Cora Bennet:  Welcome to our 
final day of IntroDUCKTion 
remote programming. 
In our first program of the tay 
we covered programs and 
resources for parents and family
members of ducks, in this 
session, we are, again, joined 
by our colleagues in university 
housing who will share more 
about move-in and the housing 
experience this fall. 
As a reminder, our presenters 
will answer your questions live 
on camera during the last 
segment of this session, if 
you're watching in Zoom, please 
use the Q&A feature at the 
bottom of your Zoom screen to 
ask us your questions, if you're
watching on Facebook, you can 
also ask your questions there. 
Cora Bennet:  I'm sorry, at this
time, I'm really pleased to 
welcome my colleagues from 
university housing. 
Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie is the 
director of residence life and 
educational initiatives and Alex
Galbreath, director of housing 
promotion and student 
recruitment. 
Welcome to Alex and Anna, Anna, 
would you like to start? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Yeah, thanks CORA, it's so 
wonderful to be here as CORA 
mentioned my name is Anna 
Schmidt-MacKenzie. 
I'm the director of residence 
life and educational 
initiatives, which really means 
I get to work with all of the 
student life that's inside of 
the residence halls, thrilled to
be here, for the very final 
housing session, of 
IntroDUCKTion. 
Thrilled because that means that
September, which means we are 
welcoming you to our residence 
halls towards the middle to end 
of this month. 
So we're getting closer, really 
excited to be here to try to 
answer your questions and 
provide as much information as 
we can; and I am also so 
thrilled to be here with my 
colleague Alex Galbreath, and 
I'll let her introduce herself! 
>> Alex Galbreath:  Thanks, 
Anna. 
Hello, everyone, I'm Alex 
Galbreath, and I'm the director 
of promotions and student 
recruitment at the university 
housing and I am happy to be 
here for our third and final 
housing IntroDUCKTion session. 
So if you've been here from the 
beginning, I -- a big kudos to 
you and definitely been a lot of
fun as we have sort of 
progressed through the summer 
together. 
So, before we get started I just
want to give an overview of what
we're going to talk about today.
There is a lot of information, 
and I know that a lot of 
students and families have 
questions, and so, I want 
you-all to see just generally 
what we're going to be talking 
about today so that you can see 
what's coming up. 
Once we get through those areas,
and topics, if you still have 
questions we didn't address, 
please make sure to submit those
either on Zoom if you're the 
students or in the Facebook 
Page. 
So we're just going to talk a 
little bit about some updates, 
what's happened since our last 
August IntroDUCKTion session, we
will talk about, testing, we'll 
talk about what to bring and 
what not to bring, how to get 
involved and sort of what to 
expect next. 
All right. 
So some updates since our August
session:  One of those was the 
contract addendum. 
And, actually, in my last August
session, 
I did talk about this briefly, 
but it wasn't quite in students'
hands yet. 
So at this point all residents 
have received and signed and 
submitted this contract addendum
and this is really just to help 
give students information about 
what some of the changes may be 
throughout the year, as a result
of the -- ever-changing COVID-19
situation. 
So, that was one new update 
since August. 
The other one is the testing 
requirement, which we're going 
to talk a lot more about, which 
is required for all residents 
moving into the residence halls.
And then, also, on August 26th, 
the U of O announced that fall 
term will be primarily remote, 
or online classes; so a lot of 
things have happened over the 
next month. 
And so we're just going to dive 
in and get started. 
And pass it on to Anna to talk 
about move-in and testing to 
start it out 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Thanks Alex, before we get into 
the details of move-in and 
testing, I would love to give 
you an overview of what the 
process looks like. 
First, will be, day one, our 
testing day, so this is the day 
that you will arrive at a 
testing station. 
This is going to be in -- sorry 
the stadium, and when you get 
there, you're going to get all 
of the instructions of how to 
take the test. 
It's very easy, we'll go through
what it looks like a little bit 
later; but you will get the 
instructions there, onsite. 
And then you'll get your results
the following day. 
This will be in a portal that 
only you have access to, and so,
essentially, that's really all 
you have to do on the very first
day. 
The next day, you will get your 
results. 
If they are a negative result, 
I'll start at the bottom, 
actually -- if they're negative,
you will just get this in your 
portal. 
And if you check that, it's 
negative, you're going to go 
ahead and proceed to check-in. 
And when you check in, it's 
really, that's where you're 
going to get your keys, we're 
going to have our staff 
welcoming you; and then 
proceed -- you know, guiding 
you, proceeding you to where, 
where you're room is, where your
building is; and get unpacked 
and ready to go! 
If your test is actually 
positive, then you would have a 
follow-up, actually, over the 
phone. 
By the university of Oregon case
management team. 
And they'll coordinate the 
isolation procedures for you. 
Along with, you know, just 
sharing some options for you. 
A couple of options, we know 
that some folks might want to 
return home, be with their 
family if they're ill. 
If you're ill, I imagine that 
some folks might want to return 
home and isolate. 
And that's perfectly fine. 
Others may wish to move in to an
isolation space here on campus 
to be closer to just have... the
ease of transition, back when 
you're out of isolation. 
And we have plenty of spaces on 
campus, an entire building, 
actually, prepared and ready and
staff to help check you in to 
that isolation space for, 
however, long you need that -- 
that time and that space. 
So that's kind of the overview 
of the first day, only thing you
really have to think about is 
getting that test. 
And then the next depending on 
your results, you'll move in 
with us, into one of two places 
so I think, a next question, 
might be, Alex, how do you sign 
up for testing and move-in? 
>> Alex Galbreath:  Yes! 
So, I think this is, the big 
information, that everyone's 
been waiting for. 
And so I want to first, say that
the move-in information, and 
sign-up for. 
Testing and move-in will be 
available in students' myhousing
portal under the my assignments 
tab by today. 
All students will be getting an 
e-mail today of when that is 
live, because the system can 
take time to get all of those 
thousands of e-mails out. 
It will all be live at the same 
time for everyone, and we'll be 
communicating that. 
So please be sure that you are 
checking your e-mail throughout 
this afternoon. 
But as Anna mentioned, testing 
will be on kind of day one of 
your move-in experience and the 
actual move-in for those with a 
negative test result will be on 
day 2, so testing will begin on 
September 19th, with the first 
move-in day on September 20th. 
It's important to note that 
there are limited spaces each 
day. 
So depending when you're going 
into your my housing you may see
different dates available and 
I'll talk a little bit about 
that as I walk through some of 
these things, but before you're 
signing up when you go into your
my housing there's going to be a
series of pages for you to 
complete until you can access 
that sign-up for your test date 
and your move-in time. 
One of the things includes going
over our community Standards, 
and making sure that you have 
read those; you acknowledge and 
you understand those. 
As well as a mini training kind 
of COVID-19 modules that you 
understand what the expectations
are as a resident and what are 
some of the things that are 
important for us to do and you 
specifically as a resident to 
help prevent the spread of 
COVID-19. 
