USM: Students to finish classes online; no in-person commencements ceremonies

BALTIMORE —Over 100,000 students who attend schools in the University System of Maryland will be finishing the spring semester online.

After Gov. Larry Hogan strongly urged higher education leaders to make the call, USM Chancellor Jay A. Perman announced Thursday night that all undergraduate face-to-face instruction will move to remote instruction for the rest of the semester.

"It will be up to presidents, provosts, deans and department heads to work out detailed plans that allow students to complete their work and to fulfill all of their requirements. I believe this is important not only for our institutions but for our students themselves, who should be assured that they did the work—and successfully demonstrated the knowledge and skills—that their courses required," Perman said.

Perman also addressed commencement ceremonies among USM schools.

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