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University leaders begin planning for students, employees to return to campus

May 21, 2020

The health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff is our top priority. Visit this webpage for resources and additional information.

All,

I hope you’re doing well and are continuing to stay healthy during this time. As you know, several dedicated teams have begun conversations and the necessary work to determine the best way for Florida Poly to operate this coming fall semester. Led by the Provost’s office, those involved in these campus planning effort groups will work within a BoG Blueprint to develop our plan for the return of students to campus. The BoG will present that Blueprint next week.

In addition, I have named a task force, with representation from different departments across campus, to develop our plan for returning employees to an in-person working environment. This task force will begin working soon and will construct a plan for returning our employees to work using many different resources and guidelines. The plan will be distributed to the leadership team for each department head to share with their teams. We will seek input from all of our employees using this communication model. We want to make sure all your concerns and suggestions are heard.

With that said, we will continue in our current remote working environment until this plan is developed, vetted and we begin implementation. I don’t have an exact timeframe on that yet, but I anticipate the process of bringing employees back to campus will start in July.

If you have any questions, please reach out to your supervisor. And, as always, thank you for your hard work and dedication to keep Florida Poly moving forward through this challenging time.

Best,
Randy Avent

Contact:
Lydia Guzman
Director of Communications
863-874-8557

Session Details

This session will demonstrate that practical risk management is for everyone, regardless of a formal program. Attendees will learn actionable and simple strategies that are easy to implement, enabling them to start immediately by focusing on their top risks to build greater operational resilience and ensure the sustained success of their auxiliary enterprises.

Presenter Profile

Michelle Powell serves as the pioneering Risk Manager at Florida Polytechnic University, the state’s sole 100% STEM-dedicated institution. Having been with the university for nearly 11 years, Michelle transitioned from a leadership role in Admissions in October 2023 to establish and evolve the risk management function from the ground up. In this solo capacity, Michelle builds robust frameworks for our dynamic, young university, overseeing our insurance portfolio, consulting on third-party and event risks, and developing critical campus-wide training programs. Michelle has obtained the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) Enterprise Risk Management certificate and the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS) designations. Her distinct background in mathematics and engineering, combined with extensive higher education leadership, brings an analytical and strategic approach enhancing the institution’s resilience.