Then you'll be able to sign up 
for your testing date and time; 
so you'll, actually, be 
selecting that testing date and 
time, 
And then automatically will be 
assigned your move-in time based
on that information. 
So for example, if you were to 
choose your testing on Tuesday 
at 9:00 a.m., your move-in time 
will be Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. 
If your testing time was Tuesday
at 10:00 a.m., your move-in time
will be Wednesday at 12 noon. 
So that's sort of a -- 
automatically connected in there
and, again, this is all taking 
place in your my housing 
account. 
One thing I want to make sure 
and talk about is guests during 
move-in. 
Students, you -- when you come 
to Eugene, you will be able to 
bring guests with you, when it 
comes to being on campus, 
actually, moving into your 
residence hall you are only 
allowed the same two guests, 
during that time period. 
So you can't switch out the two 
guests. 
It needs to be the same two 
guests. 
We want to make sure that we're 
making move-in as safe as 
possible, so there will be 
limiting the number of people 
each day. 
As well as by each building. 
Sign-in just to help remind 
everyone of physical-distancing.
There will be areas where carts 
are at and sanitizing stations 
and so, you know, this move-in 
experience is going to be very 
unique and different, for all of
us, but we still want this to be
such an important experience for
you all; so that is one thing, 
just keep in mind. 
And a big part of this move-in 
experience, is definitely going 
to be that testing, which Anna 
will go into a little bit more 
details about what you can 
expect 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Cool, thanks Alex! 
So, yeah, let's talk testing! 
It's a really big part of the 
move-in process, and it's 
something we feel is really 
important and we know is is 
really important so I'll talk, 
first, a little bit about why 
we're doing testing at the 
University of Oregon, before 
students can move into their 
residence halls. 
We are really committed to 
following medical authority 
guidance, and we are really 
committed to slow the 
transmission of COVID-19 and 
take as many measures as we 
possibly can to do so. 
And we know that means in this 
case many measures. 
So testing to help identify 
positive cases, followed by 
isolation, and contact-tracing, 
social distancing hand-washing, 
Wearing masks, these are all 
really important measures that 
we're taking to slow the 
transmission of COVID-19. 
And at the U of O in particular,
we are leveraging our research 
strength. 
We have a wonderful monitoring 
and assessment program, 
otherwise known as MAP; who is 
doing our testing for all of our
residents. 
So that's really why. 
The test, itself is a nasal swab
a self-collected nasal swab. 
It is not painful. 
Noninvasive. 
And it's very quick. 
T as far as a sample. 
Once you are done with that, we 
are asking folks to quarantine. 
Quarantining either by yourself 
or with your family or guests 
that have come down with you. 
That might mean staying in a 
hotel, or another accommodation,
Wherever you are doing that, 
that might mean going back home,
whatever you're doing that we're
asking you to quarantine, 
And if you need help, or 
assistance, and support, and 
identifying some accommodations 
like a hotel, you can indicate 
that in your Myhousing when you 
go in and sign up for move-in, 
it's an easy indication. 
The results, I think, 
Alex has mentioned this, these 
come back the very next day. 
And depending on the results 
you'll be able to either move in
to your residence hall room or 
talk about options. 
As far as future testing:  
That will be a second round. 
This is also advised by our 
medical authorities to do that 3
to seven days after you take 
your first test. 
So you'll be able to not only 
sign up for your first test, but
when you're going to be tested 
for a second round. 
Alex Galbreath:  Yes, and I'll 
just add that the... test, 
itself, is a self-collected 
test. 
And, Anna and I actually joked 
about maybe we could -- 
Joked in the sense of if we can 
make it happen, we would, but 
just to show you-all, it's not 
the very long one that goes way 
up in your nose. 
It's -- I'm not going to say it 
right, but it's just right 
inside your nose so it's very 
minimally invasive and as Anna 
said virtually painless so 
that's, you know, just a little 
bit to add about the test 
itself. 
Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  If I 
may add one more -- Alex 
Galbreath:  Yeah 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  Just
piece of advice in terms of the 
results:  Talk about with your 
family, with your loved ones, 
what it might mean if you did 
test positive. 
We think it would be really 
helpful to think about that 
plan, would you want to stay on 
campus in our isolation spaces? 
Would you want to return home, 
if you are able to do so? 
Just to think about that. 
So that you're prepared and 
ready for what that might mean 
for you and for your family and 
certainly your family might, 
then, be a contact case that 
might need to be in touch with 
their providers, just things to 
think about and also as a part 
of preplanning something as a go
bag, something aside from all 
your other belongings that you 
can quickly bring with you 
should you need to isolate. 
I'm going to turn it over to 
Alex, to talk about a little bit
what can go in that go-bag 
>> Alex Galbreath:  All right, 
yes, Anna, that is a really good
point. 
Whether that's a go-bag to have 
ready as part of it testing for 
move-i or that second round of 
testing that will happen three 
to seven days after, just so 
that you have items prepacked 
and ready to go, if you need to 
direct somebody to get that from
your room or somebody to get it 
for you. 
I think there are lots of 
resources out there, in terms of
what makes sense, for each 
person, to what in terms of to 
have in a go bag, but these are 
some things we wanted to 
highlight to think about. 
So one of the first ones I want 
to mention is about clothes. 
So comfortable clothes, and 
several changes' worth, because 
you may be there for, you know, 
ten, 12, 14 days. 
It's really going to vary for 
each student in their situation 
so you want to make sure that 
you have comfortable clothes. 
And that you have more than, you
know, one outfit for example. 
One change. 
Self-care items, so, you know, 
when you're in isolation or 
quarantine, you're not able to 
leave that space, and so, we 
want to make sure that you have 
things to take care of yourself.
Whether that's coloring book or 
reading books or cards, whatever
that might be so if you have a 
few extras of those to put in 
that go bag, that's great. 
Of course, your face coverings. 
Phone charger. 
That's -- I feel like one of the
small things that is so easy to 
forget in the moment, when 
you're having to make that 
transition. 
Extra bathroom supplies, 
including, you know, hand 
sanitizer, 
Snacks, comfort food, you know, 
for me, I think I would have 
some cheese its in there, 
because I know that's one of my 
comfort foods, so having some of
that and any personal items, if 
maybe you have a favorite 
blanked or stuffed animal or 
anything like that. 
But you want to make sure that 
you're packing light, because 
this is something you're going 
to be bringing with you to that 
space. 
Now, of course, if that time 
comes, if you have to go -- if 
you're identified to be in 
isolation or quarantine, those 
are great items you can have 
ready to go. 
But there's some things that 
you're going to need to pack on 
the spot. 
And that's going to include 
academic materials so laptop, 
charger, books, notebooks, if 
you have any prescription 
medications, you meant to myou t
to make sure that you have that 
easily accessible. 
And, your wallet, and even a 
thermometer, and, actually, all 
of our students will be getting 
a welcome kit that will include 
a thermometer and hand sanitizer
and some information and 
resources, on symptom 
self-checks and those sorts of 
things so start having those 
conversations, kind of start 
thinking about that as you're 
planning and preparing for what 
to pack. 
