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USD faculty prepares for finals week, looks back on semester

November 8, 2020November 10, 2020 Sara Cappiello0Tagged break, communication, covid-19 task force, exams, face to face classes, finals, finals week, holiday break, Kurt Hackemer, remote learning, spring semester, thanksgiving

As the semester starts to wind down, students and faculty are preparing for finals week. While students normally return to campus after Thanksgiving and finish off their classes before the holiday break, this semester classes will finish remotely. Kurt Hackemer, USD provost and vice president for academic affairs, said looking back on the fall semester, he […]

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COVID-19 task force re-evaluates pandemic policy

August 30, 2020November 20, 2020 Tyler Boyle0Tagged board of regents, CDC, COVID-19, COVID-19 Plan, MUC, online classes, remote learning, wellness center

Five and a half months after students and staff were sent home, classes are back in full swing. However, after 235 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the USD community and 637 students and staff quarantined in the first two weeks of classes, USD is making adjustments in COVID-19 policy to avoid sending students home once again. […]

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