| by Baishakhi Taylor and Varsha Vijayakumar
Sincere thanks, everyone, for attending our open office hours and emailing us the important questions you have about the evolving COVID-19 situation. Please continue to check the FAQ page, which we are constantly updating.
| by Karen Miller
Thank you for your continued dedication and support during these challenging times. I want to share a few updates with you from the past 24 hours.
| by Carlos Vélez
I write to you with the disappointing, yet not unexpected news that, effective immediately, the Schools Abroad in France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Morocco, Japan, Jordan, and India are suspending in-country activity. We are still in discussion about plans for the Schools in Latin America and Cameroon.
| by Laura Burian and Fernando DePaolis
This is a message following up on President Patton’s announcement to the Institute campus that we will be moving all instruction to remote methods, effective Monday March 23, and that instruction will be remote for the remainder of the spring semester.
| by Laurie Patton
As an educational institution, we have two overarching obligations to our community: to provide the academic opportunities Middlebury is known for, and to do so in a safe, healthy environment. The rapidly developing circumstances of the novel Coronavirus now require extraordinary changes to our usual practices to fulfill those obligations. We are making these changes in order to maximize our ability to continue the core educational activities that are our mission—teaching classes.
| by Jeff Cason and Sujata Moorti
Thank you for your understanding and flexibility as we all work through the challenge of limiting the risk of exposure to and spread of COVID-19. We recognize that we are asking you midway through the semester to completely rethink how you teach.
| by Karen Miller
As we continue to navigate the rapidly changing situation around Coronavirus, I wanted to reach out to you again with an update about our work as we plan for the temporary suspension of classes and regular activities, from March 13.
| by Baishakhi Taylor and David Provost
Based on your feedback, we will allow students to stay on campus until Sunday, March 15, 5:00 p.m. if necessary, and approved by student life.
| by Carlos Vélez
You may have already heard about President Trump’s announcement Wednesday night during his speech to the nation about coronavirus. We know that there has been quite a bit of concern about his statements regarding travel to the US from Europe.
