{"id":96730,"date":"2020-03-13T10:31:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=96730"},"modified":"2020-03-20T16:06:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T21:06:48","slug":"um-releases-coronavirus-guidance-faculty-staff-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-releases-coronavirus-guidance-faculty-staff-students\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Releases Coronavirus Guidance for Faculty, Staff and Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi has responded to the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with amended schedules and guidance for faculty, staff and students to maximize social distancing in an effort to slow the transmission of the disease.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">All classes on the Oxford campus, and the regional campuses are canceled for March 16-20, the week that students were scheduled to return from Spring Break. The decision will extend Spring Break by one week so that faculty and staff can prepare to move classes online following the extended break. This timeline is open and subject to change, as university officials will monitor the situation continuously and adjust accordingly to protect the UM community. Deans, faculty members and instructors will also provide specific instructions to students in their schools and colleges.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\"><span class=\"x_e2ma-style\">&#8220;<\/span><span class=\"x_e2ma-style\">Initial cases of the virus have emerged in Mississippi and most of our border states, and the spread of the virus is predicted to accelerate across the country,&#8221; said UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce. &#8220;We are committed to protecting the safety, health and well-being of our campus community. Before our community returns to campus from domestic and international Spring Break travels, we chose this course of action to mitigate and slow the spread of COVID-19, protect the continuing good health of our university community, and enable each of you to plan accordingly.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\"><span class=\"x_e2ma-style\">Faculty, staff and other employees are expected to work during this period and practice social distancing. <\/span><span class=\"x_e2ma-style\">Some faculty and staff may be able to telecommute, and those kinds of arrangements may be approved on a case by case basis.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"x_e2ma-style\">Unless otherwise noted, research activities will continue at this time. Anyone involved in research will receive subsequent guidance in the coming days.&nbsp;<\/span>Further guidance will be shared with faculty and staff in the coming days by leaders in your respective areas of the university.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">UM&#8217;s full list of guidance for faculty, staff and students is available <a href=\"http:\/\/olemiss.edu\/coronavirus\">here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_e2ma-p-div\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi has responded to the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with amended schedules and guidance for faculty, staff and students to maximize social distancing in an effort to slow the transmission of the disease.&nbsp; &nbsp; All classes on the Oxford campus, and the regional campuses are<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-releases-coronavirus-guidance-faculty-staff-students\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the story &#x2026;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":96792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,1397,1398,221],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UM Releases Coronavirus Guidance for Faculty, Staff and Students - Ole Miss News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/um-releases-coronavirus-guidance-faculty-staff-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UM Releases Coronavirus Guidance for Faculty, Staff and Students - Ole Miss News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi has responded to the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with amended schedules and guidance for faculty, staff and students to maximize social distancing in an effort to slow the transmission of the disease.&nbsp; 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