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Chico State explains decision-making process

University president, provost, vice president talk about the move to online classes

- By Natalie Hanson nhanson@chicoer.com

CHICO » Moving a campus of over 17,000 students and around 3,000 employees online and offsite is no small feat in a pandemic. Chico State has done just that in about three weeks.

Amid statewide school closures that included their own campus, Chico students officially returned to their classes via the online Blackboard and Zoom programs

March 25, as faculty helped navigate the new daily reality of using various virtual tools to connect and complete classwork.

Closing the campus affects the university in every way as well as the Chico community, with a major impact on the city’s economy as one of its largest employers. President Gayle E. Hutchinson, Interim Vice President of Student Affairs Sandy Parsons and Provost

 ?? MATT BATES — ENTERPRISE-RECORD ?? Closed signs are taped on the windows of Meriam Library on the Chico State campus on Tuesday in Chico.
MATT BATES — ENTERPRISE-RECORD Closed signs are taped on the windows of Meriam Library on the Chico State campus on Tuesday in Chico.

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