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Post by saabman on Jul 18, 2020 9:05:55 GMT -5
Freeze, if we dont have on-campus learning in Fall 2020 because of the safety risks, it is highly unlikely any those risks will be gone in January 2021. That would require having a vaccine on the market in the next 4 months. That means Spring 2021 is now remote-only too, based on your precedent. And when you consider the refunds we had to give out this past year, that would basically be 3 straight semesters of huge revenue shortages. Twelve months is a very plausible (and conservative) prediction based on the current data. And like you said, we are still only in the first wave. It could be longer. I'm sorry, but you guys are being very naive if you think a 12 month campus shutdown won't have a cataclysmic effect on most HBCUs. We have to find a way to keep the campus open AND keep people as safe as possible. HBCU's will survive and maintain because we have always worked with less to produce more . Your missing the point because if this thing goes South at the projected rate that it is moving there will be no students to populate a campus with that are not infected . Fact what we are doing is not working , Fact we know that the nations and cities that isolated and basically shut down operations showed a significant decrease and leveling in community spread and 19 cases . Fact this is not about the $$$$$ this is about saving lives.
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Post by saabman on Jul 18, 2020 9:21:17 GMT -5
I don't think that you actually believe that yourself " School is probably better bubble then staying in their home towns" come on Maxell . For me it's not about "what are they going to do this fall if they are not in school" Hell what are they going to do ( God forbid) if they contract 19 in a dorm or Apartment far from home . Do you realize that Hospital care units are being over run with patients and some of those same hospitals care providers are now patients. I can not see why you can't see what is trending here ? You want to open our campuses up with minimal testing at best on campus not knowing who is or is not a positive receptor ; with the hope that if any are found to be positive that they can be served under a already over flooded overwhelmed medical system . By opening the campus or campuses in Greensboro your putting Community Spread and it's Spreaders on Steroids . Again I say close down for a semester on line classes only try to get things under control or manageable if not extend the on line courses until a proven cure is found or made available . Also there should be another round of stimulus financial assistance to keep the economy going. Now we will see if the system cares about the students or not . This is to Chancellor Martin. Sir if the UNC system decides to open it's campuses will you stand for the safety of your students or will you stand with the Board and disproportionately put the students at risk. You do realize the COVID mortality rate in North Carolina is currently less than that of the flu according to the CDC. Don't get fooled by the number of cases alone. Would you shut down campus because of the flu? Plus all of the mitigation and prevention efforts that will be in place. Would the parents of the women's basketball team have sent their girls back to school if they thought they couldn't be safe? This is not the Flu and two I can not speak on what other parents would or would not do only what I would or would not do for my child and the answer for me is a no brainer No I would not send my seed to a open campus and No if my seed could not take online classes fulltime until this situation is brought under control . I would withdraw them from this school and find one that could accommodate virtual learning . Because it is my job to protect my seed not to expect a institution to do my job for me . Because in the end your seed is only a number to the Chancellor and his/her administration and I do not know or trust anyone regardless of what they have done for there institutions to fully protect my seed . Also you do know that there are standards coming back to campus from all over the nation and a lot of them are coming from these major hotspots or traveling through the hotspot cities and states returning to campus . My wife works for the CDC and it's TRUE North Carolina has a lower infection rate then most states but it is also true that North Carolina is one of many borderline infectious States and at anytime can become one of those same states . There are plenty of excuses for not doing what is necessary and right . Control and isolate the condition of the spread is the key but opening up the campuses is not the answer.
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Post by bluehaze on Jul 20, 2020 13:56:37 GMT -5
Per the Chancellor today, we are looking at over 12,000 students enrolled for the Fall semester.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 14:04:37 GMT -5
Per the Chancellor today, we are looking at over 12,000 students enrolled for the Fall semester. Great news. Now, let's hope they stay enrolled.
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Post by bluehaze on Jul 20, 2020 14:11:13 GMT -5
65% of the students will be attending class on campus and the other 35% will be online only.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 14:41:12 GMT -5
Per the Chancellor today, we are looking at over 12,000 students enrolled for the Fall semester.
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Post by bluehaze on Jul 20, 2020 17:28:29 GMT -5
The presentation was recorded. Feel free to pull it up. They even stated why the fee is still needed.
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Jul 23, 2020 2:41:35 GMT -5
It looks like the university is investing about $1M towards social distancing/sanitation efforts and also: * PPE training for staff members * 250 Face shields for faculty * Reduced classroom/lecture hall sizes w/ emphasis on social distancing * 1500+ signs reminding students of the 3WS * 1M+ Disposable face masks & thousands of reusable face coverings In storage * A dedicated Residence Hall to quarantine students who test positive Full article/news story: myfox8.com/news/coronavirus/nc-at-making-changes-to-campus-so-students-faculty-can-return-safely/
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Post by bluehaze on Jul 31, 2020 12:46:26 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 13, 2020 9:55:23 GMT -5
COVID-19 has overwhelmed some college campuses. At area universities, case numbers remain relatively small
John Newsom john.newsom@greensboro.com Sep 11, 2020 NC-Chapel Hill made national headlines last month when a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases caused the university to cancel on-campus instruction six days into the fall semester. Within a week, N.C. State University and East Carolina University had followed suit. All three have reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases on their campuses, which are now largely empty of students and faculty. But at area colleges and universities, the coronavirus seems to be under control for now. All of the four-year institutions in and near Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Boone have reported COVID-19 cases. But their numbers are far lower — and are growing much slower for the most part — than those reported at UNC-CH, N.C. State and East Carolina. Except for Bennett College and Salem College, which went with virtual classes for the fall, no area school has made the pivot from on-campus to at-home instruction since the fall semester began last month. N.C. colleges and universities all adopted similar plans to combat COVID-19 — lots of mask-wearing, hand-washing and social distancing, reduced capacities in classrooms, dorms and dining halls, restrictions on gatherings, and a mix of online and in-person classes — so it's unclear why what seems to be working at area schools failed elsewhere. But in interviews this week, campus leaders heaped praise on their students. "Let me say ... how pleased I am with the direction that we're going, how pleased I am with your participation in this process," Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Elwood Robinson told students at an online town hall Wednesday night. "It is because of you that we stand ready to beat this virus and to live a different kind of life."Read more: greensboro.com/news/education/covid-19-has-overwhelmed-some-college-campuses-at-area-universities-case-numbers-remain-relatively-small/article_2ee54176-f480-11ea-ac11-1b2f75da60bc.html
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 24, 2020 11:55:16 GMT -5
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Post by bseballaggie on Sept 28, 2020 7:18:35 GMT -5
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Post by bluehaze on Sept 28, 2020 8:00:12 GMT -5
This isn't the vaccine, it's the rapid result test. There's no harm or experimentation involved.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Oct 1, 2020 10:25:25 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Oct 2, 2020 10:59:41 GMT -5
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