The Office of Conference & Event Management has secured 6 tents which faculty may reserve using the EMS for outdoor lectures. The academic tent reservation portal will be open for reservation requests starting at 12pm on Friday, March 12th, and for use beginning Monday, March 15^th. 

Four tents are located in the Jogues parking lot (Jogues Academic Tents) and 2 tents are located in the rear Dolan School of Business parking lot between the Quick Center and the Library (Dolan Academic Tents). The tents measure 800 square feet (40' x 20'). Each tent will be preset with chairs (36 set and 14 stacked) and 1 table, with directional signage for each tent. 

ITS is hard at work providing network connectivity to the tents and WiFi reception is expected to be fully operational in the tents by April 1st. The tents do not have power and are weather dependent for use.

How to Reserve an Outdoor Classroom Tent: https://youtu.be/7Bdmwyp3qXo  

Please keep in mind that in an effort to offer all faculty the opportunity to hold a class in an outdoor tent when necessary, we ask faculty to limit the number of classroom tent reservations to two per day of use.

Any faculty member looking to reserve alternative teaching locations in a large event space may do so using the “COVID Classroom-Tent-Outdoor Space Request.” All spaces listed on the template are set up “as-is” with no additional setups available. Spaces are also expected to be put back the way they were found prior to the start of the reserved time. Parameters are the same as the fall semester. Reservations will be able to be made up to 14 days in advance, with a total of 3 maximum bookings per day and/or 14 total bookings within a 14 day window. A video tutorial can be found by clicking the “about” button on the right hand side of the “My Reservation Templates” page (you will be auto directed to this page upon a successful log in).

Indoor room capacities are still set at a maximum of 25 per space. This is a universal capacity campus wide in accordance with current State of Connecticut restrictions and gathering limits.