FIU tells employees to return to campus
Faculty and staff were to âincrease (their) physical presence on campusâ effective today.
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By Jimena Tavel Miami Herald (TNS)
Published Feb. 15
MIAMI â Nearly a year after Florida International University shuttered its campuses and ordered most of its more than 10,000 employees to work remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Miami-based public university is ready to âtake back (its) spaceâ FIU President Mark Rosenberg told faculty and staff last week after sending an email that strongly suggested they return to the campus.
The missive comes at a time when Florida is leading the nation in cases of the more contagious B.1.1.7 strain of the virus, Miami-Dadeâs confirmed case count is topping more than 1,000 new cases a day and the county is lagging behind the state and other large counties in getting seniors vaccinated.
University community members began receiving the first COVID-19 vaccinations at FIU on Wednesday. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and the.