{"id":55431,"date":"2020-05-06T13:27:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=55431"},"modified":"2020-05-06T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:27:39","slug":"fort-hays-state-launches-planning-process-to-reopen-campus-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=55431","title":{"rendered":"Fort Hays State launches planning process to reopen campus in fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fort Hays State University today launched a planning process it expects will lead to the reopening of its Hays campus for face-to-face classes this fall. <br><br> In an email message to the campus community on Friday, university President Tisa Mason said, \u201cWhile none of us has a crystal ball to see into the future, we have already started working on our return to campus-based operations and a comprehensive plan for the delivery of classes on campus, online and on our China partner campuses.\u201d <br><br> President Mason has asked the university\u2019s Critical Incident Planning Group and Executive Leadership Team to work closely to develop a comprehensive plan for delivering on-campus classes this fall. <br><br> While no timeline has been established at this point, Mason indicated that the process and the final reopening plan will be founded in a commitment to five guiding principles: <br><br> \u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Prioritizing the health and safety of students, faculty, staff, and the greater community. <br> \u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Protecting the mission of FHSU \u2013 strive to ensure completion and success for students. <br> \u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Maintaining critical operations and fiscal footing of the university. <br> \u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Remaining mindful of good governance principles. <br> \u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Remaining nimble and true to FHSU\u2019s innovative culture \u2013 communicate centrally, but problem-solve locally. <br><br> University leaders are exploring a number of return strategies and recognize that potential COVID-19 driven contingencies may require adjustments as the planning process unfolds. Any return to campus-based operations will involve consideration of various safety measures, including things like wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and adhering to enhanced sanitizing and cleaning processes. <br><br> No date has been finalized for when faculty and staff currently working from home will return to campus, but employees were informed that they would receive at least one week\u2019s advance notice. \u00a0 <br><br> When asked about the university\u2019s next steps, President Mason said, \u201cI see the days ahead as an opportunity for the university community to innovate and adapt to the new challenge of delivering the highest quality learning experience in healthy and safe settings. We have been through a lot together and there is still much to do before we can commit to sharing when and how we will bring our students back home to Hays and the beautiful campus we all love.\u201d  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Fort Hays State University today launched a planning process it expects will lead to the reopening of its Hays campus for face-to-face&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3398,13675,11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news","category-coronavirus","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55432,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55431\/revisions\/55432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}