UW trustees to consider on-campus plan

The University of Wyoming board of trustees is scheduled to consider UW’s plan to restart on-campus classes this fall during the board’s regular teleconference meeting at 7 a.m. on June 10.

The board also will consider the university’s annual operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The meeting will begin with an executive session. The public session, expected to begin around 7:35 a.m., will be livestreamed over the University’s WyoCast system. 

Under the plan, UW would maintain a 15-week semester, with classes beginning Aug. 24 and ending Dec. 4. Students would not return to campus after Thanksgiving; all courses would move to fully online instruction beginning Nov. 23, and final exams would take place through distance technologies. 

The two-day mid semester break and three days before Thanksgiving would be converted to instructional days, according to a June 2, UW news release outlining the plan. 

Additionally, the spring 2021 semester would start Jan. 25, one week later than had been planned, and spring break would be eliminated.

Among the other agenda items is a proposal for a new program in geospatial information science and technology, including two undergraduate certificates; three graduate-level certificates; a bachelor’s degree; and an online professional master’s degree.

The complete agenda for the June 10 meeting is available at www.uwyo.edu/trustees/2020-meeting-materials/june_10_2020_meeting.html.

To watch the livestream public portion of the board of trustees meeting via UW’s WyoCast system, visit  https://wyocast.uwyo.edu/WyoCast/Play/462d939ec0f446d89bc26eb0990d70c81d.