The University salutes its essential workers and asks Tar Heels everywhere to wear Carolina blue to honor them on April 28.

This interim guidance is provided in response to the new remote environment in which the University is operating due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, effective March 2020.

In response to the large section of the workforce that has been forced to work from home due to COVID-19, Procurement Services has worked out an arrangement with two of our contracted vendors, CDW-G and Staples, to provide equipment and supplies to home addresses.

In response to the current UNC System office guidance related to COVID-19, the University will continue to comply with the spirit of the Daily Deposit Act, balanced with our responsibility to practice social distancing.

We are extending the reconciliation deadline through March 29 for the P-Card billing cycle which ended March 13, 2020. Typically, transactions must be reconciled by the 20th of the month or the first business day following, but we are extended the deadline through end of the day on Sunday, March 29, 2020.

We have been in touch with many of our ePro suppliers and, as of today, they are continuing to deliver their merchandise to the campus. Some building doors are locked to those without key card access, so we are asking building managers to post signs outside the building to tell the delivery person who to call for deliveries/where to leave deliveries.

The March 2020 GSHIP premium file has been uploaded into Connect Carolina and departments now have access to the GradStar GSHIP Administrator Premium Maintenance page to update allocations to Research Assistants/Teaching Assistants (RA/TAs).

In response to the current unprecedented situation resulting from COVID-19, the University is assessing its financial situation and identifying approaches to address emerging challenges.

In light of operational changes as related to COVID-19, Payroll Services will be making a few temporary procedural adjustments which will alleviate the need to come in person to the Payroll office.

To help speed up the process of hiring a one-day guest speaker to present to our campus community, the Accounts Payable team has worked with ITS to develop a stream-lined form and procedure for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.