Nebraska works to safely reopen universities

Nebraska works to safely reopen universities

WITH THE GOAL TO GETCOLLEGE STUDENTSBACK ON CAMPUS AND INTHE CLASSROOM THISFALL.TODAY, GOVERNOR PETERICKETTS, ALONG WITHUNIVERSITY OFNEBRASKA SYSTEMPRESIDENT TED CARTER,GAVE AN UPDATE ONTHOSE PLANS.REPORTER KENTLUETZEN HAS THELATEST.TED CARTER/UNIVERSITYPRESIDENT: "WE HAVE TOLEARN HOW TO LIVE IN ACOVID-19 WORLD AND DOTHIS WITH THE RIGHTMITIGATION." TRACK 1 INROUGHLY 5 WEEKS,COLLEGE STUDENTSWILL STEP BACK ONCAMPUS FOR THE FIRSTTIME SINCE THEPANDEMIC STARTEDNEARLY 6 MONTHS AGO.UNIVERSITY OFNEBRASKA SYSTEMPRESIDENT TED CARTERSAYS IT'S GOING TO TAKEA COMBINED EFFORTFROM STUDENTS ANDSTAFF FOR "IN-PERSONLEARNING" TO WORK.TED CARTER/UNIVERSITYPRESIDENT: "GOING OUTAND BEING OUT IN TOWNAT LARGE GROUPS ANDPARTIES - I THINK OURSTUDENTS WILL FINDTHATS BEHAVIOR THAT'SGOING TO THEM IN A BADPLACE OVER TIME."CARTER ADDS THE FOURMAIN NEBRASKACAMPUSES WILL BEUTILIZING MASKS, HANDSANITIZER, PLEXI GLASSIN CERTAIN AREAS ANDSOCIAL DISTANCING.GFX: HE ALSO SAYS THEYWILL BE DE-DENSIFYINGCLASSROOMS ANDDORMS TO SMALLERNUMBERS, ADDINGPLACES FOR SICKSTUDENTS TOQUARANTINE ONCAMPUS, OFFERINGCLEAR MASKS FORSTUDENTS THAT NEEDLIP READING, ANDACCOMADATINGVULNERABLE STUDENTSAND STAFF WITHREMOTE LEARNINGOPTIONS.AS FOR COVID-19TESTING, GOVERNORRICKETTS SAYS THESTATE IS AMPLIFYING IT'STESTING CAPACITY -WHICH COULD HELPIDENTIFY CASES FASTERTHIS FALL.GOV.PETE RICKETTS/R - NE"WE WILL BE TAKING THECAPACITY WE HAVE ATOUR CURRENT TESTNEBRASKA LABS AT 36-HUNDRED TESTS..TO PROCESS 36HUNDRED TEST A DAY TOPROCESS 7 THOUSANDTESTS PER DAY.IF A STUDENT DOESBECOME SICK, CARTERSAYS THEY WILL BEPREPARED AND WILL USEBEST JUDGEMENT IN THECASE OF A LARGEROUTBREAK.TED CARTER/UNIVERSITYPRESIDENT: "IF WE NEEDTO WE CAN SHIFT TO AREMOTE EDUCATION,BUT WE WILL NOTNECESSARILY JUST BESPRING LOADED ON ASINGLE CASE." IN OMAHA.KL.3NN.CARTER SAYS ROUGHLY80 PERCENT OFSTUDENTS SAY THEYWANT TO BE BACK ONCAMPUS WITH IN-PERSON LEARNING THISFALL.WHEN SCHOOL STARTS,THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEMIS ENCOURAGINGSTUDENTS AND STAFF TOCOMPLETE A DAILYSELF-SCREENING USINGTHE "1-CHECK COVID"APP ON THEIR PHONE.