So I just want to come back to 
this graphic, and sort of pull 
all of it together. 
Like I said earlier, it's a lot 
of information, all of this 
information is going to be in 
the Myhousing Portal, and in a 
way, that really flows with the 
process and the next steps that 
you're taking in there, but the 
overall summary of what move-in 
is going to look like is your 
Day 1 will be your testing day. 
So you'll arrive at the stadium.
Receive instructions for that 
self-collected test. 
You'll take the test, then the 
next day is when you'll get your
test results, and it is very 
important for you, and any of 
your guests to quarantine during
that time. 
So that is not the time to be 
getting supplies at Target, or 
bed, bad & beyond or any of 
those places and that could be 
in a hotel in Eugene other 
accommodations or if you're 
local maybe you choose to go 
back home so you'll want to 
quarantine until you get the 
results the next day. 
If you're negative, you'll be 
able to, then, check-in during 
your assigned move-in time and 
move back in and as Anna said 
the positive test the U of O 
case management team will work 
with you and kind of go into one
of those options so that is why 
testing is starting, again, on 
September 19th, with move-in 
starting on September 20th and 
that will go up until the start 
of classes. 
And so, kind of along those 
lines... Alex Galbreath:  Is 
what to bring, right? 
That's, I think, one of my 
favorite parts about the move-in
process is you get really 
excited about what to bring and 
how to prepare for setting up a 
space that's really going to be 
yours, for studying. 
And your home away from home, if
you will. 
And so I, first want to point to
this Web site because this is 
going to have much more detail 
than what Anna and I will be 
going through today in terms of 
what you can bring, what you 
can't bring. 
We always encourage students and
families to pack light. 
Just makes it easier on your 
move. 
And especially with the testing 
day, and then the move-in day 
the next day, just think about 
what are those essential items 
you want to bring with you? 
And what items once you're 
settled into your space and 
really know exactly what's going
to be the best fit for you, can 
you, you know, order online, or 
be able to get afterwards? 
So, we narrowed it down, the 
best that we could. 
I got information from our 
community directors. 
And other folks in our residence
life staff, on, like, what are 
those top ten move-in staples? 
And so I'll talk a little bit 
about these items. 
I think the first one actually I
want to talk about is bedding, 
because surprisingly enough, it 
actually is one that is often 
forgotten about. 
So your bedding your sheets, 
comforter, pillows, a lot of our
beds are twin XL. 
Some are twin regular. 
That information is -- will be 
in that my room assignments, 
once it goes live later this 
afternoon and so you can 
actually see specifically what 
bed type that you're in, but you
want to make sure you're 
bringing your bedding. 
If you don't already know, face 
coverings are required on the U 
of O campus and any building, or
if you're outside and can't 
maintain physical-distancing so 
that means even in the residence
halls hallways and common spaces
the exception to that would be, 
in your own room with the door 
closed. 
So you want to make sure that 
you're bringing face coverings. 
We're in Oregon so a good 
raincoat is a pretty staple 
item. 
And, just clothes that really 
fits all the seasons, but that 
raincoat is definitely going to 
be a big one. 
Hand sanitizer. 
Headphones, laundry supplies, so
a laundry basket, 
high-efficiency laundry 
detergent. 
For laundry it's $1.50 to wash 
and free to dry and you actually
will get a laundry cart at 
move-in and at our service 
centers you'll be able to add 
money to that. 
And so you can add it all 
throughout the year to make sure
you're only spending what you 
need to. 
All just on the card, no bags or
coins or anything like that. 
Refillable water bottle you-all 
also will have seen also in the 
go back, personal shower 
products shower caddy those 
essentials a small fan was 
definitely one suggested often 
and a surge protector. 
The specific details are, again,
online but it's really important
that that is what you have. 
Because you need a device that 
can have the circuit breakers 
and needs a lot of the -- what 
to bring and what not to bring 
is around safety within the 
room. 
So having that surge protector 
is really the best way in terms 
of needing to plug in multiple 
things. 
So I got to talk about what are 
all the things to bring, but 
I'll pass it off to Anna to talk
about the reminders of what not 
to bring 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Yeah, thanks Alex! 
I get the fun stuff, right? 
[LAUGHTER]. 
>> Alex Galbreath:  Yes Anna 
Schmidt-MacKenzie:  As Alex 
mentioned this is really about 
the health and safety our our 
community and residence halls, 
anything on this list, we know 
is important to keep in mind for
the safety of everyone, to not 
bring these items. 
So candles, unfortunately, we 
can't have candles nothing with 
wick, so leave those at home. 
Space heaters, halogen lamps, 
Those are also big no-noes, 
those are fire hazards. 
Outside of the surge protectors,
don't bring power strips that 
don't have that surge 
protection, or extension cords 
or those sorts of things, and 
including sometimes there are 
lamps that have electrical 
outlets in them, please don't 
bring those. 
Alarm clocks and other, like, 
low-voltage appliances that have
the USB ports are completely 
fine. 
Refrigerators, you can 
definitely bring those, but just
make sure they're smaller than 
4.6 cubic feet. 
We don't allow microwaves, or 
open-heat sources so hot plates,
those sorts of things, please 
leave those at home as well. 
The community kitchens, will be 
open, with some guidelines, but 
those will be open. 
They have -- excuse me, they 
have microwaves in them so you 
can use those. 
Short answer, no weapons, 
Nothing with a blade longer than
3 -- 3 inches. 
Is considered a weapon. 
So no weapons at all. 
Alcohol, drugs, drug 
paraphernalia, not allowed in 
the residence halls. 
And no pets, with the exception 
of a fish, in a gallon of I 
believe under 10 -- 10 
gallon-tank. 
[LAUGHTER] Anna 
Schmidt-MacKenzie:  So you can 
bring Bubbles, with you, your 
pet fish, but other than that no
pets. 
So that's sort of, like, the 
list of what to bring, what not 
to bring, but there's a much 
more comprehensive list as Alex 
mentioned online, if you want to
check that out. 
And when you're packing. 
And I'm going to just sort of 
transition a little bit, and 
talk about what does it mean to 
be a Duck and be here in the 
residence halls? 
I think you -- a lot of folks 
expect all the learning to 
happen inside of a classroom, or
inside of a Zoom room now. 
Taking classes, but we know that
our residence halls are amazing 
spaces for learning. 
And we are actively, as a staff,
engaged in strategies to get you
to learn during your time, and 
make the most of your time, and 
these are really rooted in five 
learning goals. 
I know that you've probably 
heard these before, if you've 
attended either of the other 
Sessions. 
But we really focus on cultural 
competence first, thinking about
your own identities. 
Social identities. 
Social identities of others. 
How those play out related to 
power. 
And dynamics. 
We have also focused on 
well-being, your personal 
well-being. 
Choices that can contribute to 
better well-being for you, and 
for the community. 
Integrated learning, how are you
integrating what you're learning
in the classroom and at other 
places into your life? 
