This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News

March 20, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has reached Michigan, all 15 public universities shifted in-person classes to online delivery on Wednesday, March 11. Special coverage of the universities' response to the pandemic is found below. MASU will continue working with university leadership and state officials in prioritizing the health and safety of students, faculty and staff, and the general public, and to ensure that high-quality education continues to be provided to the 280,000+ students served by Michigan's public universities.

MASU has published a continually updated tracker of university operating statuses:

Operational Status of Michigan Public Universities in Response to COVID-19

Special Coverage: COVID-19 / Novel Coronavirus

Operations

With one coronavirus case on each campus, UM and MSU urge students to go home

MLive (Mar. 15, 2020)

CMU to offer students with 'proportional and appropriate refunds'

Central Michigan Life (Mar. 15, 2020)

CMU Opens Residence Halls Back Up To Students

WWTV TV (Mar. 15, 2020)

MSU students attend online classes

WILX TV (Mar. 16, 2020)

MSU students studying abroad struggle to return from overseas amid coronavirus outbreak

Lansing State Journal (Mar. 16, 2020)

University of Michigan, Michigan State students petition for credit/no-credit classes [EMU, MSU, UM]

MLive (Mar. 16, 2020)

MSU students eligible for $1,120 housing credit if they move out before April 12

The State News (Mar. 16, 2020)

Michigan State will refund students who move out of residence halls

Lansing State Journal (Mar. 16, 2020)

Back to class: What you need to know as CMU resumes spring semester classes

Central Michigan Life (Mar. 16, 2020)

University of Michigan giving employees 2 weeks paid time off due to coronavirus concerns

MLive (Mar. 16, 2020)

Gyms and libraries closed, dining halls to move to take-out as Gov. Whitmer signs COVID-19 executive order

Western Herald (Mar. 16, 2020)

What to Do If Your College Closes Due to the Coronavirus [UM]

US News & World Report (Mar. 16, 2020)

Petition asks MSU to consider credit-no credit format for spring 2020 courses

The State News (Mar. 16, 2020)

Students in residence halls must leave unless they 'truly have no other alternatives' [MSU]

The Michigan Daily (Mar. 17, 2020)

MTU extending online classes through semester

The Daily Mining Gazette (Mar. 17, 2020)

UPDATE: MSU moves to carry-out only following Gov. Whitmer's executive order

WILX TV (Mar. 17, 2020)

MSU bans in-person dining, offers to-go options during coronavirus pandemic

Lansing State Journal (Mar. 17, 2020)

Michigan State University offering students more than $1,000 to move out early [UM]

MLive (Mar. 17, 2020)

MSU apologizes for 'premature' email falsely announcing layoffs of dining employees

Lansing State Journal (Mar. 17, 2020)

Coronavirus: How student workers at MSU are coping with changes amid COVID-19

Lansing State Journal (Mar. 17, 2020)

NMU to continue online classes through semester's end, postpone commencement

WLUC TV (Mar. 18, 2020)

NMU provides COVID-19 updates; special website for details created

The Mining Journal (Mar. 18, 2020)

'I feel like we're in limbo:' Coronavirus complications leave UM, MSU seniors anxious about future

MLive (Mar. 18, 2020)

More than 600 students move out of dorms as Oakland University offers partial refunds

The Oakland Press (Mar. 18, 2020)

NMU, MTU to finish spring semester online

The Daily News (Mar. 19, 2020)

EMU extends online-learning format through rest of the semester, postpones spring commencement [UM]

The Eastern Echo (Mar. 19, 2020)

Coronavirus pandemic spurs online MSU Extension programming

The Daily News (Mar. 19, 2020)

Grand Valley State campus a 'ghost town'

MLive (Mar. 19, 2020)

Grand Valley faculty, students navigate shift to online learning

Holland Sentinel (Mar. 19, 2020)

Ferris State closing residence halls

WXMI TV (Mar. 19, 2020)

Eastern Michigan University extends online classes, plans financial adjustments for students who have moved out [MSU, UM]

MLive (Mar. 19, 2020)

As other universities move to Pass/Fail grading, students wonder if 'U' will do the same [UM]

The Michigan Daily (mar. 19, 2020)

Students who remain grapple with quiet, isolation on Western Michigan University campus

MLive (Mar. 19, 2020)

Campus resources update operation statuses [OU]

The Oakland Post (Mar. 20, 2020)

Eastern Michigan University closing residence halls, reimbursing students for housing, meals plans

MLive (Mar. 20, 2020)

Western Michigan to close residence halls, postpone commencement over coronavirus

MLive (Mar. 20, 2020)

UM to offer $1,200 to students moving out of campus housing amid COVID-19

The Detroit News (Mar. 20, 2020)

Commencements

University of Michigan cancels spring commencements amid fight against coronavirus spread [MSU]

MLive (Mar. 13, 2020)

University of Michigan cancels spring commencement for 2020 graduates

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 13, 2020)

Michigan up to 33 cases; MSU has case, postpones graduation [UM]

