All Spring Semester Face-to-Face 类 To Be Remote Until Feb. 15

发送: 2021年1月13日
来自:  文森特·德尔·卡西诺, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

亲爱的校园社区:

As many of you know, we are facing a dramatic increase in the rate of COVID-19 cases in Santa Clara County as well as the state of California. 一些估计表明 the infection rate is nearly 15 percent of the population, with a “surge” of COVID-19 cases still to come from the winter break and holidays. 

Considering these factors, all planned on-campus face-to-face classes will move to 直到2月15日. 在线课程不受影响，将恢复上课 as scheduled, with the first day of instruction beginning on January 27. 直到2月 15, faculty are asked not to work from campus unless they are engaged in approved RSCA活动.

As a reminder, Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (RSCA) work that can be 远程完成应该以这种方式完成. “关键和/或时间敏感”RSCA projects that have been approved for access by the Vice President for 研究和 创新, appropriate college dean and Environmental Health and 安全 are permitted to continue operation as approved without any modifications. 与教学不同，我们的 approved RSCA activities are being conducted in highly controlled environments with 低得多的密度. 

We hope that conditions change quickly so that we don’t have to extend the moratorium 面对面的课程. 适用于在校学生 housing or planning to move to campus, more information will be communicated soon. 

Please know this is a decision we do not make lightly. 的当前上下文 COVID-19 pandemic suggests that we take this approach to safely minimize the density 占校园人口的一半. 

真诚地,

文森特·德尔·卡西诺
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs