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OU Shuts Down All Campus Events, Shifts All Classes Online Through July 31

The 2020 Lincoln Riley Football Camp and others are officially canceled
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OU Shuts Down All Campus Events, Shifts All Classes Online Through July 31
OU Shuts Down All Campus Events, Shifts All Classes Online Through July 31

All events on the University of Oklahoma campus are officially shut down.

In an email from interim president Joe Harroz last Thursday, OU announced that all scheduled OU classes, including the upcoming summer session, will be online only.

All in-person events on all three OU campuses are suspended through at least July 31.

That means the Lincoln Riley football camps (June 2-6 and June 17) and all others are canceled.

OU also announced Thursday that this year’s commencement ceremonies will go as planned at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 8, but would be virtual.

“We know how hard you’ve worked,” Harroz said in a video message. “We know how proud your loved ones are of you — all of us are.”

All graduates may attend rescheduled ceremonies on Aug. 8-9, and Harroz said 2020 grads will be mailed “items that help” celebrate their virtual graduations.

“Until then, just know how proud we are of you and how sorry we are that we can’t be with you on May 8 in person,” Harroz said. “But we will be with you virtually, and our pride in you has no limits.”

OU will call graduates’ names during the virtual commencement ceremonies, and participants are encouraged to still wear caps and gowns.

OU’s residential housing is also closed until Aug. 31, with the exception of Kraettli and Traditions apartments.

Harroz said OU will “continue to support and assist those students who have no other housing option and need to remain in on-campus housing.”

OU announced on March 18 the rest of the spring semester would be online.

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JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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