“I knew but didn’t fully understand how much I needed those weeks to recharge. “I’m excited to have breaks again because this past semester’s ‘go, go, go’ was, and is, really draining,” College second-year Dewi Beer said. Many had expressed concerns about burnout and stress from jumping straight from this academic year to the next one. While the new academic calendar is dramatically different from years past, it does bring a welcome relief for students enrolled during the upcoming summer semester who are now guaranteed the month of September off. However, students are encouraged to receive a vaccination as soon as possible. And that helped us in our evaluations that led us back to the two-semester plan.”Īt this time, the College will not require students to be vaccinated in order to return to campus. “I think it’s clear that the entire campus community worked so hard to keep us safe so that we were successful during this pandemic year. “It’s an academic decision, but … there were public health decisions and factors that went into that decision, too,” Chief of Staff David Hertz said. The College anticipates that almost 80 percent of campus will be vaccinated by July 1. Just last week, the College vaccinated nearly 600 students, faculty, and staff with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The announcement comes during the College’s third consecutive week with zero cases and as vaccinations become more widely available. “Courses will return to in-person instruction, and students will enroll for an in-person experience on campus.” “We anticipate dining, residential living, and academic delivery will be similar to what we enjoyed on campus prior to the pandemic,” President Ambar wrote in her announcement. 4, over a month later than usual, which gives second- and third-years enrolled in the summer semester time for a month-long break.Īfter a year of ObieSafe restrictions and remote learning, students will likely start returning to a sense of normalcy next year. 2, has pushed most key dates in the 2021-2022 calendar back. The upcoming summer semester, which ends Sept. President Carmen Twille Ambar sent the official calendar in an email to students, citing the ever-shifting public health landscape as the reason the calendar was not finalized earlier in the year. The College released the academic calendar for the 2021-2022 academic year yesterday, announcing that Oberlin will return to a standard two-semester schedule.