COVID-19

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Our Greater Chicago Alumnae Chapter just posted this to Facebook with the message: Are you tired of singing Happy Birthday? Try saying The Creed when washing your hands instead. 💚⚓💛

Going around Alpha Delta Pi circles is this same meme to our "Boom Boom" Recruitment song1

Our Centennial Celebration, scheduled for April 3-5, has been cancelled. At Pitt, classes are cancelled and no group over 25, students or alumni, is permitted.

The real kicker is that Heinz Chapel, which hosts 5-6 weddings each Saturday, has cancelled all weddings until further notice. This is causing mass hysteria on wedding sites.

[msbeta]

My University starts spring break tomorrow afternoon. As of today, spring break has been extended to a two week period to provide faculty an opportunity to convert all of our face to face classes to an online format. This will be the most difficult two weeks of work for me since the aftermath of Katrina. Rest assured, if the University has invested in training and preparation, students will not be teaching themselves. For faculty who have never taught online and/or have large class sections, teaching online will likely be more difficult than teaching face to face. We would absolutely prefer to see our students on-campus and for life as we knew it to continue. I feel sad for our students and student-athletes and our faculty. This is not what we signed up for and never anticipated such an event.

[carnation]

So most Georgia districts, as well as the University System of Georgia schools, are out for at least 2 weeks. My sons will come home from their university for that period--no idea if they'll get online work because 1 week was their break. My husband and I will be off and I guess we're keeping grandkids because most of our children who live in town don't teach.

[ForeverRoses]

COVID-19 in the age of Helicopter Parenting. Sounds like an amazing thesis paper in a few years.

[naraht]

I'm at work from Home until at least two weeks from Today. School is cancelled for my kid (HS Sr.) until that point. Still wondering if he'll get Prom or Graduation.

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

COVID-19 in the age of Helicopter Parenting. Sounds like an amazing thesis paper in a few years.

No kidding.

[AGDee]

All K-12 public schools in Michigan have been closed until April 6th. Many start Spring Break that day so are really closed until April 13th. Closed. Not moved to online.

Most of the universities and colleges have gone to all online courses until late April. That's the week before finals for most. I think they'll go back in to take a final and leave. But my friend whose son is at Brown has to figure out how to get him out of a dorm and get all his stuff out of the dorm in the next week. Thankfully she has a brother in Connecticut who is going to help out.

My son is all online and I'm hoping his master's graduation ceremony isn't canceled. My work gave us the "work from home" direction today. Everything is canceled everywhere- theater tickets, sports, museums.

My daughter in DC is not so lucky. She's still going in to work (Dept of Education is her current project) and has practically no food and is panicking because store shelves have been wiped out. She's a bit anxious about everything.

Our cruise to Italy and Greece is definitely not happening for us.

[Cheerio]

All of my region's public libraries are temporarily closed or closing, most for four weeks.

[aephi alum]

All Louisiana public and Catholic K-12 schools are closed until mid-April. They are going to try to do online classes, but, according to the paper, 71% of public school children come from economically disadvantaged families, and I'm sure many of them don't have internet at home.

Officials are trying to come up with a way to distribute lunches to students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. For some students, their free lunch is the only solid meal they get all day.

[sigmagirl2000]

I didn't mean to say that MIT was closing, but rather than many campus buildings and greek housing were likely to do so. Of course all schools in this situation of trying to close as much of the property as possible and limit students are moving to online learning. I was rather wondering how greek organizations are handling reimbursing students when they are being told to move out, etc.

Massachusetts educational commissioner today recommended NOT closing K-12 districts and gave very specific recommendations including closing for less than 2 days for thorough cleanings of buildings. The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents has issues a press release that I believe is very telling. The county I work in has over 70 confirmed cases among the very few people who have thus far had access to testing, including several passengers on the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship in the town that I teach in. I am so very proud of the Merrimack Valley Superintendents Association for banding together for the health and welfare of our communities. It will for sure be a strange few weeks, but the uncertainty is over and we can move forward with knowing we will be our of the building (minus a staff training day Monday) until at least March 27. Proms, Graduation, etc. unknown. Yet a little bit of solace in knowing that the superintendents in our area believe in the safety of our communities and that's enough for now....

link to press release.

[Rod D]

They are closing down the country. ILL k-12 schools all closed. Heath clubs and the like are closing. Next up will be private businesses.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

You can let her know that I've been teaching - TEACHING - online for 6 years. He won't be teaching himself, and that professor is putting in too much work to go without pay.

Thank you!

[naraht]

Alpha Phi Omega's information in regards to Covid 19.
https://apo.org/apo-operations-updat...t-of-covid-19/

Options include virtual pledge and initiation ceremonies (with the suggestion of holding a walk through in person when the school comes back and in person meetings can be done again.

[Sciencewoman]

Finally got an email from Princess Cruise Line stating that they're cancelling all cruises for 60 days -- up until now, it's just been one "SALE!!!!" pitch email after another.

[Titchou]

https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/coro...cials-say.html