Local colleges are planning their return to campus as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay at home order winds down. Monday marked the first day restaurants could open back up to in-person dining, and other organizations around the state are planning their return to operations.
St. Clair County Community College reconvened its on-campus healthcare classes on June 1. Those studying for emergency response fields like policing or healthcare were permitted to continue in-person studies, SC4 Director of Admissions and Marketing Tom Kephart said in an email.
"These courses require hands-on experience in our simulation labs and at clinical sites to be taught effectively," Kephart said.
People entering campus buildings must be screened at the Health Science Building to ensure they do not have COVID-19 symptoms. Face coverings are required once inside. Additional sanitation work is also being done, Kephart said.
SC4 employees will continue working form home when possible to reduce the total number of people on campus.
"Fortunately, summer is our quietest time overall on campus, so having people work from home remains a possibility," Kephart wrote in an email. "Our staff and faculty have done an amazing job of adapting their work to their home environments, and the college is very proud of and thankful for their efforts."
The college is still planning to offer fall classes on-campus. Almost two-thirds of classes take place on campus, the rest are online, Kephart said. Students have expressed to the school that in-person classes are important to them, Kephart said.
The specific measures students will see come fall are still being worked out, SC4 Professor of English and SC4's Michigan Association for Higher Education member Christopher Hilton said. But students can anticipate seeing visual changes to how classes looks and are conducted, Hilton said. Faculty and administration are working together to figure out exactly what this will look like.
"There's no playbook for it," Hilton said.
One question is what will happen with social distancing in classrooms, and class sizes may be adjusted, he said. But a lot may yet change between now and the fall, and planners are trying to plan for multiple scenarios.
"Maybe we start classes and something happens four weeks in and it gets canceled," he said.
While things are fluid, Hilton said if the pandemic continues the way it is, students could anticipate mask requirements among other changes.
Aside from SC4, the Culinary Institute of Michigan Port Huron location is not in session, and Baker College will make an announcement when more information is available about a return to these classes, Baker College One-Stop Advisor Greg Rumpz wrote in an email.
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