UTHSC Begins Transition to Remote Delivery, Suspends Face-to-Face Courses Next Week
March 13, 2020
In an effort to allow faculty and staff the time for necessary planning to ensure a
smooth transition of our face-to-face courses to remote delivery by Monday, March
23, all UTHSC on-campus classes will be suspended for one week, March 16 – 20.
Here is how next week's suspension of classes will impact UTHSC:
Students
On-campus face-to-face classes and other on-campus activity at the UTHSC campuses
in Memphis, Chattanooga, Nashville, and Knoxville will be suspended. Some online classes
will begin next week with a full online conversion the following week. The colleges
will communicate directly with students as individual classes convert to remote delivery.
The details of lab and hands-on classes on campus will be communicated to students
when they begin in subsequent weeks. Please note that special classes necessary for
accreditation may be continued as defined by the colleges. These special exempted
classes will be announced and communicated directly to the students by the colleges.
Student Support Services
All student support services (i.e. Financial Aid, University Health Services, Health
Sciences Library, etc.) will remain open and operational.
Clinical Rotations
Clinical rotations for students will proceed as usual under guidance from the sponsoring
partner institutions, including clinical activities. The College of Dentistry clinical
building will remain on an emergency-only schedule for next week.
Residents and Fellows
Residents and fellows will proceed as usual under guidance from the sponsoring partner
institutions.
Research: Laboratories, Employees, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows
Research laboratories will remain open and operational at this time. Lab employees,
graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows should proceed as usual.
Faculty and Staff
The UTHSC campus will remain open. Faculty and staff should report as usual.
For more information and resources on COVID-19, please visit uthsc.edu/coronavirus.