Becoming a lifelong learner, 
those are really important 
skills that we focus on. 
Relationships, and community:  
This is probably what you think 
of the most, actually, when you 
think about living in a 
residence hall. 
Coming together, in small 
groups, getting to know your 
roommate. 
Having healthy relationships. 
Working through conflict in 
relationships. 
Those are all really important 
things that you'll learn in the 
residence halls, and we focus on
those things. 
And finally, responsibility. 
What does it mean to be 
responsible? 
Responsible to yourself, 
responsible to those around you?
Thinking about your decisions, 
thinking about others' decisions
and how they impact the 
community. 
I can think of no greater time, 
actually, than during COVID-19, 
when these values and these 
goals are more relevant. 
Thinking about how we come 
together as a community, how we 
can take care of each other. 
How we think about our actions, 
and how they affect others and 
how they take care of the folks 
around us and really come 
together as a -- a Ducks 
community; and so we're pretty 
passionate about learning inside
of the residence halls and these
are the areas that we really 
focus on 
>> Alex Galbreath:  So -- all 
right. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Hands it over. 
>> Alex Galbreath:  I didn't 
realize I clicked this, so here 
we go! 
And along the lines we talked 
about this at our last 
IntroDUCKTion session. 
I think this information and 
messaging is all over campus, 
and so, for those students who 
are going to be coming to campus
and living in the residence 
halls, just the reminder that 
Ducks talking care of Ducks, to 
practice safe 
physical-distancing, wear a face
covering. 
Stay home. 
Ment in a room, if you're sick, 
and clean hands, you know, 
washing your hands, I -- always 
wash my hands, but now I really 
count 20 seconds and do all the 
things every single time. 
And so we know that many folks, 
many students, are choosing to 
stay home. 
And that is where they'll be 
doing their classes and we know 
many students are coming to live
in the residence halls and so 
for those of us who are on 
campus, these are the things 
that we can do to help prevent 
the spread of COVID-19. 
Alex Galbreath: T so just a 
little tie-in to the learning 
goals and a reminder for that. 
But I'll hand it over to Anna to
talk more about being a Duck 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Yeah, thanks Alex. 
Just kind of want to talk about 
what you can do, and how to get 
involved. 
I know so much right now about 
this pandemic, and COVID, it's 
about what you can't do and you 
can't do this and all these 
guidelines, but we really know 
that there's a lot of wonderful 
things that you can do when you 
get here; so. . . These are a 
list of a few of our engagement 
opportunities that we have for 
students, first, is the 
residence hall Association, this
is a way through your hall 
government or your hall council 
to get connected in an 
overarching association that 
focuses on 
Social opportunities to come 
together with other residents, 
Advocacy issues that are facing 
you, as a residential student. 
Really kind of coming together 
as a really great organization 
so if you've ever been involved 
in, like, student government in 
high school or taken leadership 
roles, becoming a part of the 
RHA, residence hall association 
or your hall council, hall 
government, a great way to 
continue your involvement as a 
student leader. 
We also have a lot of student 
employment opportunities, 
everything from working in 
dining halls, to becoming an RA 
perhaps in your softwphomore or 
junior or senior year, office 
assistants, we, I think, are the
highest employer of students, 
actually, across campus here at 
university Housing so we have a 
lot of ways to get plugged in 
and kind of work on some career 
skills and also, maybe make a 
little bit of money while you're
at it. 
Which is always a good thing. 
And then the last couple of 
things I'll mention, are your 
faculty and residents. 
We have have of our three, all 
have faculty members and 
families who live in the 
residence halls and provide 
programmatic opportunities, 
mentorship, informal 
interactions with faculty 
members, who are really 
passionate about engaging with 
undergraduate students, in 
informal and meaningful ways. 
So if you're in one of those 
three buildings I Deladefinitel 
recommend getting to know them. 
They will be out and about on 
the different move-in days and 
let you know right from the 
beginning how to get involved in
their opportunities. 
And then we have faculty 
fellows, we're actually building
on this program, and expanding 
it to almost all of our 
residence halls so that we'll 
have faculty members who don't 
live in the building, but come 
in and do programming, 
Informal office hours, 
And you'll hear a lot more about
that when you get here. 
So, these are just a few of the 
ways, to get involved, as a 
student and things that you can 
do and we really encourage you 
to take advantage of when you 
get here. 
So I'll turn it back to Alex 
just to say we're really excited
to see you, and just not very 
many days from now! 
[LAUGHTER] Alex Galbreath:  Yes,
and I think I would just add 
that, you know, while the 
University classes, are going 
remote, and online, for fall 
term. 
We are welcoming students, 
whether you're first-year 
students or other students into 
the residence halls and really 
focusing on providing these 
engagement opportunities, both 
virtually, and in person; 
because that community-building,
those connections. 
That leadership opportunities, 
are just such an important part 
of college in general, but 
especially in that first year. 
In making that transition, and 
so, I just think that that's 
just something to keep in mind, 
and honestly, to look forward 
to, and you can actually get a 
little bit more information on 
what some of those opportunities
will be on our coronavirus 
information page, for residents 
so that's the first link there. 
That will be updated also later 
today with a lot of the 
information that we talked about
in terms of testing and housing,
but that's a place that we'll 
continue to update. 
What sort of engagement 
opportunities and things to look
forward to, as well as 
prevention efforts we're taking 
in housing to provide that safe 
space in terms of the cleaning, 
and adjusting -- adjusting 
lounges, and the signage. 
And just really preparing as 
Anna said to welcome you-all in 
just a few short weeks. 
These are ways that you can stay
connected with us. 
That COVID-19 page, also links 
out to an FAQ page specifically 
for Housing. 
And so that is a really great 
place and resource to go to, if 
you have questions from testing,
to move-in. 
And that is going to constantly 
be updated. 
And kind of match where we are 
in the cycle of things. 
The other is a housing blog, our
most recent blog post actually 
has information about 
transportation, so if you're 
thinking about bringing a car, 
if you plan to bring a bike, 
what the public transportation 
looks like, in Eugene, and at 
the U of O, and that's actually 
one thing that I didn't mention 
in the top items to bring, but 
if you're planning to bring a 
bicycle, inexpensive bike, and a
nice elock bike lock, bike 
helmet lights, and reflectors 
are all really important things 
to make sure that you have with 
you. 
Following us on social media:  
So some of those graphics that I
shared in terms of the go-bag, 
top ten items to bring, and 
other things -- I'll be sharing 
out there as well. 
So if you didn't quite catch it 
in the presentation, that's 
okay. 
We'll make sure that you have 
access to it. 
And that's a good place across 
Facebook, Twitter, and 
Instagram, to, again, get more 
information. 
Get updates from us or also 
connect with us. 
If you have questions, please, 
please, please reach out to us. 
We want to make sure that you're
getting all the right 
information and all the 
information that you need to 
prepare for a successful testing
and move-in experience. 
This fall and just even becoming
a resident in the residence 
halls. 
