The spring semester begins in Virginia on Tuesday Tech, Radford University
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(WFXR) – The spring semester begins Tuesday at two New River Valley universities, albeit with certain schedule changes and virus restrictions to protect the communities of Blacksburg and Radford during the pandemic.
From Tuesday, January 19, Virginia Tech students spend their first week of spring classes entirely online. However, they will transition to personal and hybrid learning formats on January 25. PREVIOUS: Virginia Tech prepares for the spring 2021 semester with COVID-19 measures
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BLACKSBURG, Va – With the start of the spring semester just days away, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands says employees are working around the clock to welcome students back to Blacksburg.
“We are building on what we learned in the fall as a ramp-up of our testing for the spring with an emphasis on mandatory random prevalence testing of students and surveillance testing of high contact employees,” Virginia Tech President Tim Sands said.
During his state of the university speech Wednesday, Sands explained that Virginia Tech is facing a $60 million dollar loss stemming from the pandemic. (Copyright 2020 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.)
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