Heartland universities cancel spring break this year
Local universities cancel spring break By Noelle Williams | March 9, 2021 at 9:41 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 3:59 AM
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Spring break is going to look a lot different this year.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is scheduling classes in an effort to keep students safe.
“We have no way of really knowing whether or not students will travel,” said Benjamin Newman, the Director of Public Safety at Southern Illinois University.
He said students normally have a week-long spring break.
However, this year the university plans to hold classes instead.
“The reason why we chose to eliminate spring break is to keep students from traveling which reduces the possibility of spreading COVID-19,” said Newman.