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rates in classrooms and offices, mask requirements, and health screen- ings, as well as maintaining scrupulous air-quality practices and a thorough sanitizing schedule.
The class schedule is roughly 55% online and 45% in person, Jordan said, which allows time to space out the classes between sections to avoid a bottleneck of students entering and exiting, while maintaining appropriate distancing.
“It gives students who want to be on campus that in-person experi- ence, but also flexibility the rest of the week to finish online,” he said, adding that the library will be available for students to access a virtual class between in-person sessions on any given day. “So they won’t have to jump between campus and home, we’re giving them space to do a remote class and then go to their next class on campus.”
UMass Amherst also expects campus life to return to normal opera- tions in fall 2021. That means an emphasis on face-to-face instruction, full residence halls — an expected 13,000 students will live on campus — and a complement of student events and activities.
Planning for summer orientation is well underway, as new students will be invited to participate in a series of synchronous and asynchro- nous orientation programs over the summer before they arrive for in- person welcome sessions at the end of August.
This past fall, many first-year students who would have experienced on-campus housing for the first time did not get that opportunity. So, in an effort to support these students, freshmen and sophomores will receive priority consideration to select on-campus spaces this fall. Still, based on current interest, UMass expects to be able to meet all hous- ing requests, including all interested juniors and seniors.
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The campus experience is more than academics, WNEU’s Gross said, noting that the university creative in finding ways to bring stu- dents together for small-group activities in the campus center. This fall, he expects larger outdoor activities, including intramural sports, to return, as well as indoor events as long as safety protocols are followed.
“The long and short of it is, we’re hopeful to have a more normal, on-the-ground campus experience for our students and families,” he said, including a big homecoming event inviting back the 2020 graduates, who were unable to have a traditional commencement experience.
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In his first year working at GCC, Jordan said he has been “incredibly warmed and inspired by the creativity of the faculty, who do anything they can do make sure students have the best experience.”
For example, science classes have included more outdoor, experien- tial learning. Meanwhile, students in the health sciences have been on campus throughout the pandemic, due to the unique, hands-on needs of their training. “They paved the way,” he said. “They’re the ones who figured out how to open as safely as we possibly can.”
At AIC, students in those fields have been diligent about safety pro- tocols and personal protective equipment, Scott said. “Because they’re health-science students, they tend to take it a little further than some of our other students. If they’re getting up close and personal, they’re wearing face shields and masks and such.”
Particularly during the 2020, he noted, constant pivoting was the order of the day for college faculty and administrators, who had to constantly monitor the development of the pandemic and guide a test- ing and safety plan for their campuses.
“But I think, overall, our plan stayed the same,” he added. “We thought it was safest this year to keep as many students remote as pos- sible and have some in-person experiences that are kind of controlled for the pandemic-related protocols we had in place. That all stayed
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