The Oakland Press (Mar. 14, 2020)

Eastern Michigan University postpones commencement, encourages students to go home

MLive (Mar. 16, 2020)

Wayne State postponing spring commencement

The Detroit News (Mar. 17, 2020)

SVSU postpones commencement due to COVID-19 concerns

WNEM TV (Mar. 17, 2020)

Coronavirus cancels commencement for Michigan universities [MSU, UM]

Crain's Detroit Business (Mar. 17, 2020)

Grand Valley to close residence halls, postpone commencement ceremonies due to coronavirus

MLive (Mar. 17, 2020)

Michigan universities follow suit in postponing spring commencement [CMU, MSU, MTU, UM, WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 17, 2020)

SVSU postpones spring commencement, extends online classes

MLive (Mar. 18, 2020)

Coronavirus forces Central Michigan to delay commencement, cancel study-abroad trips

MLive (Mar. 20, 2020)

Health and Medical Care

University of Michigan: We'll be able to do our own COVID-19 testing in two to three weeks

Michigan Radio (Mar. 14, 2020)

MSU reports first virus case, postpones commencement, extends online classes

The Detroit News (Mar. 14, 2020)

'It's a really, really selfish thing to do': Students attend house parties against social distancing recommendations [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Mar. 15, 2020)

UM team developing COVID-19 test to ease testing bottleneck [MSU]

The Detroit News (Mar. 16, 2020)

Coronavirus pandemic prompts WMed Health to take protective measures

WWMT TV (Mar. 16, 2020)

University of Michigan hospital system gives paid sick leave to workers with coronavirus

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 17, 2020)

Michigan Medicine opens new 32-bed COVID-19 unit [UM]

The Detroit News (Mar. 17, 2020)

UM-Dearborn campus has confirmed case of coronavirus

Press & Guide (Mar. 17, 2020)

Michigan nursing students couldn't have imagined working during coronavirus outbreak [MSU, UM]

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 17, 2020)

During a pandemic, WMed balances caring for the present while educating for the future

WWMT TV (Mar. 17, 2020)

U-M suspends on-the-job training for student nurses in coronavirus' wake [MSU]

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 18, 2020)

The students abide: No arrests or citations amid event ban on St. Patrick's Day at UM, MSU

MLive (Mar. 18, 2020)

Wayne State confirms 2 cases of coronavirus involving WSU community

MLive (Mar. 18, 2020)

Wayne State announces two employees test positive for COVID-19

WXYZ TV (Mar. 18, 2020)

Wayne State says 2 employees have coronavirus

The Detroit News (Mar. 18, 2020)

University of Michigan 'ramping down' research activities amid coronavirus outbreak [UM-D, UM-F]

MLive (Mar. 18, 2020)

University of Michigan Hospital has one-day blood supply due to coronavirus

Bridge (Mar. 19, 2020)

2 Michigan State University students test positive for coronavirus

MLive (Mar. 19, 2020)

University of Michigan launches in-house COVID-19 test

The Detroit News (Mar. 19, 2020)

Kalamazoo pharmacist and family in self quarantine after COVID-19 scare [FSU]

WWMT TV (Mar. 19, 2020)

Michigan State, University of Michigan have COVID-19 cases

The Detroit News (Mar. 19, 2020)

Looking for coronavirus case numbers in Michigan? Why official data lags [WSU, WMU]

MLive (Mar. 19, 2020)

WMU offers free online fitness classes to help people cope with stress

WWMT TV (Mar. 20, 2020)

In The News

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

450 gallons of sewage spill at UM Arboretum in Ann Arbor

MLive (Mar. 16, 2020)

Governance & Speech

Michigan's top court takes case involving documents at U-M

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 14, 2020)

Wayne State board continues to fight in dispute over code of conduct

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 20, 2020)

Wayne State board adopts code of conduct in contentious meeting

Crain's Detroit Business (Mar. 20, 2020)

Institutional Leadership

How 3 Michigan university presidents who are doctors prepared for coronavirus [MSU, OU, UM, WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 16, 2020)

Labor Relations

Wayne State to University Pediatrician doctors: Join or leave [CMU]

Crain's Detroit Business (Mar. 13, 2020)

Philanthropic Support

All Things Rochester: Wilson Collection Gifted to OU

WWJ TV (Mar. 17, 2020)

Program Delivery

Virus Prompts US Teacher to Instruct Chinese Students Online [WMU]

US News & World Report (Mar. 15, 2020)

COVID-19 spells bad news for U.S. airline industry, WMU to continue pilot training

Western Herald (Mar. 18, 2020)

Student Success

WMU Libraries Will Get It For You Or Ship It To You

WKFR FM (Mar. 18, 2020)

Commentaries

Opinion | How colleges can help high school seniors during coronavirus crisis

Bridge (Mar. 17, 2020)

Campuses shutter for coronavirus, leaving some LGBTQ students with nowhere to go [EMU]

Vox (Mar. 18, 2020)

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