So you can e-mail us at the 
information there, and you can 
also call or text us. 
Which is a -- the texting is a 
nice, you know, quick way to get
the information that you need. 
So with that, I think we're 
ready to invite CORA, to answer 
some of your questions live! 
Cora Bennet:  Well, I'm going to
invite you to answer some of 
their questions live 
>> Alex Galbreath:  This is 
true, you're going to ask the 
questions to, then, answer, you 
sure you don't want to answer 
them. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Well, there are
some in here I want to take, but
I do want to start with a couple
that I know are -- we're getting
lots of. 
So, Anna, actually, this first 
one is for you. 
Actually, comes from a student, 
athlete who already has 
experienced a test, and has been
quarantining and isolating 
within the -- athlete bubble 
that we've sort of created here.
But this athlete is going to be 
living in the residence halls. 
And wants to know will retesting
be required for her? 
And what is your best advice on 
selecting that testing or 
move-in date when that comes up 
for students later today? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Yeah, if I'm understanding that 
correctly this is folks who have
already tested, maybe an athlete
or have been tested. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Yes. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  -- 
at other times and have not 
tested positive. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Yeah, and this 
student is a cross-country 
athlete and has been in Eugene 
for some time already Anna 
Schmidt-MacKenzie:  Got is, 
yeah, so, I mean, definitely I 
would recommend talking to your 
coaches, but if you're moving on
to campus, and you would still 
come -- check -- just, when you 
get your information, go sign in
to the move-in. 
Sign in for that test, it's 
required for our students, to 
have that, you know, within 24 
hours, so, of moving in or 
within a day of moving in and so
we still would need that from 
anyone who is moving in to the 
residence halls, even if you've 
tested for whatever reason 
before. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you for 
that. 
Okay. 
So, you know, you won't be 
surprised. 
We have tons of questions. 
And I am going to play favorites
here, because the -- there's a 
student named CORA, who is 
asking questions. 
[LAUGHTER] Cora Bennet:  And I 
didn't plant her, she's not me. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Sure.
>> >> Will honors college and 
arc students move-in early and 
will testing be available before
we go home at the end of the 
term? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Great question so for our 
academic residential communities
or ARC students or Clark honors 
college students, this year, we 
are not having move-in days be 
early-specifically for those 
groups. 
And so you will be invited to 
sign up, at a time that works 
for you, and it really doesn't 
matter what you were affiliated 
with, in terms of your ARC 
program or your -- your Clark 
honors college, there's 
unfortunately this year. 
Um... we just don't have a 
specific early move-in. 
It's just a very long move-in 
process for all of us. 
[LAUGHTER]. 
Cora Bennet:  Well, and testing 
is shaping this quite a bit. 
So this is -- an opportunity, 
though, for students to help 
identify the times in which are 
most convenient for them and 
their family to take care of 
this. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  Yes,
definitely, if I might add, 
though, CORA, I know that our 
faculty directors, and our 
academic initial different staff
within residence life are 
working on some programming that
is specific, and I know Clark 
honors college team -- faculty 
and staff are working on 
specific programming, that isn't
necessarily tied to your move-in
date. 
And so you should be looking for
some specific information from 
those Programs. 
But they're not going to dictate
your move-in day. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you. 
Along those lines:  I'm going to
steal -- one or two of these 
questions because we got some 
that were very similar and so 
I'm going to go through those, 
both Peyton and Seth asked 
questions that were pretty 
similar, what are the bubbles we
were told about in our flock 
meetings? 
How will those work? 
And Seth is wondering would you 
be allowed to have someone from 
a different room in the same 
hall in your room? 
And so -- Anna, I'm going to let
you take the second one, but it 
seems to be related to what will
be safe? 
And what are we allowed to do? 
And we also had a question, from
a student about will there be 
other welcome programs, just the
testing, or will there be other 
things? 
So I'll take the ones around 
welcome and that discussion 
around the bubble. 
So, our team has been working 
very closely with the housing 
Team, for several months, and 
kind of, you know, playing the 
waiting game as to how this is 
all going to look and now that 
we all know what testing would 
look like, we've developed a 
couple of ways for students, to 
still continue the Orientation 
Experience. 
And because Orientation is a 
process, it's not a singular 
program, at the university of 
Oregon, and so there's still a 
couple of things that are left 
to do. 
Once you have your test and we 
ask you to go find a safe space,
whether it's your hotel or if 
it's -- if you're able to get 
back into a -- a to your home, 
and quarantine safely, we have 
some remote programming for you.
It's not arduous and it's not 
long, but we do have some things
we want to explain and other 
educational things for you to 
take care of. 
Some other fun things for you to
watch during that time. 
And after you move win, we have 
a couple of in-person programs 
for you to take part in. 
This will be a -- this will 
achieve a couple of things for 
us:  It will give you an 
opportunity to inteenter /* ent 
our classrooms and see what they
look like and get comfortable 
with the classroom experience 
and how it will look five 50 or 
fewer people inside a classroom 
space, it also gives us time to 
do a couple of really important 
programs we know are most 
effective if we can do those in 
person. 
So you'll be grouped in very 
small groups, you'll get a 
chance to meet your SOSers in 
person and you may not yet -- 
all of your flock meetings but 
current students, and have a 
chance, to, you know, see their 
eyes crinkle up when they smile,
and see you. 
And then we will also have a 
list of things for you to be 
able to do around campus, around
Eugene, give you some resources 
for that time between move-in, 
and the time that classes begin 
on September 29th; so we want to
make sure you have things to do.
We're still adding to that list 
of things, that we'll make 
available to you. 
Ways in which we can show you 
around campus, and have you 
understand, where you can go 
study; where you can eat; also 
know which buildings are where 
and find your classes and all of
that. 
So we've got plenty of things 
planned for you to do between 
Testing, and move-in, and 
move-in, and the first day of 
classes, so we're working really
closely with a lot of folks 
around campus to make sure that 
we have things, for you to do. 
And that you don't feel like 
you're having to isolate inside 
your residence hall room. 
And when it comes to those 
bubbles:  We're hoping those 
small groups will become your 
bubble, at least your temporary 
bubble. 
We want to also be able to teach
you, around -- about social 
gatherings and what state 
guidelines are about social 
gatherings, 10 or fewer 
people -- 
And we also want to arm you with
all the skills that you need to 
understand how you can still 
network and make friends, but do
that in a low-risk way. 
So that's what we're hoping to 
be able to teach you and make 
you comfortable with, in that 
time before you also have to add
classes into the mix of becoming
a Duck. 
So, keep that in mind. 
We'll be putting out more 
information around those 
activities, as soon as we're 
able. 
We want to make sure that you 
get your test date signed up 
for. 
The testing, I mean, I'm sorry, 
signing up for your test date is
the next important step in this 
process, so when you get that 
e-mail notification from Housing
later today, please go in right 
away and sign up for that. 
We want you to take care of 
those things first; and then the
information about what happens 
during that welcome period will 
follow. 
