Message from Provost Cecil, April 15, 2020
Good morning,
I am writing today with a brief update on summer enrollment and some early advice about how we might plan for an uncertain fall semester.
- Summer: All summer instruction will be online. For the past two weeks, deans have been working with faculty to adapt classes and adjust course offerings for online delivery. Thanks to a lot of hard work by faculty, staff, and administrators, we are cautiously optimistic that summer enrollments will be solid.
- Fall: We will be a part of the conversation about what our delivery mode for fall is, but it will ultimately be Chancellor Devinder Malhotra’s decision. Conversations are ongoing, and no timeline for a decision has been shared. The options for fall seem to be:
- Normal in-person instruction
- Entirely online delivery
- Mostly online and limited in-person delivery (with social distancing)
I encourage everyone to be prepared to adapt whenever a decision is made. That means preparing for each of the possibilities above.
In the meantime, thank you all for your outstanding work during this strange and unprecedented semester. I am proud to be a part of this university community because of the wonderful work you are doing.
If you have questions, ideas, comments, or concerns, please email me at provost@mnsu.edu.
Stay safe. Thank you for everything you do for our students and our university.
Kind regards,
Matt
Matt Cecil, Ph.D.
Interim Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
