University of Tennessee Campuses to Continue Online Classes Throughout the Summer
April 1, 2020
KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd – in consultation
with chancellors at UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga, UT Martin and the UT Health Science
Center – has announced that summer session classes at all campuses will be delivered
online in response to COVID-19. At UTHSC, clinical rotations in hospitals will continue
with students following COVID-19 protocol.
“Our faculty and staff have done an incredible job of moving to an entirely digital
platform for the spring semester,” Boyd said. “I am confident they will continue
to provide an inspired learning experience for our students who are enrolled in summer
classes.”
Since moving to an online platform, UT campuses have provided an estimated 9,300 classes
online.
Each campus will be sending out specific communications to their faculty, students
and staff regarding the impact to its respective campuses.
The UT System has a comprehensive resource guide that provides information and resources surrounding COVID-19: tennessee.edu/coronavirus/.
In December 2019, the global health care community identified a new respiratory virus that originated in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, and has since been labeled 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization—previously it was referred to as 2019-nCoV). Spread of coronavirus is correlated with circumstances of close and sustained contact with others who are infected.
The University of Tennessee System has campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin and Memphis; the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma; the UT Institute of Agriculture with a presence in every Tennessee county; and the statewide Institute for Public Service. The UT system manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its UT-Battelle partnership; enrolls about 50,000 students statewide; produces about 10,000 new graduates every year; and represents more than 387,000 alumni around the world.
Contact:
Melissa Tindell, 865.974.0741, mtindell@tennessee.edu, P267 Andy Holt Tower, 1331 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN 37996
Jennifer Sicking, 865.974.5179, jsicking@tennessee.edu, P265 Andy Holt Tower, 1331 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN 37996