Wentworth's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Summary of Wentworth’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

[For more details, updates and resources, visit the university’s COVID-19 Info Center].

As soon as the potential threat of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent in March 2020, Wentworth President Mark A. Thompson formed a Task Force that began meeting regularly to address the crisis. Today, the administration remains laser focused on the Corona virus outbreak; university officials are closely monitoring the situation, carefully planning for the future.

The university has:

• replaced in-person classes with distance and virtual learning for full-time undergraduate students during the spring and summer of 2020 (coursework for the Summer 2020 Semester is also being delivered via distance learning). 
• moved nearly all students out of the residence halls (those few who could not return home were able to remain on campus).
• recalled students from study abroad programs and other international trips.
• helped all non-essential staff to work remotely.
• assisted faculty members with anything they needed to offer courses in a distance-learning format.

To help prospective undergraduate and graduate students with their decisions about where to pursue their degrees, the university:

• developed a Virtual Accepted Students’ Day experience.
• created a Virtual Experiences website with all the help you need to make the right college choice.
• offered and will continue to offer Graduate Student Open Houses.

To support existing students Wentworth has been:

• refunding roughly a third of the costs for housing, board/meal plan and certain other auxiliary expenses not utilized during the Spring 2020 semester.
• providing two-thirds of salaries to a majority of students who were working for the university through early March.
• providing grading systems fair to all, including a student option to make any class Pass/No Credit (those who had to halt their co-ops will receive an appropriate passing credit).
• providing care and counseling to students who may need support now more than ever.
• planning for all Spring 2020 graduates to celebrate their commencement later, in August.                                                                                                                            

The university has been surveying its students, who for the most part report having a good experience transitioning to distance learning.