From: Patricia Price <patricia.price@qc.cuny.edu> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:43 PM To: QC Chairs Fall 2023 <qcchairs@CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>, Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood@qc.cuny.edu>, Ekaterina Pechenkina <Ekaterina.Pechenkina@qc.cuny.edu>, Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto@qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein@qc.cuny.edu> Cc: Desirae Colvin <Desirae.Colvin@qc.cuny.edu>, Judith Massis-Sanchez <judith.massis-sanchez@qc.cuny.edu>, Gina Fini <Gina.Fini@qc.cuny.edu> Subject: Guidance regarding unauthorized individuals in classrooms Dear Chairs and Deans: Pursuant to recent incidents where unauthorized individuals entered class sessions in-progress, Chief of Staff to the President, Desirae Colvin, and I have worked with QC Legal to develop the attached guidance for managing such situations. Please note - this is guidance consisting of recommendations and best practices, not policy or required actions. Please distribute to your full-time and part-time faculty. We wish to recognize and thank those deans and faculty who reviewed earlier drafts of these guidelines, which are posted on the Office of the Provost website<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/provost/> under "Resources" for full-time and adjunct faculty. Thank you, Desirae Colvin, Chief of Staff to the President Patricia Price, Interim Provost Patricia Price, PhD (she/her/hers) Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Queens College, City University of New York [Professional Staff Congress | Queens College]