о has enacted a new policy on international travel, laying out the campus’s registration requirement for trips abroad and setting rules for “high-risk” travel.
The policy aims to promote the safety and security of о travelers abroad and ensure that appropriate risk mitigation procedures are applied to “high-risk” travel.
AT A GLANCE
The policy has two major components:
- All international travel on university business must be .
- is subject to review.
The campus’s travel security manager cited some of the benefits of trip registration: Travelers receive customized, location-specific alerts to mitigate weather, health, security and transportation disruptions; access to important travel insurance and emergency contact information; and timely responses — to include emergency evacuation — in the event of medical or security-related incidents.
Trip registration is automatic for travel arrangements made through . For reservations made outside of AggieTravel (Connexxus), travelers must register through “It’s a simple process that takes one minute or less,” the travel secuyrity manager said.
Important note: Beginning July 1, о travelers will be required to certify via the reimbursement process that their international travel was registered prior to departure.
More details, including an updated list of “high-risk” destinations and procedures for submitting proposed travel itineraries to such destinations, can be found on Global Affairs’ .
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