Dear NTC students,
We are now over one week into this unique semester and we understand there are still some issues to work out. We appreciate your patience, especially since this week also included the potential for terrible weather. One question we have heard from several students is whether they can participate remotely in their in-person classes.
We expect that you will attend your classes in person whenever your instructor has in-person sessions, unless you were approved as a remote learner or you are in isolation or quarantine because of a positive COVID-19 test or contact with someone who has tested positive (in which case you have completed the COVID-19 reporting form).
Your instructors are expecting to see you in person in their classes and can mark you absent if you don’t show up in person without a documented reason. Your fellow students are also looking forward to seeing you and to engaging with you in the classroom. Hundreds of people at Tulane have worked and continue to work very hard to make our in-person semester a reality.
If you no longer want to be in class in person, please understand that you will need to drop all your in-person classes and register for online-only classes via the Schedule of Classes. You need to complete this by September 4, when the drop/add period ends. Your NTC academic advisor is ready to assist you if you need help making changes to your schedule. Please schedule an appointment using the link here: https://advising.tulane.edu/make-appointment.
Take care,
Lee Skinner
Dean
Newcomb-Tulane College | Tulane University
Robert C. Cudd Hall 113
504.865.5720 | leeskinner@tulane.edu
college.tulane.edu