Creighton University announced Sunday that it will be closing its Omaha campus until further notice effective Tuesday, April 7.According to the university, the campus will be closed to students, staff, faculty and visitors.The university said in a news release that the only exceptions will be for employees who are deemed by the university's president as "mission-critical" and a small number of "approved students and others."According to the university, authorized employees have been notified. All other employees are instructed to not report to campus starting Tuesday. The university said it will continue with online learning. The 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, according to the news release.Creighton University president Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson provided the following statement:“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.”For more information and future updates from Creighton, click here.

Creighton University announced Sunday that it will be closing its Omaha campus until further notice effective Tuesday, April 7.

According to the university, the campus will be closed to students, staff, faculty and visitors.


The university said in a news release that the only exceptions will be for employees who are deemed by the university's president as "mission-critical" and a small number of "approved students and others."

According to the university, authorized employees have been notified. All other employees are instructed to not report to campus starting Tuesday.

The university said it will continue with online learning. The 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, according to the news release.

Creighton University president Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson provided the following statement:

“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.”

For more information and future updates from Creighton, click here.