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Welcome back after our extended spring break, though the circumstances are certainly much different than any of us might have anticipated at the beginning of the semester. As students, faculty and staff adjust to distance learning, there are a few announcements we want to share with all employees.

We are aware of concern among our neighbors in Morrisville about students returning to campus in the midst of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. More than 90 percent of our students have returned home and will not be coming back to campus. The few students who are here currently remained through spring break, which began two weeks ago.

Thank you for your help in making plans for residence halls for the remainder of the spring semester. It is helping us to reduce density of people and suppress the spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus.

Dear faculty and staff, Thank you for all you are doing to adapt to remote work and instruction in such a swift manner during this challenging time. We know that our students are benefitting from this herculean effort to make sure their education can continue and stay on track, even as the world changes so dramatically.

Dear Students,

Dear students, We want you to know that we are working quickly to resolve the financial impact this transition to remote learning will have on a student’s unused campus housing, meals and fees for the remainder of the spring semester while taking into account student’s financial aid awards.

Dear Students, Thank you for your responsible efforts to reduce the density of students remaining on campus. We appreciate those who have already moved out or retrieved essential belongings for the remainder of the semester. This reduces the risk of exposure and spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus, as well as the strain on our limited employees still on campus.

Dear students,

Today’s COVID-19 (coronavirus) roundup includes information about living on campus, having packages forwarded, and plans for finals to continue. Reconsidering Living on Campus If you haven’t already, please complete the “Student Plans After Spring Break” survey in Web for Students to remain on campus. This is essential to our plans to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 

We have more information to share you with this evening, as students ask questions about returning to campus, either to retrieve their belongings before returning home or to continue living on campus for the remainder of the spring semester. We want to provide as much information as possible to help inform your decisions.

We have news tonight for students seeking to stay on campus, return to campus or retrieve their belongings from campus, as SUNY Morrisville seeks to lessen the spread of COVID-19, or the coronavirus, and prepare for remote learning only, beginning Monday, March 30.

FOR STUDENTS  LIVING ON CAMPUS 

Dear members of the campus community,  Thank you for your continued efforts to isolate COVID-19 instances and lessen the spread of the virus. Several measures are in place to assist us, including some new and expanded ones. 

Until further notice, all campus residence halls, dining halls and other facilities will remain open to serve students in a safe and healthy environment for those students who choose to stay on campus. Tuition and fees charged to student accounts will continue to support these activities. 

Students, faculty or staff members who present symptoms of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are urged to contact University Police at SUNY Morrisville, which is staffed and responsive around the clock, at 315.684.6410. Coronavirus symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.

Thank you for your patience as we work through the many changes happening not just daily, but hourly, as we adapt to respond to the current pandemic of the coronavirus, or COVID-19. I understand how disruptive this is to all our lives, and the fear that many are experiencing.

Residence Halls are closing for Spring Break from Saturday, March 14, 2020, at noon until Sunday, March 22, 2020, at noon. Students who wish to stay on campus during spring break may do so. Please notify Residence Life by emailing reslife@morrisville.edu. Food Service Meal plans are not available during Spring Break. However, Mustang Money, cash and credit can be used at the following locations:

Today brought big news related to New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s announcement that all SUNY and CUNY institutions immediately develop plans to transition courses wherever possible to remote instruction including distance learning and online in response to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), effective Thursday, March 19.

New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo just concluded a press conference during which he announced that all SUNY and CUNY institutions would begin instituting distancing policies and practices as of Thursday, March 19, to reduce density on campuses and inhibiting the potential exposure to and spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19.

The following is a roundup of the current information related to the development of concerns over novel coronavirus - or COVID-19.

The following is a roundup of the current information related to the development of concerns over novel coronavirus - or COVID-19.

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — SUNY Morrisville’s woods sport team is readying for its lumberjack season, which starts with a competition Saturday, March 7. The free contest will be held inside the college’s Nancy Sears Stowell Arena on Swamp Road, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — The cruiser of a fallen police officer will soon find its permanent home at the Discovery Center Story Garden, in Johnson City, thanks to SUNY Morrisville’s Automotive Department.  Faculty, staff and students are preparing the car of Johnson City police officer David “DW” Smith, who was killed in the line of duty in March 2014, to be donated to the Discovery Center Story Garden. 

Information and guidelines related to the coronavirus is rapidly evolving, and the latest developments have suggested we provide an update on our efforts. This memo particularly relates to travel. At this time, we want to offer some important considerations related to travel, whether college-related or personal, as Spring Break approaches:

Recently, a new coronavirus was detected in China that has not been previously found in humans. This new (novel) coronavirus has now been named COVID-19 (previously called 2019-nCoV). There are thousands of confirmed cases in China and additional cases being identified in a growing number of countries internationally, including the United States.