Class Returning at MUW

The MUW campus renewal taskforce will implement a few changes for students returning this fall.

Classroom rosters will shrink and student activities may have to wait.

The muw campus renewal taskforce will implement a few changes for students returning this fall.

Classroom rosters will shrink and student activities may have to wait.

Our stephanie poole joins us live from muw and has more on what students can expect.

Empty sidewalks and bare parking lots.

Muw's campus has been this way since the covid-19 pandemic first began.

Now they're ready to invite students back.

President nora miller says the board is developing the best way students can be on campus and stay protected.

" this taskforce will be meeting over the next few weeks to determine what measures would move us into a certain phase.

When is it going to be safe for people to come back to campus to work?

How can we accommodate people who may be in higher risk and are concerned about being exposed to anything."

University president nora miller says her board will analyze scenarios to help fit student needs and safety during the semester.

The first step is reducing classroom capacity to practice social distancing.

" we have a small 13:1 student faculty ratio.

Having small classes will make things a-lot easier for us than some larger institutions will have to deal with.

" " if someone is running a fever or showing symptoms they can still participate in the class remotely while the rest of the class ta place physically."

Lydia holland is muw's student body president.

She hopes all the changes will be an easy transition.

" the w is like one big family.

When students begin to make their transition to come back to the w, i'm sure we will be afforded all the opportunities and the information necessary for us to make an accommodation.

" butt sots " we're looking at how we can accommodate students in the residents hall so that if there is another spike or return that we don't have to send people home and can just manage it with social isolation, and quarantine without total disruption."

Miller tells me there will be a two phases regarding faculty, staff and student return.

Faculty and staff members will return during the summer months.

Students will be allowed on campus at a later date.

And the safe start task force, made up of university representatives from all of mississippi's colleges and universities will meet tonight to discuss ways to open safely in the fall.

For now, reporting live at muw, stephanie poole, wcbi news.