 Hello University community. After careful consideration and shared governance conversation, Virginia State University has made the difficult but necessary decision to remain online for the remainder of the fall 2020 semester. That includes canceling move-in and not having residential students on campus. I want to thank all of our faculty and staff who have done incredible work, who have worked tirelessly to prepare for a safe return for our students. There's been a lot of incredible work that's been done that I believe has us as ready as any institution in the country in assuming the risks from this deadly pandemic. Our original plan, of course, was to start courses again on September 14th and to begin move-in next Monday on August 31st. We have been revisiting the topic as we have seen universities across the country reopen and then be forced to shut down after major COVID-19 outbreaks. This is evidence that we cannot prevent the widespread of COVID-19 between students if we have students back on campus. Virginia State University serves a population that is of higher risk to COVID-19. Those that have the cases and deaths are in the black community. That means our faculty, our staff, and the community in which we live. Making this decision today helps to prevent the inconvenience of a last-minute decision for families who are looking to move in on August 31st. And it helps present the massive disruption that could be caused by the abrupt shutdown of campus once students are already here. I want all of you to know, particularly our students, we miss you and we remain committed to providing a quality, transformative, and engaging educational experience in the fall of 2020. We will provide opportunities and resources and activities to virtually engage all of our Trojans throughout this semester. We will continue to ensure that our students have the best experiences that they can from being a Trojan. I know that soon everyone will be back and we will all share with each other and campus will be a vibrant campus but just not now, not in this time. In light of this recent decision and the change in our residential housing plan, we know that there will need to be adjustments on students' accounts. Additionally, we are working hard to find additional financial aid for students who cannot come back to Virginia State University in the residence halls. Please be patient with us as we continue to work through these adjustments. We promise that every student that wants to be at Virginia State University, we will do everything we can to make sure that that dream comes true. I'd like to end by saying this. I want to thank all of the Virginia State University faculty and staff and administration who have worked tirelessly over the past six months as we plan to safely move our students back in with our plan forward in the fall of 2020. You have done an incredible job and you did everything right but COVID-19 is a formidable opponent and it has presented circumstances that are far beyond our control. This decision, of course, will present a number of challenges moving forward for Virginia State University that we will have to band together to fight. Our driving force, though, remains prioritizing the health and safety of our Trojan family and protecting the legacy of Virginia State University. Trojan family, we will work through this together. We will get through this together. Together, we are Trojan strong.