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Q&A with President Brown regarding the COVID-19 global pandemic
As the world responds to halt the spread of the ever-changing, global pandemic COVID-19, Â鶹ֱ²¥ remains committed to supporting our entire campus community while executing appropriate actions and precautions to ensure safety. Whether you are learning, teaching, or working from home, a leading voice of calm and reassurance has been that of our eighteenth President M. Christopher Brown II. We asked President Brown...
Communication and preparation have been key in setting up the Â鶹ֱ²¥ migration to online learning
Frequent communication and preparation have been critical to the success of migrating to online learning for Â鶹ֱ²¥. Acting Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Beverly Schneller said the process of migrating to online learning has gone well, even though everything moved quickly when the decision was made to move to a modified instruction model. “The successes have been solid – Dr. (Michael D.) D...
Â鶹ֱ²¥ Information Technology provides leadership during transition to online working and learning
Â鶹ֱ²¥â€™s Information Technology team has played a crucial role during the campus migration to online learning and working. Wendy Dixie, chief information officer, said the process has been challenging, but three of the University’s most critical and heavily used systems were moved to cloud-based platforms in 2013, 2015 and 2018. “This has allowed the IT team to focus a large portion of our efforts during this c...
Â鶹ֱ²¥ professor transforms basement into production studio for online learning
As Â鶹ֱ²¥ transitions to online learning during the global pandemic, faculty have made preparations to help Thorobreds continue to strive for academic excellence. Dr. Jens Hannemann, associate professor for computer science, transformed his basement into a production student to better help his students during this unprecedented time. “Modern mobile phones are ridiculously good video cameras for this particular...