Austin Peay State University (APSU) officials have announced they plan to move forward with in-person classes on campus this Fall.
Alisa White, president at the university in Clarksville, said in a message on campus Monday morning the decision was made to resume in-person classes on campus after much thought and discussion with health and safety experts.
According to college officials, the University will continue to follow the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help protect APSU students, faculty, and staff. They indicate Austin Peay’s COVID-19 Task Force and its Strategic Planning Integration Team are working to develop flexible options to provide students a quality education at the university — whether on campus, fully online or a hybrid of those options — while prioritizing the safety of the entire APSU community.
Officials said the Unversity recently purchase and received more than 6,000 face masks and the task forces are looking at how to offer smaller in-person classes to maintain social distancing standards in the classroom. They added Austin Peay is also purchasing and making its own hand sanitizer, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, to have available this fall.
