Indiana colleges looking at bringing back students in fall

Indiana colleges looking at bringing back students in fall

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Colleges across indiana are deciding on whether to bring students back on campus for the fall semester.purdue university president mitch daniels outlined how..and many may soon follow.fox 55's chris mullooly is live on purdue fort wayne's campus.chris... will purdue fort wayne students be following the same guidelines.hunter... we reached out to purdue fort wayne communications director..

He says right now... they're hopeful for a normal fall semester... president daniels at purdue... was more direct.

He says they're 'intending' to accept students...and more colleges could follow their lead.

3 not much to see or do on purdue fort wayne campus 3 finding a student would be like a wild goose chase.but it could soon change here and at some other nearby colleges.its all up in the air and wiill continue to developjames tew with trine university in angola says they intend to have students on their campus...then just doing everything we can to maintain health and safety of community tew says right now... school officials are working on how to keep students safe... including having traditional seated classes..

Or a hybrid of online and seated...pre testing students and staff doing what we can as processes become available to track infections..

Possibly lowering sizes of gatherings of classroom instructionthey won't be the only ones....down in west lafayette..

Purdue president mitch daniels released a statement saying he intends on welcoming students back as well....going on to say 'at least 80 percent of our population is made up of young people... and while covid 19 transmits rapidly in this age group... it poses close to zero lethal threat to them'daniels outlines similar goals and policies trine university will implement to minimize contact...saying 'our students pose a far greater danger to others than the virus poses to them'."then just doing everything we can to maintain health and safety of community"for purdue fort wayne students... don't go running towards campus yet.

Geoff thomas..director of communications with purdue fort wayne in part saying they're hopeful... and will continue to follow every best practice to ensure the safety of our entire university community on and off campus.

All three universities in their statements saying officials will continue to follow federal state and local health guidelines..

As they transition to a 'new normal' for the fall semester.

Reporting live ... chris mullooly... fox 55