On November 15, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an executive order requiring Michigan high schools and colleges to switch to online learning by November 18. The announcement comes two days after the NMU administration agreed to the NMU-AAUP’s request to allow faculty to decide how to best deliver course content for the remainder of the semester. This agreement still allows faculty to move courses online prior to the Governor’s November 18 deadline without getting approval from department heads or accommodation from Human Resources.

As with the NMU-AAUP’s request, the governor’s action was based on data showing rapidly rising COVID infection rates across the state of Michigan and the entire mid-west.

Additional information can be obtained through the following links: news release and mask requirements.