{"id":113987,"date":"2020-03-18T12:12:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T22:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=113987"},"modified":"2020-04-02T14:11:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:11:46","slug":"presidents-message-march-18-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/18\/presidents-message-march-18-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s Message: Online courses extended for remainder of semester, other important updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/system-coronavirus.jpg\" alt=\"coronavirus\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/system-coronavirus.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/system-coronavirus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/system-coronavirus-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This message was shared with the students, faculty, and staff of the 10-campus University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> system on March 18, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aloha <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> &#699;Ohana,<\/p>\n<p>Mahalo for your patience and understanding during this unprecedented pandemic crisis. Like many days, yesterday brought new changes including a set of extraordinary announcements from Governor Ige. So I want to share a number of significant updates to the university\u2019s response. All of these are grounded in our firm commitment to completing the semester for our students while protecting the safety of our employees and students across the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> System.<\/p>\n<p><strong><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> instruction will be conducted online for the remainder of the semester.<\/strong> Exceptions may be granted only as previously announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Until further notice, our campuses remain open to our students and employees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To maximize safety, other public-facing services may be curtailed for the duration of the crisis. <strong>Campus libraries are closed to the public<\/strong>, and other facilities and services may follow.<\/li>\n<li>Changes to facilities and practices will be made to maximize social distancing in accord with <abbr title=\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\">CDC<\/abbr> guidelines for Institutions of Higher Education.<\/li>\n<li>Full buildings or sections of buildings that are unnecessary during this crisis may be closed under the authority of a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Officer. Cleaning and disinfection will be focused on areas still open to students and employees.<\/li>\n<li>Traditional dining services are being phased out and replaced with To-Go, Grab-n-Go and\/or Delivery food services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All non-essential travel, including to neighbor islands, should be canceled.<\/strong> Exceptions will be granted under the authority of a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All public events shall be canceled at least through the end of April<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As previously announced guidance for employees regarding remote working and implementing social distancing will be issued later today.<\/p>\n<p>Please stay tuned for more updates and information as this continues to be a rapidly developing situation. And mahalo for all you do to support our students, our university and our state in this difficult and incredibly dynamic situation.<\/p>\n<p>E m\u0101lama pono,<br \/>\nDavid Lassner<br \/>\nUniversity of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> President<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Lassner updated the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> community on online class delivery, facilities and other changes relating to COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[1411,1418,61,62,63,64,65,394,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-113987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-announcement","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-presidents-office","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113987"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115105,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113987\/revisions\/115105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}