CU Boulder to begin spring semester online
The University of Colorado Boulder will begin the second semester on Jan. 14 online, the school announced Thursday.
Classes will be kept online for four weeks; “a mix of in-person, remote and hybrid courses” will begin on Feb. 14.
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The university has been completely online since mid-November, as the Boulder and Denver areas, as well as the state at large, have faced a significant jump in coronavirus cases and related hospitalizations.
The spring commencement will be held virtually “because indications are that large gatherings, such as commencement, will not yet be safe by early May,” the university wrote.
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University officials will further discuss the spring plans at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
There will be no spring break, which is why the school is starting its spring semester later. There will also be two “wellness days” when classes will be canceled on Feb. 17 and March 25.
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