So hang tight. 
We're putting all that together.
And we have lots of great things
for you. 
Anna, can you talk about the 
expectations a little bit more 
about who you can hang out with 
in the residence halls and who 
we're asking students, to, you 
know, -- how we're asking 
students to kind of keep risk 
low? 
From the halls? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Absolutely! 
So the -- you know, space seems 
to define a lot about what we 
can do, and can't do. 
Whether it's outside, inside, 
and how the space is configured.
And so, it's -- for us to really
focus in on making as safe as 
possible and low-risk as 
possible. 
Inside your actual room, there 
are no guests, and a guest is 
actually defined as "somebody 
who is not assigned to that 
room" so you and your roommate, 
that's really your space, 
And you're the -- you know, 
that's the unit-living there and
so we're not inviting 
unfortunately into that specific
space. 
We have lots of common spaces 
that are clearly marked on how 
many folks can safely be in a 
space, depending on how large it
is, our team has actually gone 
in. 
Alex was a part of this team 
going in to every single space, 
and seeing how it can be 
configured to maximize community
with furniture. 
And arrangements, and keep folks
safe. 
So you'll know exactly how many 
people can be in that space. 
And you can be in those spaces, 
with other folks that live in 
your residence halls. 
And then we also have some 
larger public spaces, on the 
first floor, near our dining 
halls, where, if that bubble 
isn't necessarily the folks 
right in your immediate 
residence hall building, you'll 
be able to... you know, hang out
with them in spaces, like, on 
the very first floor, more 
public lounge spaces. 
But we are doing some 
limitations to the spaces to try
to be safe as far as who is in 
them, and the room, itself, is 
one of those spaces where it can
just be you and your roommate. 
Cora Bennet:  Thank you for 
that! 
Sarah is wonder -- and Anna this
is another one for you, if we 
are going home during dead week 
and finals week, will we have to
pay for housing through these 
weeks? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  Yes,
so if the contract is for -- to 
live on campus, for the entirety
of the term, and we do know that
some students will be choosing 
to go home for the weeks that 
you mentioned, or could be at 
any other time, and so, it is 
really, living in the halls for 
the whole term, so that's up to 
you, as far as if you would like
to stay there. 
We're not closing that hall for 
those times, and so, you know, 
if you have a particular 
situation that you want to reach
out to us, individually. 
About what that might mean for 
you, if you were, you know, 
wanting to vacate the residence 
halls, I would encourage you to 
get in touch with our team, but 
it is for the entirety of the 
term, the contract covers from 
week zero, all the way through. 
The end of finals. 
Cora Bennet:  Thank you, okay, 
indigo is wondering are we able 
to test at home before move-in 
instead of going to campus for 
testing? 
I believe that is also an Anna 
question 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Sure, that is unfortunately, no,
we're not in the position to 
allow folks to bring in test 
results, working with with our 
monitoring and assessment MAP 
program here at U of O and 
working with our health 
officials they've been really 
clear about the type of test 
they feel is most reliable. 
And consistent, and we'll keep 
our -- our community safest. 
And so, the university of 
Oregon, is really relying on 
that expertise, in our 
decisions, for which tests, and 
so, unfortunately, we're not in 
the position to allow those 
tests to be brought in from 
another place. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you, 
Caleb is wondering -- can we be 
tested locally the day before? 
This seems like the same kind of
question so we'll go ahead and 
skip this one. 
Cat is wondering if I am living 
on campus for fall term, to I 
gedo
I get to keep my same room when 
I come back for winter and 
spring term. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  You 
sure can CORA. 
In fact, very much, it's your 
room for the entirety of the 
year. 
That you're living there. 
So, you know, -- rest assured we
have a secured space for all of 
your belongings during the 
breaks and spring break, we 
actually keep the -- the 
residence halls open. 
So you can stay there as well. 
Cora Bennet:  Perfect, thank 
you. 
I'm going to throw one in there,
because I know it often comes up
with parents and family members.
Particularly this year, it feels
like it might be that -- a more 
important question, to ask 
around Thanksgiving and the 
students who choose not to leave
campus, or don't go home for 
Thanksgiving. 
Is there any change to the sort 
of traditional way that period 
is handled for this year, or -- 
that you can speak to or no? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Well, we've always done some 
outreach of having a traditional
dinner in the dining halls, what
that looks like with COVID, and 
what the regulations look like, 
you know, things seem to 
change -- I don't know if you 
know this CORA, but they seem to
change very quickly! 
Cora Bennet:  Yes. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  So 
what was true, last week is not 
true next week. 
>> Cora Bennet:  It was 
yesterday. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  An 
hour ago! 
We're rolling with that, we know
this is a time, you know, some 
students -- just on your average
year, are not able to go home, 
and so we have programming and 
activities and outreach for 
students, who are here on campus
during that time. 
And I can't give you the date 
and specifically, what it is. 
I know what we've had meals, in 
the past, and games and things 
like that for folks, the folks 
that are here. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you. 
Okay. 
So... Emma is asking, when -- 
when moving in, is the sign-up 
date linked with my roommate? 
Would we be moving in on the 
same time and date? 
Alex, I think that sounds like a
question for you 
>> Alex Galbreath:  Yes. 
So, that's a great question. 
And I'm -- it honestly, that 
answer, I feel has changed 
several times, so if I need to 
hop over to Anna, we might need 
to do that. 
It's gone back and forth as the 
testing has changed and the 
timing of things has changed. 
But... I believe that we will be
limiting it to just one roommate
moving in at a time. 
I don't know the specifics of 
what that looks like behind the 
scenes, just to try and limit 
the amount of people that should
be in that space and the guests 
that are helping moving in and 
exposure. 
But there's potentially the 
possibility to coordinate that 
around a similar time frame, 
because I know a lot of times 
parents want to meet who their 
roommates' parents are going to 
be, but Anna, if you have any 
updates or things that's 
different from I think my last 
update of what that looks like. 
Feel free to let me know. 
Or does that sound about right? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Sounds about right. 
>> Alex Galbreath:  Perfect! 
[LAUGHTER] so that would be my 
suggestion to folks. 
>> Cora Bennet:  That sounds 
pretty reasonable, thank you. 
We did also get a question, 
Alex, around, what -- how long 
will the move-in window be for 
students? 
So, when they know when their 
move-in date is, how long of a 
period of time do they have to 
be able to move in? 
>> Alex Galbreath:  I actually 
don't know the answer to that 
question. 
I will have to be quite honest 
of what the move-in period is, 
what I can tell you all that 
information is in their 
myhousing explicittly telling 
their time, and how much time 
they have, what I will say is 
really important students check 
in on time, because when they 
don't check in on time, they 
don't get to, then, extend it on
the back end, they'll still have
the same time window. 
But I believe it's typically 30 
minutes to unload get your 
stuff, and, obviously, you're 
going to take some time to 
unpack that but all those 
details will be in their mise 
housing 
>> Cora Bennet:  Well, and 
traditionally speaking you all 
allow folks to park nearby their
residence hall for that 
30-minute window to get things 
up and move the car and do the 
unpacking. 
