Originally published on March 18, 2021 5:38 pm
Bradley University is planning a full return to traditional, in-person education in the fall 2021 semester assuming current COVID-19 trends hold.
“Bradley is committed to being fully back on campus in the fall, but the specifics are still being worked out,” said Bradley President Stephen Standifird in a prepared statement on Wednesday. “We plan to return to in-person learning as our primary delivery method, while following all federal, state and local guidelines, including those regarding masks, physical distancing, testing protocols, gathering sizes and any new guidelines that may be added.”
The campus positivity rate has hovered under 1% since students returned from winter break for the spring semester. That return included an initial two-week student campus quarantine, albeit with classes still conducted in-person for many students.
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The predominant theme Monday in central Illinois was snow and persistent temperatures well below normal.
Snowfall totals in and around Peoria
As of about 6 a.m. Monday, 1.2 inches of snow had fallen since midnight officially in Peoria, according to Kirk Huettl, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Lincoln.
Huettl estimated close to 2 inches had fallen by mid-morning before a snowfall lull. Snow was expected to resume about 2 p.m., with a main wave lasting until about 8 p.m.
Total snowfall was expected to be between 4 and 5 inches, Huettl said.
Amounts were to be lower north and northwest of Peoria. Galesburg was to receive between 1 and 3 inches, according to Huettl. But heavier totals were anticipated to the east and southeast, with up to 7 inches possible in Bloomington and Springfield.
Loosened state restrictions mean that groups can meet indoors and more activities can take place there. But there are limits to how many people can be in one place at