Quinsigamond Community College to Transition to Remote Learning Opportunities

WORCESTER, MA— March 19, 2020— Due to the current and unfolding situation regarding the Coronavirus/COVID-19, Quinsigamond Community College has instituted the following safety measures:

• From March 18-27, the College will be closed to in-person services for current students and the public.
• On March 22, regularly scheduled online classes will resume as normal.
• Current in-person courses, labs, and clinicals (including in-person meetings of blended/hybrid courses) are being delayed until Monday, March 30 as the College transitions to remote instruction.
• Seven-week courses (QCC’s Spring II) that are 100% online will begin on March 23 as scheduled.
• New, in-person, seven-week courses scheduled to begin on March 23 will be delayed until Monday, March 30, as they are reformatted to remote instruction.
• Additional strategies such as facilitating access to Internet and online services, the QCC Food Pantry and Resource Center, and other student support services are being addressed and new procedures are being adopted.  All information will be available to the public as strategies are finalized.
• Registration for current QCC students will begin on March 30.  Students will receive emailed instructions.

For the latest information and updates visit QCC’s Cronavirus/COVID-19 Information Center, at www.qcc.edu/coronavirus

For more information about QCC, contact Josh Martin, Director of Institutional Communications at 508.854.7513 or jmartin [at] qcc.mass.edu

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