Southeast Community College to Start Fall Semester as Scheduled on August 24 

Southeast Community College (SCC) (southest.edu) will start the fall semester on August 24 as originally planned. All locations, including campuses in Beatrice, Lincoln, and Milford, will have new safety protocols and procedures in place to help keep students and employees safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Precautions include keeping students socially distanced in classrooms and lab spaces and providing hand sanitizer stations throughout the building. SCC also is encouraging students to wear face coverings and will require them when social/physical distancing is not possible. Some instructors also will have Plexiglass podiums in their classrooms as an extra safety measure, and similar shields also have been installed in areas where students and staff interact frequently. 

Since COVID-19 hit in March, SCC moved all in-person classes to online formats. Since some restrictions have been lifted, SCC did not shift its original schedule for the 2020 fall semester. However, if directed health measures and other recommendations warrant a change, classes would be taught in a variety of delivery formats, including onsite, hybrid, and online. The college will notify students of any changes to the delivery format of onsite courses in the event that becomes necessary. 

Southeast Community College is committed to providing accessible, dynamic, and responsive education to a diverse variety of students in more than 50 programs. For more about SCC’s COVID-19 preparations, visit www.southeast.edu/covid-19.