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NMU delays start of
in-person classes
MARQUETTE -- Northern Michigan University is delaying its return to in-person classes and changing its masking protocol for staff and students as COVID-19 cases rise in the region, NMU Interim President Dr. Kerri D. Schuiling announced in a letter to the campus community.
Classes were canceled Monday and today, with remote classes to be held Wednesday through Friday. This comes as the university changed its masking protocol for staff and students and awaits thousands of KN95 masks for its students. The semester was scheduled to start Monday.
The university's business operations will remain open all week due to mask availability for staff.
The university has ordered 12,000 KN95 masks for students that are expected to arrive Wednesday.
"That means they will not be widely available to students until later in the week and over the weekend," Schuiling's letter states. "Given these logistics, the decision has been made to cancel Monday and Tuesday classes and plan to hold classes remotely the rest of this week with the exception of labs and clinics. It is believed we have enough KN95 masks for students and faculty to be able to hold their labs and clinics as scheduled. We recognize these types of classes are more difficult to hold in a remote format."