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Purdue graduate students voice concern about university reopening plan

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Purdue graduate students voice concern about university reopening plan
Purdue graduate students voice concern about university reopening plan

As the day gets closer for when Purdue's fall semester starts, some graduate students said they have concerns with the "Protect Purdue Plan."

Say they have concerns with the "protect purdue plan" news 18's anna darling talked with grad students and worked to get answers from the university.

"we are a university of experts and it would be a shame to train us and then ignore us" members of the independent organization, graduate rights and our well-being, say an important voice is being left out of the formation of purdue's covid-19 reopening plan.

Elle rochford is a member of grow.

"our goals are to listen to the graduate student community and more broadly the campus community including other workers" they say the plan isn't doing enough to protect the workers who are in the classroom with students.

"some of the classroom measures put a lot of burden on instructors and on custodial staff with no increase in pay or acknowledgment of risk."

Graduate school dean linda mason said the purdue graduate student government is regularly consulted.

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Anna darling news 18 ow submitted demaso the ard of trustees and edent daniem dean mason two weeks later and have a meeting set up with her for next week.

Grow has a petition, and is hosting a virtual panel discussion this friday.

Find links to both on our website wlfi.com.

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