{"id":41809,"date":"2021-02-01T18:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T00:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=41809"},"modified":"2021-02-01T18:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T00:35:23","slug":"bsu-upgrades-covid-level-to-scenario-2-yellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/01\/bsu-upgrades-covid-level-to-scenario-2-yellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ upgrades COVID level to  Scenario 2\u2013Yellow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Beginning at midnight on Monday, February 1, 2021, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ moved to COVID-19 Scenario 2&mdash;Yellow.<br class=\"\"><br class=\"\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s COVID scenario was upgraded from Deep Orange to Orange on January 10 following guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health. The university now has the flexibility to determine a COVID-19 scenario based on conditions on our campus and in the Bemidji community. Additionally, Chancellor Malhotra&rsquo;s guidance to delay in-person events and activities for the first few weeks of the spring semester also expires on February 1.<br class=\"\"><br class=\"\">Specific information on COVID-19 Scenario 2&mdash;Yellow is available on the university&rsquo;s Coronavirus website, located at&nbsp;<a class=\"\" title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/bemidjistate.edu\/coronavirus. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbemidjistate.edu%2Fcoronavirus&amp;data=04%7C01%7CChristopher.Shepard%40live.bemidjistate.edu%7Cfd83d9fc32b14297d3d708d8c6de390c%7C5011c7c60ab446ab9ef4fae74a921a7f%7C0%7C0%7C637478005092236368%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=YwejMj4TR8K5vfjX8iGwTGvZ%2FMP2YM0YAZNgoV1rn70%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"Verified\">bemidjistate.edu\/coronavirus<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>.<br class=\"\"><br class=\"\">Access to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus under Scenario 2&mdash;Yellow will be as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\">Most buildings will be locked and accessible only via keycard;<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ academic buildings will continue to be closed to the public, with the exception of the A.C. Clark Library;<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Employees and students will have access to campus buildings during normal business hours, 7:30 a.m. &ndash; 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday;<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Students will have access to specific buildings after hours if academic coursework requires it; and<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Employees will continue to have 24-7 access to the building housing their office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><br class=\"\">Tunnels on the academic side of campus remain open, as well. Students will also continue to have keycard access to the Decker Hall computer lab.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"x_null\">Information on Specific Facilities<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">The Gillett Wellness Center will be open for limited public access under guidance issued by Gov. Walz in Executive Order 21-01 between 6 a.m.&ndash;8 p.m. Monday through Friday.<span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a class=\"\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/bemidjistate.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9b11a631e6778b6a7d5031820&amp;id=863b3b7473&amp;e=776b7b794d. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbemidjistate.us5.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D9b11a631e6778b6a7d5031820%26id%3D863b3b7473%26e%3D776b7b794d&amp;data=04%7C01%7CChristopher.Shepard%40live.bemidjistate.edu%7Cfd83d9fc32b14297d3d708d8c6de390c%7C5011c7c60ab446ab9ef4fae74a921a7f%7C0%7C0%7C637478005092246322%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=W8G%2FKZjW0Ka3SOosJul6VvRug5ZOpcvQ4AAJOwWRQHk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"Verified\">Visit the Wellness Center&rsquo;s website for up-to-date information on hours of service and access to specific activities<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>.<br class=\"\"><br class=\"\">The Hobson Memorial Union will be open between 7:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 11 a.m.&ndash;5 p.m. on Sunday. It will be closed on Saturday. Both the upper and lower union buildings will be unlocked during these times, allowing access to ID card printing, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Bookstore and the Bucky&rsquo;s Pantry Food Shelf.<br class=\"\"><br class=\"\">The A.C. Clark Library will be open to the public.<span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a class=\"\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/bemidjistate.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9b11a631e6778b6a7d5031820&amp;id=888d53b43c&amp;e=776b7b794d. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbemidjistate.us5.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D9b11a631e6778b6a7d5031820%26id%3D888d53b43c%26e%3D776b7b794d&amp;data=04%7C01%7CChristopher.Shepard%40live.bemidjistate.edu%7Cfd83d9fc32b14297d3d708d8c6de390c%7C5011c7c60ab446ab9ef4fae74a921a7f%7C0%7C0%7C637478005092256278%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=57G9zP9PQKV5svF5cfbWcMS32h1wl0j1Oq2N9PIqMT4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"Verified\">Hours of operation are available on the library&rsquo;s website<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>.<br class=\"\"><br class=\"\">Employees who need expanded building access and faculty who need to request expanded access on behalf of students in their programs should submit requests to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Keyless Entry email address (<a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:keylessentry@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">keylessentry@bemidjistate.edu<\/a>). For example, student-athletes needing access to the Gillett Wellness Center or students needing access to Sattgast Hall or the Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex.<br class=\"\"><br class=\"\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expects to remain at COVID-19 Scenario 2&mdash;Yellow until local conditions warrant a change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning at midnight on Monday, February 1, 2021, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ moved to COVID-19 Scenario 2\u2014Yellow. The university now has the flexibility to determine a COVID-19 scenario based on conditions on our campus and in the Bemidji community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,950,953,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-landing-page","category-mybsu","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41813,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41809\/revisions\/41813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}