{"id":917482,"date":"2020-08-24T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T21:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=917482"},"modified":"2020-08-25T16:28:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T21:28:04","slug":"fall-semester-begins-across-east-texas-for-most-colleges-and-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=917482","title":{"rendered":"Fall semester begins across East Texas for most colleges and universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/08\/student-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-917487\" \/>EAST TEXAS &#8212; After colleges across the country responded to the COVID-19 pandemic last March by shutting down campuses and moving classes online, many are now adapting their policies to accommodate students return to class. Although the reaction to reopening is varied across the nation, many have adapted and moved forward. According to our news partner KETK, this is a list of colleges across East Texas and the adjustments they have made; including virtual learning, in-person, or a hybrid of both.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>East Texas Baptist University:<\/strong> Students will attend class in-person 50% of the time and attend virtually on Zoom 50% of the time to ensure social distancing.<br \/>\n    First day of class : August 17th<br \/>\n    Last day of class: November 20th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jarvis Christian College:<\/strong>  All classes will be online.<br \/>\n    First day of class: August 10th<br \/>\n    Final exams: November 16th- 20th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kilgore College:<\/strong>  Students can attend class in-person, remotely through video conferencing, or take online courses.<br \/>\n    First day of class: August 24th<br \/>\n    Final exams: December 9th-10th<\/p>\n<p><strong>LeTourneau University:<\/strong>  Students can choose to participate in classes either traditional (in-class) or nontraditional (online).<br \/>\n    First day of traditional fall semester: August 17th<br \/>\n    First day of nontraditional fall semester: August 24th<br \/>\n    Last day of traditional fall semester: November 19th<br \/>\n    Last day of nontraditional fall semester: December 13th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panola College:<\/strong> Students will have the option to choose either in-person or online classes.<br \/>\n    First day of class: August 19th<br \/>\n    Students will not return after Thanksgiving, all final exams will be taken remotely<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen F. Austin State University:<\/strong> Students will have the option to choose classes in-person, online, livestream, or hybrid.<br \/>\n    First day of class: August 24th<br \/>\n    Last day of class: December 11th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas College:<\/strong> All classes will be online.<br \/>\n    First day of class: August 12th<br \/>\n    Last day of class: November 20th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyler Junior College:<\/strong> Students will have the option to choose either in-person, online, or hybrid classes.<br \/>\n    First day of class: August 24th<br \/>\n    Last day of class: December 9th<\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Texas at Tyler:<\/strong> UT Tyler will return to normal campus operations.<br \/>\n    First day of class: August 24th<br \/>\n    Students will not return after Thanksgiving, all final exams will be taken remotely<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wiley College:<\/strong> All classes will be online.<br \/>\n    First day of class: August 3rd<br \/>\n    Last day of class: November 13th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST TEXAS &#8212; After colleges across the country responded to the COVID-19 pandemic last March by shutting down campuses and moving classes online, many are now adapting their policies to accommodate students return to class. Although the reaction to reopening is varied across the nation, many have adapted and moved forward. According to our news &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=917482\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fall semester begins across East Texas for most colleges and universities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 05:14:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=917482"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":917491,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917482\/revisions\/917491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=917482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=917482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=917482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}