Classes are offered in a variety of formats. There will be fully online classes as well as face-to-face classes and some options that are a mixture of both (barring any disruption from pandemic response), including 16-week, 12-week, and 8-week sessions so you can take classes when it fits your schedule.
Free Wi-Fi: available in the Downtown Campus student parking lot. Access points have been installed at each light pole. At the Tech Campus access is available in the lots at B building – not A building.
Website updates: jefferson.kctcs.edu/covid-19/
Emergency student funds: https://louisville.edu/dos/help/studentemergencyfund
For updates / questions:
Website: https://louisville.edu/coronavirus
Email: hlthoff@louisville.edu
Bellarmine: https://www.bellarmine.edu/coronavirus/
Indiana University Southeast: https://coronavirus.iu.edu/
Sullivan: https://www.sullivan.edu/coronavirus
Spalding: https://www.spalding.edu/coronavirus-disease-information/
Keep checking your student email, even over break. If fall classes are moving online, you’ll want to know.
Some colleges are offering emergency student assistance funds. Take advantage of these while the money lasts.
Before summer classes (or fall, if they’re also remote), familiarize yourself with the platforms your instructors are going to be using (Blackboard, Panopto, etc.). Your instructors might be just as lost and confused as you are navigating them!
Confirm whether you can take your summer/fall classes pass/fail. This is a hard time for all of us to focus and there’s no reason to punish yourself or your GPA. Take accommodations where you can get them.
If you need ADA accommodations for online learning, reach out to your college’s Disability Resource Center.
Take advantage of online resources, like library subscriptions and online advising. Staff are still available to help you and point you in the right direction.
If you are worried about internet access, check out the JCPS section above for info on specials for students.
Take care of yourself. Adjusting to a lack of structure, to loneliness, and to political turmoil is hard, whether you’re enrolled in classes or being cut loose from them to fend for yourself. Stay connected with your support network and be generous & patient with yourself.
Advocate for yourself. If you are struggling with coursework or an unjust university policy, talk to someone (an advisor, a trusted faculty member, a student advocacy group). Accommodations can and should be made.
DON’T LET THE ADMINISTRATION FORGET THAT THEY NEED YOU. Your tuition dollars keep their lights on, and as they scramble to balance the budget, cuts are going to get made. But YOU should be their top priority.