West Central Michigan News

Michigan Works West Central issued the following announcement on April 28.

Face masks, a massive coronavirus testing program and conversion of ballrooms into social-distance-safe classrooms are among the changes planned for fall at Oakland University, as the public university scrambles to adjust to campus life during a pandemic.

Oakland on Friday became the first Michigan public university to announce its plans for the fall semester, unveiling a strategy that tries to balance safety and learning that could foretell plans at other state campuses.

In a letter to students, staff and faculty by Oakland President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz said Oakland will take “a hybrid approach that includes both face-to-face and remote instruction.”

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Other public universities are studying options for the fall. At a virtual town hall meeting Thursday, Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson and Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley hinted that the fall semester would continue with remote learning, similar to what has taken place since mid-March when campuses around the nation shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

https://www.bridgemi.com/…/first-michigan-college-unveils-f…

Original source can be found here.

Source: Michigan Works West Central