WACO (CBSDFW.COM) – The outbreak of the new coronavirus and fears about it’s spread has Baylor University extending online instruction for the remainder of the semester and canceling all May Commencement ceremonies.
Administrators sent notice to students suggesting they change their plans after spring break and not return to ‘campus or to Waco, as available activities and services are becoming more and more limited.’
Citing the Center for Disease Control’s latest guidance for mass gatherings, the university said, ‘… our May Commencement ceremonies have been impacted and unfortunately postponed.’
University leaders said Baylor will still confer degrees in May for those who satisfy the academic requirements.
In the statement President Linda A. Livingstone said, “We also know how meaningful it is for graduates to walk across the stage at Commencement, and we plan to extend that opportunity to our spring graduates at an August ceremony.”