Clemson cancels all on-campus academic and athletic camps because of coronavirus

Clemson University has canceled all in-person academic and athletic summer camps because of the coronavirus pandemic, the school announced Monday.

That includes not only camps and programs that use facilities on Clemson’s main campus, but also activities that use Clemson’s transportation to pick up or drop off people from the main campus, according to the release.

“Any reopening decisions will occur in phases and involve daily monitoring of indicators to determine if the University can move forward, hold steady, or revert to a previous phase,” according to the release.

The university has not yet canceled all off-campus programs, sports conditioning and practice, but the school remains closed until May 8, according to the release. Clemson will decide what to do about events outside the main campus after the number of coronavirus cases begins to decrease and officials are confident that number won’t quickly rebound, according to the release.

Clemson’s goal is to begin in-person classes in fall semester, but that depends on whether opening campus can be done safely, the release said.