2020 Fall Update

2020 Fall Update

2020 Fall Update

The safety and care of our students, staff and faculty are at the heart of our thinking.

  • Exclusively online for the Fall semester:
    • All courses and intensives
    • New student orientation: September 9 & 10
    • Chapel, music and worship
    • In place of the Chancellor’s Dinner a virtual presentation
  • Library open and virtually accessible (details will follow)
  • Plans for Spring 2021 semester coming by December 2020
  • Convocation 2020 & 2021 confirmed for May 10 – 12, 2021 to celebrate VST’s 50th Anniversary

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VST is called to educate and form thoughtful, engaged and generous Christian Leaders.

Details:

  1. The safety and care of our students, staff and faculty are at the heart of our thinking.
  2. Delivery of high-quality theological education is central to our decisions.
  3. All courses, including intensives, will take place on-line only in the Fall term 2020. There will be no courses or programs offered on-campus-only or in hybrid form.
  4. We hope to open the library with enhanced protocols for the Fall term.
  5. Chapel, music and worship activities, will take place online only in the Fall of 2020. Watch for updates.
  6. Orientation for new students will be two days September 9-10 online.
  7. Decisions about the spring semester 2021 will be made by December 2020.
  8. Convocation 2020 will be delayed until May 2021 when there will be a double graduating class.
    The dates are May 10 – Graduates Dinner; May 11 – Convocation; May 12 – Revitalization event at Epiphany. Please mark these dates down.
  9. The Chancellor’s Dinner will not be held September 30. We are currently working toward a virtual update.