Meetings, Gatherings, Events
Gatherings will be limited to no more than 50 people until our region enters Phase 5 of Restore Illinois. This greatly impacts campus activities, traditions, speaking events, and performances. These recommendations are to support as much interaction as safety allows, as these experiences enrich Redbird collegiate life.
- Unless approved for instruction, limit activities with prolonged and close contact, such as rehearsals and performances in music, theatre, and dance
- Open with capacity limits in place at the Bowling and Billiards Center, Student Fitness Center, Weibring Golf Course, auditoriums, theaters, planetarium, meeting spaces, galleries, and display venues
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Weibring Golf Course opened following guidance in Phase 4 Restore Illinois.
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The Student Fitness Center, Bowling and Billiards Center and Redbird Adventure Center will resume operations for fall 2020 with 50% occupancy limits for activity space and advanced registration for many programs.
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Other campus venues are finalizing plans for reopening in the fall with capacity limits.
- Limit activities that are high risk because of sustained person-to-person contact, such as sports practices and competitions, dance team rehearsals and competitions, cheerleading team rehearsals and competitions.
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NCAA sports teams have resumed conditioning and will begin practices in late July in accordance with NCAA and conference guidelines which include daily symptoms checks and quarantine for positive COVID-19 tests.
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Dance teams’ and cheerleading teams’ practices and competitions continue to be under review.
- Manage line queues at venues to maintain appropriate distancing
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Campus venues are developing methods to manage line queues within their facilities.
- Limit the size of gatherings to follow expectations in Restore Illinois, which are not intended to inhibit individual rights to free expression through peaceful rallies, protests, or demonstrations.
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Within Phase 4 of Restore Illinois (current phase), gatherings with 50 people or fewer are permitted.