WVU Campuses to Shut Down through Semester; All Classes Offered Remotely
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on March 18, 2020
- For the remainder of the semester, all classes, except some clinical rotations and related programming for certain programs at the Health Sciences Center, will be delivered in an alternative format beginning March 30.
- Courses that were fully online at the beginning of the semester should continue to follow the original syllabus.
- Students should not return to campus, however if they lack a safe housing alternative, a limited number of rooms will be available.
- Students with dining plans, or who currently live in the residence hall or apartment system, will receive a credit as a result of our moving to the period of no in-class instruction. Details will be provided in the coming days.
- A coordinated move-out will be scheduled and announced later.
- With limited exceptions, all campus buildings will be locked and closed to the public at the close of business Friday.
- All libraries will be closed, as will the Student Recreation Center and the PRT. (Mountain Line buses will continue to run.) The Mountainlair will have limited hours for those who need to access The Rack food pantry.
- All supervisors were directed to maximize the number of employees who are to work from home effective no later than Friday, March 20. Only employees deemed critical to the alternative method of class instruction, or the safety and maintenance of the University whose responsibilities require them to be on campus will be permitted.
- A special emergency leave plan was adopted for instances where an alternative work arrangement is not possible.
- All international and domestic travel continues to be banned. Personal travel will require adhering to current guidelines regarding self-monitoring and self-quarantining.