>> Alex Galbreath:  Yes. 
>> Cora Bennet:  So really that 
30-minute window is more about 
where the car is parked. 
>> Alex Galbreath:  Yeah, 
getting that stuff out of the 
car as quickly as possible and 
we'll provide maps to students 
on where they can park near 
their hall to do the unloading 
and where they can park for 
long-term parking as well. 
>> Cora Bennet:  EmaalEmily is 
wondering, if you test positive 
when will you be able to move 
into your dorm. 
Will your family have to move in
your belongings for you, or will
you have to wait two weeks until
you can put your stuff in the 
room? 
A same similar kind of question 
from Olivia, if I get 
quarantined before move-in, 
where will I put all my stuff. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  Wow,
these are all great questions 
that we have had to wrestle 
with. 
There are so many details. 
But if you -- if you do test 
positive and you have that 
conversation with UO COVID Care 
Team, and case management team, 
about where, you know -- where 
you would be in isolation, and 
it makes sense, to be in -- in 
the UO residence hall that is 
designated for quarantine and 
isolation. 
You would -- we would actually 
give you a check-in time, the 
next -- the same basically -- if
you test -- and you get the 
results the next day, you would 
be moving in that day. 
To your room. 
Instead of moving in to your 
permanent residence hall 
assignment. 
So there's a -- caul of options 
for you, actually, in terms of 
your stuff. 
Some people want to have, you 
know, their belongings with 
them, for however long they are 
there. 
I know that was part of the 
questions, there were lots of 
questions in the question, CORA,
am if I missed some, let me know
>> No worries. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
There's a variability amount of 
days, three days ten days. 
It really depends on the medical
provider and what the team 
shares with you, and that is all
based on when your symptoms 
start. 
And so it could be just a few 
days, or it could be, several 
more up to ten days. 
If you don't want all of your 
belongings to bring into your 
space with you, into the 
temporary spot we do have a 
place for you to securely store 
them in that residence hall. 
On the first floor. 
So that they will be there, 
they'll be tagged in, they will 
be yours, they'll be secure so 
that when you're ready to leave 
that and go to your permanent 
assignment when you check out, 
those will be right there and 
you won't have to have brought 
them in to your room. 
I think another part of the 
question was who's helping me 
move both into the space as well
as moving over to the permanent 
assignment? 
>> Cora Bennet:  Yes. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  As 
far as moving into that space, 
we're actually going to be 
limiting the guests down to one,
in that space; and that's 
really, for the safety of that 
guest. 
And so really moving in to 
isolation, and to a quarantine, 
we want to minimize how many 
folks are coming into that 
space. 
So we're asking just one person,
to help move in to that space. 
Now, let's say, seven days 
later, four days later, you're 
checking out you're moving, you 
have your stuff, you could have 
your family members -- member 
come and help you move your 
belongings to your new permanent
space. 
But that might be very 
inconvenient for you. 
And so we actually will have 
staff, University of Oregon 
Staff safely transport you, and 
your belongings to your 
permanent assignment. 
And so, I think I captured most 
of the answers to those 
questions, CORA 
>> Cora Bennet:  You did. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  Did 
I miss anything. 
>> Cora Bennet:  You did but I'm
going to ask a couple of 
clarifying questions if a 
student tests negative and they 
can move into their permanent 
assigned space, they can have up
to two people helping them? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Correct. 
>> Cora Bennet:  And if they 
test positive and opt to move 
into the isolation hall they can
have one person help them move 
in? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
That's right. 
>> Cora Bennet:  And if they 
test positive and choose to stay
thing isolation hall or choose 
to go back home to a different 
safe spot, the guests who came 
with them, are not going to be 
permitted to move their stuff 
until they're permanently 
assigned? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Correct, we will have folks to 
help them move so your family 
members don't have to come back 
down to Eugene or over to Eugene
or into Eugene if they don't 
want to. 
It's possible they might want 
to. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Yeah. 
But we'll provide a storage. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  We 
will provide storage and we will
provide transportation. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you for 
that. 
>> Alex Galbreath:  If you don't
mind I was just going to add 
something really quickly to 
THA
that. 
Just to reiterate what I reside 
earlier about packing lightly 
and why that might be important 
and also -- might just help 
lessen the stress, I assume, if 
I were in that position, that 
could be a very stressful moment
for me; and so the less things I
would need to kind of be 
worrying about or tracking, and 
so, just emphasizing the packing
light, and really just bringing 
the essential items -- I think 
will just help overall in 
navigating all of that process. 
So -- just want to to extra plug
to pack light. 
Cora Bennet:  We want everyone 
to be a minimalist this year, 
right? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  Yes.
>> Cora Bennet:  Audrey is 
wondering if a student tests 
positive and chooses to return 
home for isolation, will they be
continue to be charged for a 
meal plan, and housing? 
Anna, I think this is a question
for you. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Yeah, that's a good question, 
and, actually, -- you've stumped
me. 
I -- you know, I actually... I 
don't -- if -- so if you have to
go home for ten days and come b 
>> If you test positive and 
choose to come home. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  Can 
I get back to you. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Yes, we will 
get back to you with Audrey's 
e-mail address. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  I 
have one more piece about the 
isolation space that I don't 
think either of us mentioned. 
Because you're staying in the 
space, they all have private 
bathrooms, and they also have 
our dining staff, will be 
delivering meals three times a 
day, so you actually will have a
menu that you can order from and
those -- meals would be 
delivered to your door so you 
don't have to leave. 
I just want to make sure folks 
know that. 
And we also have trash service 
to make sure your trash will be 
taken out of your space and we 
have a whole number of things 
we're trying to create a 
supportive environment for you. 
Because as Alex mentioned, this 
could be very stressful. 
And plus, you're ill. 
Yew 
You're not feeling well. 
So we want to try to do as much 
as we can, to make it feel like 
an inviting and supportive 
space, with the food, our 
service, our team doing 
outreach, providing some 
activities, we've got some fun 
stuff, kind of, in the back -- 
in the back packet for folks who
are there. 
But, just wanted to add that. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you, 
okay. 
So, kaya wants to know when we 
take the follow up test, will we
still have to quarantine while 
we wait for the results, so they
test a second time. 
Do they have to chill out in 
their room before they get their
results? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  They
do not. 
So we will -- we are not 
requiring folks to quarantine, 
after that second test. 
What we do understand, is that 
the rates for those second tests
are really significantly lower, 
than the first round; so we're 
not requiring folks to 
quarantine. 
I will say no matter what the 
results are, the message around 
social distancing, wearing a 
mask. 
Washing your hands, keeping -- 
like, all of those things. 
>> Cora Bennet:  That bubble is 
still going to be important. 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Totally. 
It's not -- receiving a test 
result that says that there is 
no trace of COVID, is not a -- 
you know, a license to go, and 
not comply with all of these 
things we know slows the spread.
