NC State moves classes to online instruction only

Graduate courses and clinical education will be allowed to meet in person or in a hybrid format.
Posted 8/20/2020, 7:10:00 PM Updated 8/20/2020, 10:11:51 PM

I AM GERALD OWENS.

>> I AM DEBRA MORGAN.

DAVE IS OFF TONIGHT.

WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE STORY

SINCE ABOUT 2:30 THIS

AFTERNOON.

WHEN WE SET THE NEWS ALERT TO

YOUR PHONE.

WE HAVE FIVE REPORTERS WORKING

THE STORY TONIGHT COVERING HOW

WE GOT HERE, AND WHAT IS NEXT

FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS

STUDENTS.

IN THIS HALF HOUR, WE START OUR

COVERAGE WITH THE JULIAN GRACE

WHO WAS THERE WHEN THE

CHANCELLOR SPOKE TO THE MEDIA

ABOUT HIS DECISION.

JULIAN.

>>> THAT IS CORRECT DEBORAH, WE

WERE RIGHT HERE WHEN THE

CHANCELLOR BROKE THE NEWS TO

US, NC STATE CHANCELLOR RANDY

WOODSON MADE A VERY CLEAR THIS

WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION TO

REACH BUT HE ALSO GAVE US SOME

PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.

HE SAID ABOUT 500 NC STATE

STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY

QUARANTINED MEANING THEY EITHER

HAVE THE VIRUS OR THEY HAVE

BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE

WHO DOES HAVE THE VIRUS.

THIS IS WHAT WE DID EARLIER

THIS AFTERNOON, WE TRAVELED

AROUND CAMPUS AND THIS IS WHAT

WE SAW, WE SAW STUDENTS HERE

AND THERE.

NOT A LOT OF STUDENTS GATHERING

THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL.

THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WHO

ARE QUARANTINED ARE IN

ISOLATION OFF-CAMPUS.

SINCE UNIVERSITY REOPENED,

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF

LARGE PARTIES OFF-CAMPUS AND IN

THE SPAN OF TWO DAYS, THERE

HAVE BEEN THREE CORONAVIRUS

CLUSTERS DISCOVERED WHICH

PLAYED A ROLE INTO TODAY'S

DECISION.

NC STATE CHANCELLOR RANDY

WOODSON TALKED ABOUT THE

DECISION TO MOVE ONLINE AND HE

ALSO PRAISED THOSE ON CAMPUS

FOR FOLLOWING THE RULES.

>>> REALIZE WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A

CHANGE IN THE OPERATIONS OF THE

UNIVERSITY.

WE'VE HAD VERY FEW CASES IN

RESIDENCE HALLS AT NC STATE.

OUR RESIDENCE HALLS, THE

STUDENTS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL

JOB OF FOLLOWING THE

REQUIREMENTS AND WE HAVE

FANTASTIC RESIDENT ASSISTANTS

ARE HELPING KEEP OUR STUDENTS

SAFE.

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

RESIDENCE HALLS, THEY WILL STAY

OPEN ALSO, THE FOOD HALLS AND

THE LIBRARIES ON CAMPUS.

THEY WILL STAY OPEN AS WELL.

AS FAR AS STUDENTS WHO

CURRENTLY LIVE ON CAMPUS BUT

THEY DECIDE HEY, THIS IS JUST

NOT FOR ME AT THIS TIME, I WANT

TO GO BACK HOME.

WE ARE TOLD BY THE CHANCELLOR

THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO

HOME AND THEY RECEIVE A

PRORATED REFUND.

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