SMU Announces Rollback of COVID-19 Protocols
SMU will ease most COVID-19 restrictions after May 15.
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VIDEO: SMU Keeps Mask Optional, Faculty Senate Disagrees
SMU returns to in-person learning with no mask mandate on campus despite soaring omicron infection numbers, and the “majority” of Faculty Senate disagrees.
SMU Lifts Temporary Mask Mandate
SMU will no longer mandate masks in indoor campus spaces, but teachers will still be allowed to require masks in their classes.
OPEN LETTER: Keep the Masks
“We made a Pledge to Protect each other…The pandemic is a group project. We need to have each other’s backs.”
SMU Faculty Urge University to Require Vaccinations, Reinstate Masks and Greater Air Intake On-Campus
Despite SMU’s hopes to conduct a fully in-person fall semester free of mask mandates and COVID-19 protocols, recent case surges in Texas have led SMU Faculty Senate to adopt resolutions urging SMU to re-instate masking, require vaccination, and improve building ventilation before the fall semester begins.
Gov. Abbott Lifts Mask Mandate, Students Have Mixed Opinions
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decided to allow business 100% open without a mandatory mask policy. The student body is split down the middle about the decision.
SMU Continues to Require Masks and Social Distancing On-Campus
Despite Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order to lift the mask mandate for the state of Texas, SMU has decided to maintain its COVID-19 protocols until the end of the semester.
First Week Back: COVID Parties, Students Denied Testing, & Virtual Class Disasters as Cases Exceed 100
A week after undergraduates returned to campus for the fall semester, the community reflects on the efficacy of SMU’s testing protocols and procedures.