ATLANTA — Emory University students will not be heading back to the classroom as quickly as they expected.
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to surge, Emory University’s president, Dr. Gregory Fenves has announced that the spring semester will begin virtually.
The campus will open on January 4 as anticipated, but all classes will take place online.
If conditions change, classes will resume in-person on January 31. If they are able to return then, most undergraduate classes will be canceled on January 27 and 28 so students can travel back to campus.
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Residential halls will remain open throughout the remote period, but students are being encouraged to delay their returns to campus.
Dr. Fenves says that 97% of their students, faculty and staff have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and everyone will be required to have received a booster shot by January 19.
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“I understand that beginning the semester with remote learning and teaching is inconvenient,” Dr. Fenves said in a letter sent out Tuesday. “But we must be adaptable during this surge so we can continue our important work—learning, teaching, creating, and discovering—in the face of this ever-evolving pandemic.”
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