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This Campus Will Open! Grove City College prepares for return to class in August
WKBN ^ | 05/22/2020

Posted on 05/22/2020 9:15:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Grove City College will open as scheduled for the fall 2020 semester on Monday, August 24 with protocols in place to protect the health and safety of students, employees and the larger community in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

College President Paul J. McNulty made the announcement Monday.

McNulty has assembled a cross-disciplinary Fall Return Planning Committee.

They will address key campus and community concerns associated with the return of students and develop and implement a comprehensive plan that ensures an excellent academic and residential experience in the fall.

“It is our intention to return to our distinctive residential program in compliance with applicable government directives and relevant guidelines to protect the health and safety of our entire community. The college is now marshaling resources – including on-campus expertise alongside outside community health services to chart a safe path to the start of a new fall semester,” McNulty said in a release. “Students and families should know that Grove City College is determined to be prepared to the best of its ability to deliver the learning and living experience for which it is so highly regarded.”

Comprised of administrators, faculty and staff, the committee chaired by President McNulty will formulate extensive plans that support the continuity and quality of the college’s core functions – academic affairs, student activities, athletics, dining and residence halls, career services and more.

Best practices involving testing, contact tracing, monitoring, social distancing, separation and enhanced cleaning will be fully considered and addressed by the committee.

“It is important for Grove City College to be a conscientious partner in the community-wide efforts necessary to combat the coronavirus and to serve as a model for community-college collaboration. To be successful, our efforts must be closely coordinated,” McNulty said.

Students were sent home and campus was closed in March after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the closure of nonessential state businesses.

In just a few days, Grove City College shifted to a model of remote instruction that allowed students to continue their studies online and graduating seniors to complete their undergraduate degrees.

“We are looking to tap into the same highly collaborative spirit that enabled the college to swiftly transition more than 800 courses to remote instruction in just a few days to address what is perhaps the most pressing challenge that American higher education has ever faced,” McNulty said. “We will approach this important work intentionally and prayerfully,” he added.


TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: college; grovecitycollege; paping; reopening; tomwolf

1 posted on 05/22/2020 9:15:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, everyone knows where this is...


2 posted on 05/22/2020 9:21:22 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64

Obviously Pennsylvania!


3 posted on 05/22/2020 9:23:26 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Cobra64

RE: Yeah, everyone knows where this is...

This 135 year old college, like Hillsdale College and a handful of others, is famous for REFUSING to accept Federal aid because they do not want government control of their education and sports programs.


4 posted on 05/22/2020 9:23:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Ann Archy

I guess that should be obvious to the everyone in Cedar Grove too.


5 posted on 05/22/2020 9:38:12 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64

Western PA north of Pittsburgh.


6 posted on 05/22/2020 9:41:14 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: SeekAndFind

Grove City - Always our overnight stop between Knoxville and Buffalo. Beautiful place. We’ve been impressed by the kids we’ve met who attend the college there.


7 posted on 05/22/2020 1:45:10 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
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