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you for 
that reminder. 
Okay. 
Aden wants to know, can we start
mailing items to our UO dorm 
address now? 
Alex is that a question for you?
Or is that one we need to follow
up on? 
>> Alex Galbreath:  Let's follow
up on that, yes, yes. 
>> Cora Bennet:  When students 
log into their UO housing 
portal, my housing portal once 
they get the notification today 
they'll bow able to see their 
new mailing address; is that 
correct? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  They
will, and I err on the side of 
no for that, but we can loop 
back on that. 
>> It might have changed since 
previous years for sure, and I 
do want to make sure for 
students, make sure the folks 
you love and want to -- have 
you -- have them send you care 
packages throughout the year, 
make sure they know your mailing
address, okay? 
Because care packages are 
awesome! 
(Cora Bennet), okay, so we're 
quickly running out of time and 
I want to get to a couple more 
of these. 
Mia is the week of welcome the 
same as move wiin week or -- wee
going to pause on what we think 
is our week of welcome, for our 
office, week of welcome 
includes -- actually, for the 
entire campus, some traditional 
events that are large, and 
celebratory and intentionally 
so, 
And they are not things that can
be duplicated remotely or 
virtually. 
Cora Bennet:  And we don't want 
to leave anybody out. 
So we're going to pause on week 
of welcome, as it were, for this
fall, and do that at a time when
we can welcome all of our 
first-year students and our new 
transfer students for programs, 
and whether week of welcome 
happens in January or April, 
whenever that is, we're going to
do it up good, and we're going 
to make sure that week of 
welcome is a special experience 
for all of you; so for this 
fall, we're going to stick with 
IntroDUCKTion as, what we call, 
what's happening, between your 
test and the first day of 
classes. 
And then when week of welcome 
happens, I -- I assure you, you 
will know about it, but we want 
to make sure that's a special 
experience for all of our new 
ducks, so, stay tuned for that. 
Cora Bennet:  And I think the 
last question, 
Elise, wants to know, are we 
able to stay on campus during 
winter break? 
I believe Anna, is that a 
question for you? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  
Yeah, we do allow students to 
stay on campus during winter 
break. 
It does have an additional fee 
because the residence halls are 
generally closed. 
But we do have a small number of
students that need to live on 
campus and so we do allow for 
that. 
And we'll be in touch on what 
that means. 
There's a rate to stay on campus
for either a portion or the 
entirety of the winter break, 
but you absolutely can. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you for 
that. 
So that's all the time we have 
for questions. 
I do want to just reiterate, for
students and families, who are 
watching, both Alex and Anna 
talked about the notifications 
that students are going to be 
able to get today. 
I also want to remind you that 
the class schedule, has been 
updated. 
So if you want to know how any 
of the classes that you 
registered for, have changed, 
that is -- that's a fresh 
announcement. 
I just got word from the 
registrar's office -- got word 
that's happened in the last 
couple of hours you can go onto 
duck web, to find out which of 
your classes have moved from an 
in person experience, and to 
online, and which have remained.
The other thing I want to remind
you, when you log on to the my 
housing portal from the housing 
Web site, it will have tons of 
resources and information, so we
know that you all still have 
tons of questions, but I would 
encourage you to read that 
information first and then let 
our teams know if you have 
questions. 
They are working, 
-- I can't even tell you how 
many hours a day the housing 
team right now is working, 
answering questions and fielding
phone calls and not that they 
don't love it. 
They do, though, also have been 
spending lots of time making 
sure that that information is 
readily-available to you, in 
ways that are available 24 hours
a day, 
Seven days a week, where they 
may need to, you know, get some 
sleep once in a while. 
So I want to encourage you to 
read that information, and then 
ask us your questions as you 
have those. 
We're all here to help you. 
We want to work with you and 
make this as seamless and easy 
of a transition as humanly 
possible during all of this. 
So just keep that in mind. 
And read with intention as we 
talked about all summer long, so
anyway, Anna, Alex, is there 
anything else that we missed or 
reminders that you have before 
we close out? 
>> Alex Galbreath:  I -- I think
the last thing I would just like
to say, is that, for those that 
are going to be coming and 
living in the residence halls --
We are -- when we say we're 
excited for you to come. 
We really mean that. 
[LAUGHTER] Alex Galbreath:  
Campus in spring has been. 
-- it's sad, I'm not going to 
say almost sad. 
It's been sad not having people 
here, and, obviously, we 
understand why. 
But the energy that our students
bring and especially our 
first-year students, in the 
residence halls. 
-- the word that comes to mind 
is "magical."  But it's -- it 
drives a lot of why, we work, at
the U of O and University 
Housing, and so... we're ready 
and excited to have students 
back on campus, so I just want 
to express that we can't believe
it's September. 
It's kind of hard to wrap my 
mind around a little bit but 
we're excited! 
>> Cora Bennet:  That's 
well-said. 
Anna, anything you would like to
add? 
>> Anna Schmidt-MacKenzie:  No, 
I just say, sometimes people ask
us how to prepare for move-in 
days or day. 
It starts now, actually, start 
having conversations about what 
that looks like for you, your 
family your loved ones, 
preparing your heart mind soul 
for this transition. 
It is not a small one, and this 
particular pandemic has changed,
I'm sure, even I'm sure what 
would be a hard transition and a
potentially a harder one, so 
we're there with you. 
We empathize, this is a lot of 
this is inconvenient, right? 
But preparing yourself, and 
having those conversations, 
early about what this all looks 
like, will really do a lot to 
help you smoothly transition 
here and we just to echo Alex --
I am just -- I love college 
students so much. 
And I just -- it's -- I've been 
missing them, our whole team has
been missing folks for the past 
almost six months so we're 
really excited to do this, as 
safely as we possibly can to 
give you an incredible 
experience. 
>> Cora Bennet:  Thank you, 
those are terrific notes to end 
on. 
And I just want to remind folks,
housing.UOregon.edu is an 
excellent resource for you, but 
if you have questions about this
or any other IntroDUCKTion 
program, please visit our 
Web site at 
orientation.UOregon.edu. 
You can e-mail us your questions
at orientation@UOregon.edu. 
Or text us, at 541-346-1159. 
I would also encourage you to 
listen to today's episode of 
Flock Talk, we talked a little 
bit about the move-in process, 
but gave you a little bit more 
context about how this all came 
to be, so I would encourage you 
to listen to that. 
You can listen to Flock Talk on 
any of your favorite podcast 
platforms, or 
flocktalk.UOregon.edu. 
Thank you so much for your time 
joining us live today or any 
time you're watching -- for you 
students, who are watching, you 
can use this program as one of 
your required IntroDUCKTion 
interest session reflection 
assignments, so please visit 
community.UOregon.edu to submit 
your reflection on this Program,
if you're needing one to 
complete your requirements. 
To you, Anna, and Alex, and 
everyone on your team, thank you
so much for everything you have 
done for the last six months and
will continue to do for the next
nine months for all of our new 
Ducks! 
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