Ultimately, no one can predict what the next couple months may hold, especially with the current rising cases across Indiana. However, Rockwood emphasized that as winter nears, there are a few key steps students should take to maximize their health and the health of those on campus.
How to get tested off-campus
There are several sites throughout Indianapolis where Butler students can get tested before Thanksgiving break.
How to celebrate Halloween safely
Right now, the scariest part of the spooky season is continuing to avoid contracting COVID-19. The options are slim, so what exactly can students do this year?
COVID-19 update: How is Butler doing halfway through the fall semester?
Halfway through the semester, Butler keeps COVID-19 cases under control and makes way for a limited number of in-person events to take place under strict guidelines.
Parents of Butler students address the university’s COVID-19 pandemic response
One month into the Fall semester, parents reflect on Butler’s COVID-19 response and their students’ experience with the current safety policies.
Students are both nervous and excited for campus to reopen for undergraduate instruction on Sept. 7
Based on recent COVID-19 data and information, academic instruction will continue in person, with dance majors returning to studios sooner than expected.
Butler to implement testing and contact tracing efforts throughout semester
The university will utilize a mix of symptomatic and asymptomatic testing to track cases on campus. The testing, among other factors, will inform future decisions related to staying on campus.
Dancing without a studio: Butler dance majors risk injury during shelter-in-place order
Before dance studios were reopened last week, dance majors took to finding creative ways to practice dance in a safe way. Even with their creativity, injury was a persistent danger and risk they undertook weekly.
Butler University CCOM students navigate internships in COVID-19 pandemic
After many companies cancelled internships or limited the amount of interns they accepted, students had to branch out and explore other fields of opportunities.
34% of Butler undergraduate classes to be taught fully in person, 44% hybrid
Faculty have undergone training to feel comfortable teaching without face-to-face instruction.