With faculty and staff beginning to return to campus, Parking Services will resume operations beginning Monday, June 29. Parking rules and regulations are still in effect.
When parking from 7 a.m. Monday through 4 p.m. Friday, a valid parking permit is needed. To give enough time to those who need a permit, Parking Services is allowing a two-week window to purchase. Beginning Monday, July 13, having a parking permit will be required. The Parking Garage and Visitor’s Paid Lot will remain open until Monday, July 6, these lots will return to requiring a proximity card or payment upon exit. The UDC parking lot will also return to a gated lot at this time.
Permits are available for purchase online at the link below. To limit in-office visits, office staff will be available to answer questions by email at parking@binghamton.edu or by phone at 607-777-2279. All transactions should be completed online when possible. If a parking transaction cannot be done online, email or call to set up an in-office appointment.
Sec. 2. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States of any alien seeking entry pursuant to any of the following nonimmigrant visas is hereby suspended and limited, subject to section 3 of this proclamation:
(a) an H-1B or H-2B visa, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien;
(b) a J visa, to the extent the alien is participating in an intern, trainee, teacher, camp counselor, au pair, or summer work travel program, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien; and
(c) an L visa, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien.
Beginning Monday, June 15, Binghamton faculty, students and staff may start requesting print materials from any library location as well as Interlibrary Loan print materials.
Pick up your Bartle To Go requests in the Bartle Library lobby from 12-4 p.m., Monday-Friday (Bartle is closed except for pick-up of library materials or appointments for Special Collections – visit Restarting Special Collections).
To make a request:
When picking up your request:
Any returns should be dropped off in the outdoor library book bins.
If you have any issues or questions, contact libnotic@binghamton.edu.
We believe that the University now has a good plan in place and are writing to provide a broad overview of our approach. Because our plan must be approved by SUNY and the Governor’s Office, at this point it is still considered to be a draft.
A key element of the plan is that we will change the fall academic calendar. Classes will begin on Wednesday, August 26, as planned, but we will hold classes on all holidays originally scheduled for the fall except Thanksgiving. Because we will teach classes on Yom Kippur, a significant break in our tradition of observing major Jewish holidays, faculty are required to accommodate students who observe the holiday. For faculty observing the holiday, please make alternative arrangements for your classes during that period. We are taking this step reluctantly to deter student travel in the midst of a public health crisis and will once again recognize the Jewish holidays in our 2021-22 calendar. This fall, we will work with local congregations and campus student groups to accommodate students who wish to attend synagogue on Yom Kippur. We will send updated information and details when available.
In-person instruction will conclude Friday, November 20, with three days set aside for in-person examinations: Sunday, November 22 through Tuesday, November 24. After the Thanksgiving break, we will have six days of remote instruction, November 30 through December 7, followed by a three-day examination period: December 8-10. The change allows us to retain the required number of class days while mitigating against the risks from bringing students back to campus after they have travelled home for a long break.
Large spaces on campus (e.g., the Events Center and West Gym) will be available for in-person examinations until Thanksgiving break. Instructors who feel that the last major assessment for the semester needs to be held in person, to prevent cheating or for other pedagogical reasons, will be able to hold two-hour assessments during the November 22-24 examination period and may use the December 8-10 examination period to assess the material covered during the online period following Thanksgiving. Other instructors may use the December 8-10 period to hold online final exams. Papers may be turned in and virtual presentations given during the December 8-10 period as well.
Classes will also be different. We will allow six foot spacing in our classrooms to reduce density / facilitate social distancing. With this requirement, we only have a handful of classrooms that can accommodate more than 40 students. As a result, most large classes and many smaller classes will need to be taught online; in some cases discussion sections for large lecture classes will meet in-person.
TA assignments also coming soon ...
