JMU Transitions Online Temporarily 500+ Cases Later
It's September 1st, the first day of meteorological fall, and James Madison University has made the decision to move classes online temporarily. In the released statement, the president of the university, Jonathan R. Alger, announced how the university was going to transition to online classes at least through October 5th. This comes after 500+ cases of COVID-19 was confirmed, and after consultation with the Virginia Department of Health. As part of the announcement, President Alger wrote that classes that will remain hybrid through the month of September include those for accreditation and licensure requirements, graduate research, and specialized upper-classes courses requiring equipment and space. Furthering writing that courses currently offered online will continue to be online without any break of instruction. Other than those online courses, the ones that are currently in-person, according to the announcement, will continue to happen for the rest of this week unless students are otherwise notified by their faculty. The full transition is set to happen on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th. Along with the transition of instruction, JMU asks for residents to return home unless they seek an exemption to stay. This is just to help reduce the number of people on campus. During the time residents are at home, according to the announcement, the university will continue to monitor health trends and other developments. The university plan to give an update by September 25th regarding if they return to in-person on or after October 5th. Many questions and decisions that come with this quick shutdown approach will also happen during the closure's timeframe. To see the full statement, please head over to the JMU's website.
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| The photo was taken on September 1, 2018, by myself when I was about to tour the campus. |
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