While the Midwest and greater United States continue to slow to a crawl due to Coronavirus, as of Thursday morning, Olivet Nazarene University had failed to issue any updated response to its community.
Students away on Spring Break let it be known by Twitter, they were not happy. The University has yet to update its official COVID-19 Emergency Management Page since last Thursday. Spring Break started for Olivet Students last Saturday and ends March 15th.
One student suggested administrators were all but ignoring the problem:
Olivet students: Coronavi—
— Syd (@sydneymach) March 12, 2020
Olivet Nazarene University: pic.twitter.com/ZdPO9MYUzi
While others asked why there hasn’t been any news on classes.
As of now, all college campuses that surround me are closed down for the rest of March…so I just wanna know, what are you doing @olivetnazarene !?!
— meg nikole (@megan__nikole) March 10, 2020
Ryan Gravenberg, a freshman football player at the University currently in California, let it be known he is one of many stressing over the lack of communication from school officials.
@olivetnazarene like wuss good wit y’all man. we need a update or sum, i’m all the way out here in cali stressin over flights n allat and y’all ain’t tellin us nun.
— Ryan Gravenberg (@rkgravenberg) March 12, 2020
After all, any communication is better than no communication…right?
@olivetnazarene we need some answers. Keep everyone in touch soon please.
— Zion (@zion_cosgray7) March 12, 2020
You, along with many of Olivet’s students, can follow eventual news on possible cancellations on Olivet’s dedicated COVID-19 response page here.
