Updates from HR: COVID-19, commencement, Central Heating Shutdown, workshops and events
COVID-19 Update
As a reminder, colleagues are invited to attend next week’s Faculty and Staff COVID Update at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 20. Zoom webinar details will be emailed to faculty and staff soon. 
While you’re having conversations about redensifying campus and plans for summer, let us know what questions you have by submitting them to the HR Feedback Form. We will do our best to answer what we can directly or in upcoming newsletters and forums.
Frequently Asked Question: “Can the University ask me to disclose my vaccination status?” Yes, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission explains that employers may ask employees to disclose their vaccination status. Currently, Wake Forest is asking employees to voluntarily disclose this information via SneezSafe. To avoid gathering or eliciting private medical or disability information, managers and colleagues should not ask individuals for this information directly – specifically, asking why someone has not been vaccinated. Human Resources may be able to provide aggregate vaccination data to departments upon request.
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Wake Forest offers support to women seeking senior leadership positions
Wake Forest University has joined North Carolina’s chapter of the American Council on Education (ACE) Women’s Network, which helps colleges and universities achieve parity by promoting the advancement of women, providing networking opportunities and assisting those interested in advancing their careers.
Erica Still, associate dean for faculty recruitment, diversity, and inclusion and professor of English
Steph Trilling, director of the Wake Forest Women’s Center
Steph Trilling, director of Wake Forest’s Women’s Center, and Erica Still, associate dean for faculty recruitment, diversity and inclusion, are the University’s representatives for the state chapter. Moreover, Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch is a Presidential Sponsor of NC ACE Women’s Network, which means, among other things, the University has made a commitment to the organization and its goals.
“We know that our institutions and communities are collectively more innovative, creative, visionary and successful when women’s voices are part of deliberations and decision-making at all levels, including the most senior,” Hatch said. “Therefore, I am proud to sign on as a Presidential Sponsor for the NC ACE Network of Women Leaders, whose work will help assure that a robust set of professional development, networking and leadership opportunities are widely available to members.”
Trilling and Still are excited about helping women better position themselves for leadership roles.
“We have a lot of women who work in higher education, but we’re still underrepresented in senior leadership roles, especially women of color or women who have other marginalized identities,” Trilling said. “Being a member of ACE will help women at Wake Forest gain the skills and the contacts they need to move into these roles and help us as a field achieve gender parity.”
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