Colleges Are Postponing Graduations, Moving Classes Online Due to COVID-19 Crisis

Colleges Are Postponing Graduations, Moving Classes Online Due to COVID-19 Crisis

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Wee hearing from local college students impacted from the campus shut downs.

44news reporter marisa patwa talked with several seniors at ?e and ??i?

Devastated about the push to online classes.

Officials with the university of southern indiana, university of evansville and ivy tech evansville all announced they would be moving online for the rest of the semester, which is forcing some students to scramble to figure out where to stay as they must move out of their dorms, while others aren sure how their going to complete their end of the year projects.

"like for printmaking, i can't use any of the studio space anymore, and it really sucks, because i'm a senior, and like, this is my last opportunity to use that."

For many seniors, it was a complete shock finding out they already had their last day of class on campus.

And many are already mourning the major events they are going to now miss out on this year, and even possibly graduation.

"but i'm also really sad about the little stuff.

Just being a college student and i thought i had two months to prepare to be done with that and it just got taken away."

The university of kentucky announced tuesday they would also shift to online courses and pos?ponned commencemen t.

As of now, usi graduation is postponed, while ue has not yet made a decision about their annual ceremony at the ford center.

Marisa patwa, 44news.