South Dakota universities planning to return to normal operations this fall
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP/KTIV) The South Dakota Board of Regents says the state’s six public universities and two special schools are planning for a return to more normal operations this fall.
The board s executive director Brian Maher says that with vaccines available now in higher education and K-12 settings, the universities are looking forward to more normal operations ahead.
“Our goal is to return campus life this fall to a setting that looks much like it was before the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Maher.
Administrators say they will continue to monitor circumstances as the semester continues, making adjustments as necessary.
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Universities look forward to normal operations this fall
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The South Dakota Board of Regents says the state’s six public universities and two special schools are planning for a return to more normal operations this fall. The board’s executive director Brian Maher says that with vaccines available now in higher education and K-12 settings, the universities are looking forward to more normal operations ahead. The Board of Regents is the governing body for Black Hills State University, Dakota State University, Northern State University, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, South Dakota State University, University of South Dakota, South Dakota School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, and South Dakota School for the Deaf.
Universities look forward to normal operations this fall
March 16, 2021
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The South Dakota Board of Regents says the state s six public universities and two special schools are planning for a return to more normal operations this fall.
“Our goal is to return campus life this fall to a setting that looks much like it was before the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Brian L. Maher, executive director for the board. “With vaccines available now in higher education and K-12 settings, we can all look forward to more normal operations ahead.”
Maher said South Dakota’s success in vaccine distribution, as well as local efforts to manage and keep positive infection rates low, will guide the universities’ and schools’ planning for the 2021 fall semester, the Yankton Press & Dakotan reported.