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Coronavirus Update 8/21/20, The Coronavirus Planning Team Aug 2020

Coronavirus Update 8/21/20, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Opening-of-School Activities --Learning What NOT to Do --More on Masks --Faculty --Testing/Contact Information --Study Areas for Commuters --Daily Health Symptom Survey --We're Here to Answer Your Questions.


Coronavirus Update 8-7-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team Aug 2020

Coronavirus Update 8-7-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

We have updates for you, including the latest guidance from the State of CT regarding visitors from high-risk states, an important change to the University calendar and updates on required testing for students.


Return To Work Guidelines, The Coronavirus Planning Team Jul 2020

Return To Work Guidelines, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

"Return to Work" employee transition timeline, guidelines and requirements.


Sacred Heart Faculty Adapt Courses To Changing Times, Sacred Heart University Jun 2020

Sacred Heart Faculty Adapt Courses To Changing Times, Sacred Heart University

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Altered curricula teaches students how pandemic impacts business, health care, teaching and more. As Sacred Heart University professors fully absorbed the reality of the pandemic and what it meant for their students and classrooms, they came to an important decision: “teach the virus.”


Please Share Your Covid Experience!, Peter Gavin Ferriby May 2020

Please Share Your Covid Experience!, Peter Gavin Ferriby

University Briefings & Virtual Events

As history unfolds during the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Remembering COVID-19 Project is collecting experiences and responses from the SHU community to preserve for decades to come. Ryan Matura Library staff, in collaboration with the departments of history, sociology, theatre arts and the School of Communication, Media & the Arts, will collect and archive the content.


Coronavirus Update 5-22-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team May 2020

Coronavirus Update 5-22-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Last weekend, we gave you a broad overview of the SHU-Flex model and the University’s plans and protocols for on-campus, face-to-face learning in the fall. Our plans must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by the State of CT and the CDC, which continue to evolve. Since last week’s message, we have received several questions from you that we will address below. We thank you for your continued patience. In an ideal world, we would not be making any changes at all, but we must adapt our usual way of functioning to maximize the health and safety of the …


Coronavirus Update 5-15-20, The Coronavirus Planning Team May 2020

Coronavirus Update 5-15-20, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

This week we want to provide some more information about the University’s planning for the coming semester. There are many details still to be finalized, but we want to give you as much information as we can to help you with your planning. As you might expect, Sacred Heart is following the guidelines recently provided by the governor for the reopening of universities as well as guidance from health experts.


Coronavirus Update 5-8-20, The Coronavirus Planning Team May 2020

Coronavirus Update 5-8-20, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont came out with guidance for reopening colleges and universities. The good news is that the recommendations are in line with the discussions and planning that are already taking place among Sacred Heart’s task forces that are preparing for the fall semester and beyond in the wake of the coronavirus.


Professor Susan Goncalves Donates Plasma To Covid-19 Patients, Sacred Heart University May 2020

Professor Susan Goncalves Donates Plasma To Covid-19 Patients, Sacred Heart University

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Susan Goncalves, a professor in Sacred Heart University's Dr. Susan L. Davis, RN, & Richard Henley College of Nursing, has been a nurse at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport for 35 years. On March 23, when she began experiencing chills due to a fever, she knew she needed to be tested. Three days later, her results came in COVID-19 positive.


Coronavirus Update 5-1-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team May 2020

Coronavirus Update 5-1-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Our plan to offer a full on-campus program for both residential and commuter students (for the fall semeser) will not come without temporary changes to our typical way of campus life.


Coronavirus Update 4-24-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team Apr 2020

Coronavirus Update 4-24-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Working behind the scenes on our responses to this pandemic and our plans to get back to campus are a group of task forces appointed by President Petillo. Each task force is appropriately populated with the University staff and faculty with the knowledge and experience to tackle the issues before them, and these leaders are bringing in others throughout campus as needed.


Coronavirus Update 4-17-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team Apr 2020

Coronavirus Update 4-17-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

A few updates: In response to an executive order from the City of Bridgeport and strong guidance from Governor Lamont, we are now requiring everyone to wear a mask. We will hold a virtual conferral ceremony on May 9 and 10 to acknowledge the earning of degrees. WSHU is launching a podcast to update listeners on the latest with the coronavirus outbreak in our region.


Campus Map: Online Learning Spaces For Commuters, Sacred Heart University Jan 2020

Campus Map: Online Learning Spaces For Commuters, Sacred Heart University

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Sacred Heart has numerous outdoor spaces and informal places to study in our buildings. However, to provide additional options for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have identified four areas throughout our campuses where students may choose to participate in online learning.