{"id":2940,"date":"2020-08-05T17:07:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T21:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/?page_id=2940"},"modified":"2020-08-27T00:01:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T04:01:23","slug":"fall-2020-resources-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/resources\/fall-2020-resources-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2020 Resources &#038; FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may know, <span>GWISE is working with other student organizations to request clarification on many of the vague and unclear aspects of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/covid-19\/\">Fall 2020 Back2BU guidelines<\/a>, as well as to push back against what we feel are unreasonable expectations by the university, that will especially adversely affect the most vulnerable within our graduate student population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We invite you to continue to leave anonymous comments, questions, or concerns about BU&#8217;s policies <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Tkm8puZ8YSaxX48E8\">here<\/a>, as well as fill out our <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/jyW6CqC8fJjaePSL6\">Grad Housing Survey<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/7TJM6wevj2Sixzeb6\">Teaching &amp; Learning Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the decentralized nature of information pertaining to BU&#8217;s policies, we have compiled the following list of FAQ&#8217;s broken up into relevant sections. We have also provided meeting notes from our various meetings with members of the BU administration, if you are interested.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Official BU Resources:<\/strong><\/span> The following are official resources pertaining to Fall 2020 reopening plans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/back2bu\/new-campus-life-graduates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Back2BU website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/back2bu\/files\/2020\/07\/BackToBU_PhaseTwo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Back to On-Campus Work: Phase II Re-Entry\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU SHS COVID-19 FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/healthway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Healthway Portal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/covid-19\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graduate &amp; Professional Programs FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/covid-19\/faq\/phd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhD Fall 2020 Guidelines FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memos from Provost Jean Morrison<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/category\/letters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memos from President Robert Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memos from Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FAQ&#8217;s<\/strong><\/span>: Please visit the following pages for answers compiled by GWISE to FAQs on the following subjects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/resources\/fall-2020-resources-faqs\/faqs-lfa-graduate-teaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LfA &amp; Graduate Teaching Responsibilities<\/strong><\/a>: FAQs regarding BU&#8217;s Learn from Anywhere model and responsibilities of Graduate Teaching Fellows<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/resources\/fall-2020-resources-faqs\/faqs-health-safety\/\"><strong>Health &amp; Safety<\/strong><\/a>: FAQs regarding testing, social distancing, and contact tracing protocols, as well as general health related questions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vulnerable Grad Students<\/strong>: FAQs about international students, incoming students, other vulnerable student populations, and student liability<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unanswered Questions<\/strong>: Questions that we have sent to BU administration officials which are still awaiting answers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Meeting Minutes:<\/strong><\/span> The following are notes taken by GWISE board members (unless otherwise noted) at various meetings with BU administration officials. * indicates that meeting minutes have been approved by admins present at the meeting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>*<a href=\"\/gwise\/files\/2020\/08\/Compiled-Meeting-Minutes-7_15_2020-updated-with-Admin-Edits.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meeting Minutes 7\/15\/20<\/a> with BU Administration regarding new graduate student guidelines for Fall 2o20<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/files\/2020\/07\/2020.07.29-Town-Hall-Meeting-with-Ass.-Prov-Kleinman-and-Dean-Jeffries-EL-Notes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GSO Meeting Notes 7\/30\/20<\/a> (taken by GSO board members)<\/li>\n<li>*<a href=\"\/gwise\/files\/2020\/08\/Meeting-with-BME-Dept_7_31_20_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meeting Notes 7\/31\/20<\/a> with BME Department about TF duties (policies and practices discussed here may be specific to BME students)<\/li>\n<li>*<a href=\"\/gwise\/files\/2020\/08\/BME-Testing-QA_8_6_20_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meeting Notes 8\/6\/20<\/a> with BME Department about Testing &amp; Health (most policies and practices discussed here apply to ALL members of BU community)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/gwise\/files\/2020\/08\/Back2BU-Moderated-Discussion-LfA-8_18_20-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meeting Notes 8\/18\/20<\/a> from Back2BU Moderated Discussion #1: Logistics of the LfA Classroom\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/gwise\/files\/2020\/08\/Chat-of-Back2BU-Moderated-Discussion_-LfA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Q&amp;A Zoom Chat<\/a> from this Moderated Discussion. Please note that all student names have been removed to maintain privacy and anonymity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/gwise\/files\/2020\/08\/Back2BU-Moderated-Discussion-Health-8_24_20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meeting Notes 8\/24\/20<\/a> from Back2BU Moderated Discussion #2: COVID-19 Policies and Operations\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/gwise\/files\/2020\/08\/Chat-from-Moderated-Discussion-on-Back2BU_-Health-and-Policies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Q&amp;A Zoom Chat<\/a> from this Moderated Discussion. Please note that all student names have been removed to maintain privacy and anonymity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As always, please feel free to reach out to us at gwise@bu.edu with any questions or concerns or if you&#8217;d like to be involved in these discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may know, GWISE is working with other student organizations to request clarification on many of the vague and unclear aspects of the Fall 2020 Back2BU guidelines, as well as to push back against what we feel are unreasonable expectations by the university, that will especially adversely affect the most vulnerable within our graduate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16558,"featured_media":0,"parent":1219,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16558"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2940"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3004,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2940\/revisions\/3004"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}