Dear Colleagues:
To return us to a bit of a regular pattern, today we resume our customary bi-weekly “Monday Message” we typically send in normal times. You will continue to receive regular updates from the COVID-19 taskforce and me throughout the week, but getting back to familiar timing as we settle into our altered routines makes sense.
After two weeks of our new normal and remote learning, we continue to engage deeply with our students in alternative ways, with an eye toward term completion and keeping them on the path to graduation. I have heard from many that they feel your strong commitment to their academic success. Your work with them to provide the same individual attention and care they received in person has been exemplary.
Additionally, our leadership team has worked across silos and with you to rethink almost every WKU process so we can continue our operations. I am thankful for the work of the COVID-19 taskforce, which has stepped up in a remarkable way in this time of challenge. I also know the volume of information shared with you has been overwhelming at times (our team has shared 25 COVID-19 related messages with campus in the past three weeks). I appreciate the grace you have shown on the occasions we have had to make course corrections mid-stream. (
More:
WKU's COVID-19 website
)
During times of uncertainty, many of us will experience a heightened level of anxiety and fear about the future. Let me reassure you that we will emerge on the other side of this pandemic successful and well positioned because of our work together.
