Dear Members of the Barnard Community:
Beginning today, active Barnard ID holders have access to the Columbia Morningside campus and can also request guest access for Columbia’s campus via the procedures outlined in the email below. The Barnard campus is now open to those with an active CUID.
At Barnard, please continue to enter at the main gates at 117th Street and Broadway and be prepared to tap your ID card for entry. Periodically throughout the summer, the gates at 119th may be open and IDs will not be required to enter campus. Although this may happen, guest registration will still be required throughout the summer.
Barnard community members wishing to provide access for a guest should submit a Guest Request Access form by logging into Workday with their Barnard credentials. A separate request form is required for each visitor, for each day of their visit, and for each event that they are scheduled to attend should they be participating in multiple campus activities on a given day. Once the request is approved, you will receive an email notification and your visitor will be added to the access list at the main gate (117th Street and Broadway). The guest should be prepared to present ID to match the access list. To ensure that your guest will be able to access campus in a timely manner, please submit all requests at least 12 hours in advance. We may not be able to accommodate last-minute requests.
Thank you for your continued patience and understanding. Please direct any questions you have about campus access to CARESteam@barnard.edu.
Sincerely,
Kelli Murray
EVP for Strategy and Chief Administrative Officer
Dear fellow members of the Columbia community,
We have instituted a new, streamlined process for registering guests to access the Morningside campus.
Effective immediately, Columbia affiliates can complete this registration form to provide prior authorization for guests and event attendees to come to the Morningside campus. In addition, affiliates of Barnard and Teachers College have access to the Morningside campus and can request guest access.
After the registration form is completed, each guest will receive an email confirmation containing a QR code. To enter campus, guests can use the available entry points to campus and must display a government-issued ID that matches the name on their email confirmation along with the QR code in their confirmation for scanning. QR codes can only be scanned once for valid entry to campus. If the same guest needs to come to campus on multiple days, a separate registration submission and QR code is needed for each day. Event organizers should follow the instructions on the form to submit guest access requests for large events.
Access requests via the registration form must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. the day prior to guest entry, so forms submitted today would be for campus access beginning tomorrow. Same-day, emergency guest requests can be sent to cupublicsafety@facil.columbia.edu for review. Note that advance registration via the registration form is the preferred method and that we may not always be able to accommodate same-day requests.
We recognize that CUID-only access restrictions have posed a burden, particularly when it comes to having visitors such as visiting scholars on campus. This streamlined visitor registration process will alleviate many challenges associated with guest access while maintaining the safety and well-being of our community and ensuring the continuity of our academic mission. Please ask all guests to adhere to university rules and policies, which are fundamental to realizing the open campus environment that we all desire.
Thank you for your continued patience, understanding, and support.
Sincerely,
Cas Holloway
Chief Operating Officer