Clemson University trustees call special meeting to decide on student housing, dining refunds
Clemson officials estimate refunds would cost more than $14 million
Clemson officials estimate refunds would cost more than $14 million
Clemson officials estimate refunds would cost more than $14 million
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Clemson University Board of Trustees on Tuesday announced a special meeting to authorize refunds for student housing, dining and certain other fees.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday at 4 p.m., the university said.
It would cost Clemson University $8.6 million to refund student housing costs and another $6 million to refund dining payments, according to the school’s executive vice president for finance and operations.
Tony Wagner mentioned the figures in a presentation to the school’s board of trustees Tuesday morning.
No decision on refunding the money was made during the meeting.
Coronavirus concerns forced Clemson to move all classes online on March 12. The online learning was extended through the spring semester a week later.
Wagner said the estimated impact of COVID-19 on Clemson University is about $20 million.
That includes an estimated loss of $2.7 million from ACC and NCAA revenue.
Wagner said $665,000 in baseball and softball tickets were refunded.
"Under the current circumstances, the university is doing very well," said President Jim Clements during the virtual meeting.
He said the school is working to stay in touch with students accepted to the school for the fall semester.
Clements noted the stock market is making it tough to know what exactly will happen with the incoming class, but he said, "the profile of the incoming group is incredibly strong."
There are 473 students who have not logged in to do any kind of e-learning activity over the first six days of the new learning platform, according to Provost Bob Jones.
That list has been whittled down from an initial group of 1,192 students, and school officials are working to get in touch with the remaining students yet to log in.
Police Chief Greg Mullen said there are now four study abroad students who have not returned home. Two of those students have chosen to stay in the country where they were studying. Two others were given permission to take shelter in the place where they are.
Mullen said safety officials on campus are working to inventory all personal protective equipment. He said the school would like to have enough to sustain a 90-day supply and would consider contributing any extra equipment to local health care partners.
Clemson has created a critical employee list in the event that the governor issues a stay home order. The school has also restricted access to all recreational areas on campus.