Some summer courses are traditionally held online each summer, but with the transition to fully remote instruction, courses designed to be taught in-person will now have to be adjusted to online as well.
Missing the usual sights of Storke Tower, the University Library and the UCen, UCSB fourth-year Charles Neumann took it upon himself to recreate the campus in a Minecraft server.
The student then received the positive coronavirus test result after returning home after April 3.
In the weeks leading up to the annual Deltopia, university and local officials warned students not to celebrate.
For the UCSB class of 2020, and for classes of 2020 worldwide, the loss of an in-person spring quarter and the presence of the coronavirus pandemic has thrown their lives into uncertainty.
UCSB admissions advises would-be students to “experience UCSB through a virtual tour” and learn more about the school through webinar events.
Now, with the pressure of all classes being taught online, the time to carefully develop courses is quickly dwindling.
Yesterday, UCSB’s winter quarter finals week began – but instead of the typical packed Arbor and swamped library, the campus appeared absent of students.
Although all in-person classes are canceled through spring quarter, Yang maintained in the email that the campus will remain “open and operational” through spring quarter.
The university is also discouraging all international travel and is urging “extreme caution” for traveling domestically.