Dept of Urban and Public Affairs Emergency Plan

Department of Urban and Public Affairs
College of Arts and Sciences
Flu/Emergency Plan


Administration of the Department in the event of flu outbreak/emergency
In the event of illness or other emergency that causes the Chair (Steven Bourassa) to be unavailable, back-up would be provided by the MPA Program Director (Steven Koven).  In the event that the Unit Business Manager (Juli Wagner) is unavailable, back up would be provided by the Program Assistant (Patty Sarley).  In the event that the Program Assistant is unavailable, back up would be provided by the Graduate Student Advisor (Yani Vozos).  In the event that the Graduate Student Advisor is unavailable, back up would be provided by the relevant Program Director (Steven Koven for the MPA and MUP Programs or Steven Bourassa for the PhD Program).  In the event that a Program Director is unavailable, back up would be provided by the other Program Director.

In the event that the Urban Design Studio Director (Patrick Piuma) is unavailable, back up would be provided by the Graduate Research Assistant assigned to work in the Studio (Jeremy Dyer).

In the event that the Interim Director of the Kentucky State Data Center/Kentucky Population Research Center (Michael Price) is unavailable, back up will be provided by the Urban Studies Institute Director (Bruce Gale).  In the event that the USI Director is unavailable, back up will be provided by the Department Chair.

In the event that the Web Site Administrator (Eric Schneider) is unavailable, back up will be provided by the Program Assistant (Patty Sarley) or the Information Technology Specialist (Chris Peveler), as appropriate.

In the event that back up will be needed for an extended period, affected faculty, students, and staff will be notified using departmental email lists and the weekly electronic newsletter as appropriate.

Cancellation of specific classes
If instructors cannot teach due to illness, the Chair will be notified initially.  If possible, the Chair will make alternative arrangements to cover the class by making use of BlackBoard, other faculty, or graduate assistants.  If the Chair determines that alternative arrangements are not feasible and a class must be cancelled, students will be notified and kept up-to-date using BlackBoard’s email facility.  If at all possible, students will be given assignments to work on in the event that class is cancelled.

Notification of Dean’s Office
The Chair or his back up will also keep the Dean’s Office informed as requested in the College of Arts and Sciences Flu Emergency Plan.

09/24/09