OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – It’s been a weekend of movement for most UW-Oshkosh students this weekend, including Mary Sanford.
“It was really short notice.”
Sanford tells FOX 11 she got the email Wednesday, leaving her with less than three days to ask her parents for help moving out.
The university sent FOX 11 a statement, saying the evacuation is meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
It goes on to say face-to-face classes are canceled, and will move to “alternative methods.”
After students move out the university’s facilities team will disinfect the residence halls, but cleaning was already underway. It’s why you would see disinfecting wipes taped to the elevator walls.
“Helping my daughter move out of Horizon Village here at UW-Oshkosh,” said Blair Sanford, Mary’s mom.
She too was left to make adjustments. Blair tells FOX while she understands the safety measure she doesn’t want online alternative classes to impact her daughter’s education.
“You know, we hope so. We are confident that the people in the nursing program here which has that 100% RN pass rate will come up with some supplemental things if the online simulations aren’t enough.”
Mary Sanford has some worries….
“In dorm rooms we’re so clumped together and it makes it really easy for spreading viruses like this. But I do think canceling all the face to face classes is beneficial to stop the spread so I am glad that they did that. It is going to be hard to catch up on education and still learn as much but you have to do what you have to do.”
The university also pulled the plug on spring graduation, although the hope is a postponed graduation can still happen. UWO will pay students back for the days of housing and dining that were disrupted by COVID-19.
