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MCC Daily Tribune

MCC Limits Campus Access to Only Critical Staff

PSTF will be open to only Monroe County COVID-19 crisis management personnel.

In response to recent developments in Monroe County related to the COVID-19 outbreak, access to MCC campuses and the Applied Technologies Center will be limited to only critical staff starting Wednesday, March 18, at 5 p.m. until further notice. The College will identify critical staff today.

There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at MCC at this time. MCC is taking action to reduce the density of exposure on campus in an effort to slow the spread of the illness.

For the purpose of this directive, critical employees are defined as anyone whose job functions are essential to the effective operation of the College, or who must be physically present to perform their job, or who is involved in the COVID-19 emergency response.

MCC will temporarily cease all face-to-face instruction college-wide and limit access at all its locations, including at the Public Safety Training Facility (PSTF), until further notice.

Starting Monday, March 23, MCC will transition to distance-learning options while providing remote support services to students. A call center (585-292-8310 or covid19response@monroecc.edu) has been established for students, employees and others who need assistance, including technology support, tutoring and library resources.

Preventive measures taken at MCC are in step with the directive to temporarily close the PSTF, a regional emergency training facility located at 1190 Scottsville Road in Chili, effective March 16.

The PSTF is closed until further notice at the direction of Dr. Jeremy Cushman, EMS medical director for Monroe County. All training activities and recruit academies--including police, fire, emergency medical services, corrections, probation, court and special police--are canceled indefinitely. The PSTF Rush Firearms Range, 492 Stonybrook Road in Rush, is also closed until further notice. Academic programming will continue through distance learning where appropriate.

The building will be accessible only to personnel associated with the Monroe County Office of Emergency Management for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. The PSTF is a partnership of Monroe County, City of Rochester and MCC.

College updates, including a list of canceled events and suspended services, will continue to be available on www.monroecc.edu.

Katherine Douglas
Office of the President
03/17/2020