In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, UL Lafayette, ULM, McNeese, Northwestern, and Southeastern all start back to class today. UL System President Jim Henderson says he feels comfortable they have put the best-informed plans together, adding that faculty and staff are doing their best to execute those plans.
“There are so many unknowns and that’s the part that keeps you awake at night and wondering if you have planned for every possible eventuality. I believe that we have,” said Henderson.
Henderson says the learning environment has the best possible spread mitigation efforts in place, but the focus is still put on informing students of the risks involved with social behaviors.
“They are not engaging in that behavior because they are at college, they are engaging in that behavior because it is just a factor of that age population,” said Henderson.
Nicholls and Grambling started last week. Henderson says the initial outlook on class and campus operations seems promising.
“So far things are going very well at both of those campuses, but this is not a short-term conversation. Ask me again in eight weeks how they are doing and we are going to continue to remind students that this is your responsibility,” said Henderson.
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