Spring break | Photo by Soham Parikh | The Wright State Guardian
As colleges around the nation announce that they will not have a spring break next semester, students at Wright State University (WSU) are left wondering if they too will miss out on spring break.
Announced Cancellations
Ohio State University announced in September that they were eliminating spring break in order to prevent coronavirus spread brought on by travel exposures. The university instead announced two instructional breaks with no classes on Feb. 9 and March 31.
Carnegie Mellon has also decided to forgo spring break next semester, and has also made adjustments to the start and end dates of the semester as well, citing Feb. 1 as the first day of classes and May 7 as the final.
“In lieu of the spring break week, two individual break days will be distributed throughout the semester,” said Vice Provost Jim Garrett in an open letter to the students of Carnegie Mellon in late September. “These two break days are in addition to the three days of break that were already scheduled on the spring 2021 calendar for mid-semester break and Carnival.”
With dozens of other colleges across the nation announcing similar plans, the students of WSU have begun to worry about what this may mean for their spring semester.
WSU Spring Break 2021
WSU students have begun to express negative responses towards the idea of losing their spring break.
“Personally, I need a break from online classes,” said WSU student Jacob O’Connor. “I think we will see a decline in performance for students if Wright State took that route.”
Fortunately for WSU students, it appears as though there will be a spring break in March 2021.
“At this time, Wright State University has no plans to alter its spring break schedule as some other schools have. We are planning to have a spring break as scheduled starting Monday, March 1, with classes resuming Monday, March 8,” said Director of Communications Seth Bauguess. “If conditions change in the spring, it may require the university to reconsider this position, but at this time there is no change to the spring break schedule.”
For the time being, WSU students can carry on with their spring break plans.
