EMPORIA -- Emporia State University has announced that it will cancel all face-to-face classes Monday through Friday of next week in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
According to a letter to the campus community from President Allison Garrett on the university's website, "beginning Monday, March 23 and continuing until further notice, all ESU face-to-face classes will be offered through remote access rather than in classrooms."
Additionally, "all campus events and programming are cancelled until April 10, with monitoring to determine whether this date will be extended. This includes events scheduled by off-campus groups using university venues," the letter noted.
All ESU athletics events — track and field, baseball, softball, tennis — will be held without spectators.
"We strongly encourage students who live in the residence halls, sororities or fraternities to travel home or stay at home next week. For students who cannot go home, the residence halls and related services remain open. Residential Life will reach out to hall residents about housing options that will be available beginning Saturday, March 21," Garrett noted in the letter.
Click here to read more about ESU's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.