Baylor University President Linda Livingstone released the following:
Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Parents:
The pace of the nation’s response to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) scaled up exponentially over the weekend and today. As such, we must all do our part to slow the spread of the coronavirus – or as epidemiologists say, “flatten the curve” – by exercising significant “social distancing,” such as avoiding public spaces, eliminating large gatherings of more than 10 people and generally limiting movement.
I write to inform you that as we follow the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and our federal, state and local health officials, Provost Brickhouse and I, based on the recommendation of Baylor’s COVID-19 Task Force and in conjunction with the President’s Council, have made the decision to extend online instruction at Baylor University for the remainder of the spring semester.