{"id":128946,"date":"2020-12-15T09:39:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128946"},"modified":"2020-12-15T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:52:45","slug":"uccs-to-being-spring-semester-remotely-adjust-spring-break-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128946","title":{"rendered":"UCCS to begin spring semester remotely, adjust Spring Break dates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-1-750x750.png\" alt=\"Students walking down a path\" class=\"wp-image-126203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-1-750x750.png 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UCCS will start the spring semester on time, Jan. 19, but will operate as it did at the end of the fall semester with remote instruction for all but a limited number of courses. The campus plans to return to a blend of in-person, hybrid and remote instruction, similar to the start of the fall semester, on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Starting the semester remotely is the most responsible action to Protect the Pride and keep our students, faculty, staff and the greater Colorado Springs community as safe as possible,&#8221; said Chancellor Venkat Reddy in an email to faculty, staff, students and parents. &#8220;The epidemiologists at El Paso County Public Health advised us that even with the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine, the incidence rate in the county will take an extended period to return to levels that make it safe to ease restrictions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The residence halls will be open for students in those on-campus courses, in addition to students with housing insecurities and employment needs. All other students living in the residence halls will have a staggered return to campus before Feb. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spring Break will be divided into two smaller breaks, the first from Feb. 17-19 for the transition to Feb. 22. The second, from March 22-23, will be the first two days of the original Spring Break week. No decision on spring commencement, scheduled for May 14, has been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;With the distribution of vaccines beginning soon, we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel,&#8221; Reddy said. &#8220;Now is the time to focus on our long-term goals and persevere through the final challenges of this extraordinary year.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>UCCS will start the spring semester on time, Jan. 19, but will operate as it did at the end of the fall semester with remote instruction for all but a limited number of courses. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128946\" title=\"UCCS to begin spring semester remotely, adjust Spring Break dates\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":126203,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-128946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-1.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-xxM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128946","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128946"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128957,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128946\/revisions\/128957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}