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Media Credit: Diana Crompton | Photographer Koren Bedeau, the senior associate provost for special projects, said 475 students are currently enrolled in summer courses with in-person or hybrid elements, which will be taught by 77 faculty. About 61 courses will have in-person or hybrid elements in their instruction this summer, continuing the University’s “phased reopening” as COVID-19 cases drop and vaccination rates grow. Koren Bedeau, the senior associate provost for special projects, said summer classes will still operate with primarily virtual operations, but courses with either in-person or hybrid components will be taught in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, the Elliott School of International Affairs, the School of Business, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the School of Nursing. ....
Media Credit: Danielle Towers | Assistant Photo Editor The vote responds to concerns raised at the last assembly in November when faculty had to suspend a rule that only permitted voting rights if members attended the meeting in person. News By Yankun Zhao May 10, 2021 9:49 AM The Faculty Senate passed a resolution Friday permitting online voting at regular or special Faculty Assembly meetings. The resolution states that members of the assembly, which is open to all faculty with full-time faculty serving as voting members, may be considered “present” and therefore qualified to vote if they’re virtually in attendance at a meeting permitted to be held online. The vote responds to concerns raised at the last assembly meeting in November when faculty needed to suspend a rule that only permitted voting rights if members attended the meeting in person. ....
Officials said the University will offer “approximately” 77 spring courses in either an in-person or a hybrid format, a slight increase from the fall. Koren Bedeau, the senior associate provost for special projects, said 68 courses offered in the fall were taught in person or in a hybrid format to accommodate for undergraduate students in the School of Nursing and students who had a time-sensitive requirement to complete a capstone project or research that must be conducted on campus. She said in addition to the in-person or hybrid nursing and capstone courses next semester, GW Law will also offer “a few” in-person or hybrid courses after holding all classes online in the fall. ....