{"id":120333,"date":"2020-03-17T18:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T00:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=120333"},"modified":"2020-04-18T08:58:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T14:58:11","slug":"uccs-moving-to-remote-learning-and-working-for-remainder-of-semester-changes-for-residence-halls-library-and-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=120333","title":{"rendered":"UCCS moving to remote learning and working for remainder of semester; changes for residence halls, library and commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-750x563.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Lion statue on El Pomar Plaza\" class=\"wp-image-34049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA-1400x1051.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UCCS will move to a remote learning and working environment\nfor the rest of the semester, and the in-person spring commencement ceremony is\ncanceled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an update sent to faculty, staff and students, Chancellor Venkat Reddy implemented a series of new measures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Remote learning for the rest of the semester:<\/strong>\nUCCS will transition to remote learning for all courses for the rest of the\nspring semester. This includes all on-campus labs, with very few exceptions. <\/li><li><strong>Remote working for the rest of the semester:<\/strong>\nEmployees will continue to work remotely from home for the rest of the\nsemester. Only employees required to maintain campus safety and residential\noperations will continue to report to campus. <\/li><li><strong>Residence halls: <\/strong>Students living on campus must move out by noon Monday, March 23. The university will consider limited\nexceptions on a case-by-case basis.\n<\/li><li><strong>Wellness Center: <\/strong>Effective Monday, March\n23, the Wellness Center will be moving to remote telehealth operations only. <strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Library\nresources for remote learning: <\/strong>Kraemer Family Library will begin to limit services\neffective immediately and <strong>will close for the rest of semester at 6 p.m. on\nFriday, March 20<\/strong>. <ul><li>Students, faculty and staff who need equipment\nto access remote learning and working may<strong>\ncheck out Chromebooks, laptops and WiFi hotspots on a first-come, first-served\nbasis<\/strong>. They\nmust check equipment out by Friday, March 20. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Commencement:<\/strong>\nSpring commencement for UCCS will not take place in person on May 15 due to\nsafety concerns. UCCS is working on other ways to celebrate this milestone with\nour graduates. Additional details will be forthcoming.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For additional information on UCCS operating changes due to COVID-19 response, and the full text of the chancellor&#8217;s memo, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.uccs.edu\/\">covid19.uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>UCCS will move to a remote learning and working environment for the rest of the semester, and the in-person spring commencement ceremony is canceled. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=120333\" title=\"UCCS moving to remote learning and working for remainder of semester; changes for residence halls, library and commencement\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":34049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,44,42,64,85,127,332,129,60],"class_list":["post-120333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-academic-affairs","tag-administration-and-finance","tag-commencement","tag-gallogly-recreation-and-wellness-center","tag-human-resources","tag-kraemer-family-library","tag-more-news","tag-office-of-residence-life-and-housing","tag-student-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UCCS_Mtn_Lion12GA.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-viR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120333"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120340,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120333\/revisions\/120340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}