“We recognize that the steps we are taking are unprecedented and will create inconveniences for all of us.
Following the University’s announcement, the Department of Health confirmed the, any students travel in the U.S. or abroad during the break, and there is a potential risk of spreading coronavirus on campus.
“Health and counseling services are available to all students and employees with concerns about the coronavirus.
While the campus is mostly closed, education and research continue. The University has been in discussions with local hospitals, state and county health department officials, as well as its own faculty experts on infectious diseases, to plan for an event in which a student or someone else on campus contracts the virus. We just have more financial concerns to worry about.
Seeing other colleges close campuses one after another, some students began to worry about safety when students returned to campus from all over the country and world after spring break. regulations and suggestions for on-campus students, students currently abroad, faculty, staff and parents. Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA, At the direction of Father Jenkins, Provost Thomas G. Burish and Executive Vice President Shannon Cullinan, Notre Dame’s, Emergency Operations Center Management Team. Erin Hoffmann Harding, our Vice President for Student Affairs, will send an email soon with further details about available student services, student support and care, and housing. In order to give faculty and students time to adjust to virtual instruction and other alternative learning options, Notre Dame is canceling all classes – in person and online – next week (March 16-20). All in-person classes will be replaced with online courses or other alternative options from March 23 through at least April 13, according to the University announcement. Most offices and departments serving students will continue to operate, including North Dining Hall, University Health Services and University Counseling Center. Like what you see? Erin Shang, one of the initiators, said the reason for launching the petition was because many students at Notre Dame didn’t take the coronavirus epidemic seriously enough. We just have more financial concerns to worry about.
Although there are currently no reported cases of the coronavirus at Notre Dame, the probability that it will spread to our region is high.”. There are still domestic students who are concerned about the outbreak of coronavirus, including Larson, who is from Wisconsin. “All full-time and part-time regular employees will continue to receive the regular pay and benefits for work hours for which they are normally scheduled,” McQuade said in the letter. to transition Notre Dame to remote learning was initiated online Tuesday and obtained more than 300 signatures as of Wednesday evening.
“The interaction and discussion between students on class may be affected,” law student Joseph Pog said. The University will remain open. When she received the email from the Office of the President at noon Wednesday, Faith Thomas, a staff member working at Duncan Student Center, began to worry about her job.
“This is my only job,” Thomas said.
The University published a series of letters detailing regulations and suggestions for on-campus students, students currently abroad, faculty, staff and parents. “[But] we continue to provide our students with the best possible educational experience at Notre Dame under extraordinary circumstances.”, The petitioner: “We international students face more vulnerable status”.