Undergraduate Students

• The undergraduate spring semester will return to one, 15-week semester.
• The semester begins on Tuesday, January 19. A majority of classes will have an in-person experience.
• There will be no spring break this semester.
• Easter break will be shortened to Friday, April 2, to Sunday, April 4.
• There will be no classes on Thursday, March 18, in honor of Heritage Day.

• The Registration process has been completed by students and their advisors.
• In-person classes will be held in an enhanced schedule, allowing for increased hours to accommodate the shorter time span of the terms.
• To accommodate the need for physical distancing, the time schedule of classes will be modified to decrease the number of students in a hallway at any one time.

• Academic classrooms will adhere to physical distancing guidelines.
• In the case of classrooms with two points of egress, there will be an entrance door and an exit door.
• In rooms with one egress, all students waiting for a class will not enter the class until the faculty member and all students have left the previous class.
• Class surfaces, e.g. tables and keyboards, will be wiped down with disinfectant sprays and wipes.

• A majority of courses this spring will have an in-person learning experience.
• Accommodations will be made for students and faculty who are not able to attend class in person.

• Based on the public health guidelines regulating social distancing, classrooms and campus spaces are being assessed and reconfigured to accommodate new room capacity.
• It is anticipated that spaces previously not used for classroom meetings will be converted to classroom use as needed.

• All facilities have enhanced cleaning protocols in place as well as increased numbers of sanitation stations.
• Use of shared spaces
  • All residential lounge spaces will have renewed occupancy limits clearly posted, varying dependent upon the size of the space.
  • It will be common practice to limit the number of individuals in a group to ten, however that may increase given the size of the space.
• Restroom use/sanitation
  • Restrooms in residence halls are communal spaces.
  • In order to maintain clean and sanitary spaces, the housekeeping staff will increase the number of times per day the restrooms are cleaned.
  • There will not be a limit on the number of individuals in the restroom at one time, although it is suggested that students use their best judgement and do not crowd the sinks and shower areas.
  • All restrooms across campus will utilize enhanced cleaning protocols.

In order to facilitate a successful and socially distanced move in process, students eligible to move to campus for the spring will be assigned a specific move-in time, which will be emailed in December.

No guests will be allowed into the residence halls after the move in process has been completed. No off-campus guests will be allowed into the residence halls, including commuter students at any time. Students assigned to a residence hall will be allowed access to other residence halls from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will need to be checked in as a guest after 8 p.m. There will be a limit to the number of individuals in a resident’s room at any one time.

All housing accommodations will be determined by the Office of Accessibility Services.

Campus programming will begin pending an approved safety plan proposed for the safe management of said program. Capacities for each event will be based on current health standards and public health recommendations. Appropriate spacing will be required for events and all layouts should follow appropriate social distancing guidelines. Entry and exit points for these events should be clearly defined.

Intramural and recreational events may take place but should only include events that are no-touch. All appropriate measures need to be taken to ensure that equipment used by participants is sanitized after each game. Rooms where events are held should be limited to event participants only during each play period.