Creighton University will be closing its Omaha campus until further notice effective Tuesday, April 7.
The university says the campus will be closed to students, staff, faculty and visitors. In a statement from the university, only employees who are deemed by the university's president as "mission-critical" will be allowed on campus.
All of the authorized employees have been notified. Everyone else has been instructed to not report to campus starting Tuesday.
The university said it will continue with online classes. A limited number of students who have been approved to be in the university's residence halls will continue to have access to food and housing services.
Creighton University president Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson issued this statement Sunday evening.
“With our move to all online classes on March 23, many of our faculty and staff have already been working remotely to great effect and impact. Most of our students are not on campus, as our residence halls have been closed to all but a limited number of authorized students, and most of our campus buildings, including our libraries, have been closed. As positive cases in Nebraska have climbed to over 350, according to the latest Department of Health and Human Services figures, we felt this was the logical next step, and does not represent a major change in our operations.”
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