVE and OFFline. This means that no one should be going into this building and occupying inside for extended periods of time. An incidental retrieval of items is allowed but after the proper approval is given. These signs are posted at each entrance.