Indiana University announced Sunday night that it will be transitioning to virtual learning for the remainder of the spring semester.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WTHR) – Indiana University announced Sunday night that it will be transitioning to virtual learning for the remainder of the spring semester.

In light of the World Health Organization’s declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, IU has released the following update on its coronavirus response:



IU is transitioning to virtual learning for the remainder of the spring semester. (Thread)https://t.co/gjRpIlAJJ9 — Indiana University (@IndianaUniv) March 16, 2020



The university says spring break will be extended to March 14-29 in order to accommodate instructors’ transition to online instruction. Classes (taught remotely) will resume on March 30.

IU will close most of its on-campus housing on March 20. Procedures for move-out and transition policies, including retrieving essential items, will be provided by their campus to housing residents by Tuesday.

At this time, IU continues to have no confirmed cases of coronavirus.

IU says it will assess in the coming weeks if or how commencement, scheduled in May, may be conducted.

All other IU-affiliated events should be postponed, canceled or conduced virtually for the rest of the semester.