COVID-19 Guidance for Academics

Leave Guidance

Guidance Documents from UCOP

• Letter from Provost Michael T. Brown - Third Year Tenure Clock Extension (May 27, 2020)

• Third-Year Tenure Clock Extension FAQs (May 29, 2020)

• Letter from President Drake (7/28/22)

COVID-19 Forms

• Third-Year Tenure/Security of Employment Clock Extension Request Form (Rev. 5.29.2020)

• Special COVID-19 “Stop the Clock” Certification Form (Rev. 9.22.2021)

  • *AY 2024-25 Requests due by June 30, 2025

Resources

Campus Website for COVID-19

Guidance Regarding Return to Onsite Work for Academic Appointees (Issued 6.23.2021)

Questions

Please contact Esmeralda Martinez from the Academic Personnel Office: emartinez35@ucmerced.edu for questions regarding:

• Third Year Stop the Clock Request (Requires Office of the President approval)

Please contact the Academic Personnel Office: academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu for all other general COVID-19 related questions.