Halls L and M designated as quarantine, isolation housing in fall
No staff will be living with the residents in the quarantine and isolation housing, but there will be a list of numbers to call if they need assistance.
No staff will be living with the residents in the quarantine and isolation housing, but there will be a list of numbers to call if they need assistance.
Most events will only be allowed fewer than 50 people, though a few larger events may take place "provided the events ensure appropriate physical distancing," the University said.
Education students have worked on the program in place of a state and national requirement to have a certain number of hours spent face-to-face with children.
In an email from Auburn President Jay Gogue, the University announced that the second mini-term this summer would include options for face-to-face instruction. This is the first time this traditional type of learning has been offered by the University since spring break.
Last year, Emerge gained 488 new members in the fall. Many of the new students each year come from the incoming freshman class.
The amendment will take affect May 22 at 5 p.m, allowing for more businesses to reopen.
Details of a phased reopening of public facilities and services beginning on Wednesday and continuing through June 1 were announced by the City on Wednesday afternoon.
There have been numerous challenges for teachers such as reduced communication and lack of hands-on teaching.
"I had some test anxiety, although not the way that a student would, but it was test anxiety all right," said Sushil Bhavnani, associate department chair of mechanical engineering.
Gogue said that campus operations will resume in the fall, in a May 6 admissions greeting video to incoming freshmen.
As businesses reopen and people begin coming into contact with more people, EAMC said this kind of increase in confirmed cases was expected.
The basic components of orientation will still be present — a group led by a counselor, meetings with adviers, and registering for classes.
Half of the $15.6 million that the University received from the CARES Act will be given out to students who incurred additional expenses due to the disruption of spring classes.
Services like the Miller Writing Center and the Tiger Tutor program for student athletes were still available by appointment during remote instruction to provide guidance for assignments.
Auburn University’s option to allow for satisfactory or unsatisfactory grading is leaving students with mixed feelings.
Debra Hudmon, an intensive care unit nurse at East Alabama Medical Center, describes life on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic: "We'll all be different because of this."
As of the end of April, 10 Auburn University employees and 12 students have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Fred Kam, medical director for the Auburn University Medical Clinic.
Spring graduates can contribute personal photos to a mosaic of Auburn's logo and take photos in front of Samford and Langdon Hall through virtual backgrounds. Graduates will also receive commemorative gift boxes in the mail starting next week.
Students with belongings in residence halls may enter buildings again on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day through June 28.
Under the new safer at home order, all retail businesses are able to reopen at 50% capacity and should enforce social distancing guidelines at all times.