FIVE MINUTES WITH THE PRESIDENT
Back Together
MTSU campus life returns to normal in the fall.
A brief conversation on recent events with MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee Update the MTSU community on your plans for campus operations amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the future you envision for the fall.
All around I see signs of hope and renewal. I am awed by the amazing and enormous efforts by students, faculty, and staff to protect our community during this pandemic and stay on course with progress in our academics, research, and service. This hard work and commitment have made possible the full return of in-person campus classes and activities for the Fall 2021 semester. We intend to fully reopen the campus for classes and events we enjoyed before the onset of the pandemic. We are encouraged by the tremendous progress made in vaccination efforts 6 MTSU Magazine
in the state and the nation—including those on our campus by our School of Nursing students and faculty and Student Health Services staff. Our course offerings will be back to normal —primarily in person but with selected online options. We will use the lessons we learned from teaching during the pandemic and the technology we installed to help us enhance our academic offerings. Our residence halls will reopen as before, with both single- and double-occupancy options. The faculty, administrators, and coaches in academics, athletics, and student affairs are all planning a robust return to the activities, events,
