Students were informed of these changes, and received confirmation that spring classes would begin in a virtual format, through a series of emails, starting on Jan. 6, sent by Georgetown’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Ranit Mishori. As students move in between Jan. 11 and Jan. 31, when in-person classes are scheduled to begin, they expect to face a campus filled with new and unfamiliar protocols for preventing the spread of and treating COVID-19.