The 2022 spring semester at Monmouth College gets underway today. Students were welcomed back to campus over the weekend and underwent COVID-19 testing protocols. For the first two weeks back, Monmouth College will have a “cool down” period and classes will be held virtually, says Dean of Faculty Mark Willhardt:
“We are going to do the first two weeks remotely. They are probably a little less excited about the remote learning because they are having flashbacks to a year, a year and a half ago. The truth is doing two weeks of that to help us get through this little wave of whatever might be coming through is a much better way of going. Two weeks, they can handle two weeks, we can all handle all two weeks. I think it will be a better way to make sure the campus is healthy and safe.”
After eliminating a spring break last year, Willhardt says this year’s academic calendar makes it possible for students to once again get a weeklong spring break from March 7th through March 11th.
**Written by WMOI/WRAM Director of Communitions Kelsey Crain**
