BMCC Shifts to Fully Remote Servicing for Spring Term with Governors New Executive Order
BMCC Shifts to Fully Remote Servicing for Spring Term with Governors New Executive Order
PENDLETON, Ore. - Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) will move all of its Spring Term courses into a remote format with the Executive Order issued late Wednesday by Oregon Governor Kate Brown. The Order prohibits all colleges and universities from conducting in-person classroom, laboratory, or other instruction from March 23 through April 28, 2020. Though BMCC decided March 13 to shift the majority of its classes to a remote format for Spring Term, it will now move the remainder of its classes, including most Career-Technical Education (CTE), into this format. BMCC will also delay the start of Spring Term to give faculty and staff adequate time to prepare for the change. Spring Term will now begin on April 6, 2020.
The Executive Order is designed to drastically reduce the number of in-person interactions at colleges and universities in an effort to further slow the spread of COVID-19.
In addition, BMCC will move to serving students and the community remotely. This means BMCC will provide services exclusively through virtual means and BMCC locations will be restricted to faculty and staff access only. BMCC is asking students and the public to refrain from coming to campus or any center location during this time, and instead utilize phone calls, email, Zoom and other remote access tools to connect with BMCC employees and services. However, it is important to note that BMCC is not closed during this time.
Athletes - Student-athletes with questions on this change can contact their student-athlete success coach Jordan Hillmick at jhillmick@bluecc.edu.
To read more on this annoucement and executive order.
BMCC Statement on COVID-19
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Contact: Jordan Hillmick; Sports Information Specialist; 541-278-5964; jhillmick@bluecc.edu