Geneva College - Parents FYI Newsletter - August 28, 2020
Welcome!
Parents FYI combines important information from Geneva College to parents of Geneva students into one email communication. It will continue to be sent to you regularly. If you have feedback or questions regarding Parents FYI, please contact editor@geneva.edu.
Need 2 Know!
Chapel at Geneva
This fall, Chapel will be held on Wednesdays at 10:10 AM in multiple small groups across campus. Students should watch their schedules for their assigned chapel location.
Is There a $1,761 Charge on Your Student's Account?
If you are still seeing a charge of $1,761.00 for Student Health Insurance on your student's account, it means that Geneva College has not received a Waiver Form to remove the charge. The deadline to have it removed is just days away. Check into details now.
Coming back to campus this fall with health and safety in mind means incorporating new routines, practices, and expectations into the everyday activities of everyone in our community. The College has developed a community covenant that states expectations everyone—faculty, staff, and students—needs to adopt to care for each other through the fall semester.
Every morning, Geneva sends your student a daily text reminder to complete an online health screening form before coming to campus or class. The text includes a link directly to the screening form on myGeneva. This form needs to be submitted every day for everyone on campus.
Fall Schedule!
In response to guidelines from the PA Department of Health, Geneva Provost Dr. Melinda Stephens presents the fall schedule – including revised start date and end date.
Please note that this Saturday, August 29, follows a Thursday Day schedule and that students should follow the instructions from their faculty to determine if they will be meeting in-person or completing remote work.
The Geneva College community kicked off the Fall 2020 semester at Reeves Field on Wednesday, August 26, with the traditional Academic Convocation Ceremony held outdoors. Faculty members in formal academic regalia and upperclassmen welcomed first-year students during this rite of passage.
We enjoy having visitors to campus; it gives us the opportunity to demonstrate our core value of vibrant hospitality. On the other hand, the health and safety of our guests and our campus community is of utmost importance to us, and we need to minimize the overall number of people on campus to meet physical distancing requirements.
Geneva’s Information Technology Services identifies general computer specifications to optimize a personal educational experience. These guidelines cover the typical needs of most students for most programs. Students' advisors can help them determine if their program requires any additional hardware or software.
A message by Gordon P. Richards, Lt. Col. (ret), D.Sc., CISSP, Security+, Project+
"I am so grateful to be back on campus, but I am more grateful to see the campus teeming with students, faculty, and staff. It has been a long time since we last spent time together here at Geneva..."