UofSC Interfraternity Council makes changes to fall recruitment as COVID-19 cases rise

Head of University of South Carolina Greek community implements changes saying, 'The health and safety of our members is the main concern.'
ABC Columbia Staff,

(Courtesy: UofSC/Twitter)

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Students at the University of South Carolina have been back on campus for less than a month, but as students, faculty and staff resumed in person instruction, cases of coronavirus began to surface.

The council announcing Wednesday plans to continue fall recruitment virtually instead of in-person. This decision comes after the University of South Carolina placed another house in Greek Village in quarantine for a total of 10 houses that are now under quarantine.

The in-person events scheduled for Labor Day have been moved to virtual events.

According to the University’s on-line COVID-19 tracker there are now more than one thousand active cases on campus. Specifically, 1,017 students, and 9 staff members, which brings the total number of active cases for Wednesday evening to 1,026 total active cases of COVID-19 cases at the facility of higher learning.

The University President held a virtual town hall addressing the current number of cases on campus and continued testing.

To hear some the changes he wants to implement or to watch the town hall in its entirety, you can click on the clip below from the University of South Carolina’s twitter page:

The South Carolina Infraternity Council released a statement regarding the changes. Leaders of the group say the decision did not come easy, but that the health and safety of their campus community is their main concern and urged all 21 Greek organizations on the campus to adhere to safety measures to reduce the spread of the virus.

 

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