Do you expect to reopen as normal in the fall semester?
How many students, faculty, and/or staff have been diagnosed with COVID-19?
What factors are you considering as you make decisions regarding in-person classes in the Fall 2020?
What was the level of board involvement in the decision to close the campus and go to an online format?
Are there some ways Wheaton was able to have performance- and laboratory-based coursework during the Spring B-Quad?
What is Wheaton seeing regarding possible attrition from the incoming freshman class, negative impact on returning student enrollment, and overall enrollment in the fall?
Are students being surveyed about their opinions and hopes for the coming year?
What are the admission statistics for the freshman class?
If Wheaton is forced to move to an online-only model, will Wheaton allow students to defer their enrollment for a year while maintaining any academic scholarships or need-based grants? Will Wheaton be offering tuition discounts?
What will tuition rates look like in 2020-2021?
What additional safety measures will the College be employing to protect students, faculty and other members of the Wheaton College community?
How will safety be addressed in dormitory living?
What do you anticipate doing if/when a local outbreak/case occurs on campus?
Are you considering keeping all students on campus during traditional breaks such as Fall break and Thanksgiving break?
What plans are being made for the conduct of chapel in a social distancing environment?
Will there be a greater need for local off-campus housing this fall?
In what ways is the College engaging local, county, and state governments in decision-making, regarding testing, etc.? And how is the college engaging other schools on these same issues?
I just read about another private college planning a live, on campus commencement for later this summer. Is Wheaton considering anything like that?
What has been the to-date financial impact and the expected future impact of this virus to Wheaton’s budget?
Has the College had to lay off any employees?
How is Wheaton maneuvering through the Congressional allocation of funds to colleges and universities ?
What is the projected income decline for the 20/21 school year? How does the school plan on mitigating the potential losses?
Harvard University projects $1.2 billion revenue shortfall over the next two years because of long-reaching effects of the virus crisis on that school. How does Wheaton's shortfall compare?
What has the impact been on fundraising and donations?
How COVID-19 is affecting the cost structure, both in the case of in-person learning with adjustments for social distancing, and virtual learning, if that proves still to be necessary?
What are the plans for Homecoming Weekend?
Compared to other Christian liberal arts colleges Wheaton has a significant endowment. How will the endowment be a resource to the college during this pandemic crisis?
Has the emptiness of campus allowed for acceleration of any construction, renovation, and other infrastructure work? What about the concert hall project?