Tennessee confirmed two more cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the state total to nine on Wednesday,
As the virus spreads, UT Knoxville is suspending in-person classes starting March 23 until April 3. In Nashville. Vanderbilt University is moving fully to online classes for the rest of the school year. Both are proactive measures during the outbreak.
As of now, there are zero confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the UT Knoxville campus.
Other affected schools include Berea College in Kentucky, which suspended all classes for the rest of the semester. The college even canceled graduation.
Kortney Halliburton, a senior at Berea College, dreamed of the day she'd get her diploma and become a college graduate. In the past 24 hours though, that vision changed.
"There's a lot of confusion and frustration," she said. Halliburton knew her college career was ending, but not this soon. "Three days to say goodbye to this life that I built here."
On Saturday she's leaving the place she's called home for almost four years. "I think the whole situation is unfair — that my school had to make this decision. But, I do think it was the right one."
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Students will still finish assignments, but the traditional graduation ceremony is canceled.
"Which is probably the most devastating part of all of this," said Halliburton. "And just the rushed goodbyes. Running out of time to say goodbye to this place."
Because of the spread of COVID-19, she's just one of many students whose senior semester now will not finish traditionally.
"We're looking at what other institutions in the SEC are doing, what other institutions nationally are doing," said UT provost David Manderscheid.
UT also announced all non-athletic university events are canceled starting March 16 until April 5.
Spring break will start soon and it is also a time high school seniors visit college campuses.
UT has not announced major changes to campus tours, but some colleges have. It is eliminating a critical component high school seniors usually depend on to make a decision on where to go for college.
"I still haven't been able to fully process everything. But I'm glad they're taking these steps to make sure we're safe," said Halliburton.
If you do plan to take a college campus tour within the next few weeks, make sure to check in with school officials beforehand about their visitor and campus policies.
In Tennessee, Belmont and Middle Tennessee State University have extended spring break for an extra week. Tennessee Tech suspended university-related international travel. East Tennessee State University is actively preparing for potential disruptions.
Vanderbilt already canceled on-campus tours throughout May 10.