RADFORD, Va. (AP) - Radford University will start the fall semester early and finish classes before Thanksgiving, school officials said in an email.
The school had previously said it would reopen its campus in August, but that date has been moved up to July 27, The Roanoke Times reported Tuesday.
According to the email sent Monday to the campus community, students will begin moving into campus housing between Aug. 1-11, with classes beginning Aug. 12. Classes will end Nov. 16 and exams will be finished by Nov. 20, with commencement scheduled for Nov. 21-22, the email said.
The majority of classes with 50 or more students will be moved to an online format, although some of those classes “may need to move forward with face-to-face instruction as planned due to faculty resources and/or accreditation requirements,” according to an information guide attached to the email from Radford President Brian Hemphill.
The email also said classrooms, laboratories and work spaces are being reconfigured to meet social distancing guidelines.
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