各位親愛的同學與敬愛的家長大家好:
3月2日就要開學了，由於受到新冠病毒疫情影響，開學日延後了兩週，期末考也順延至6月底。雖然畢業考與畢業典禮時間仍維持不變，但行事曆的更動，一定會造成不便，希望大家在維護國人健康的前提下，包容這些改變。
目前台灣疫情都在可控範圍內，學校是一個團體學習與活動的場域，因此一定要做好各項防疫工作。學校已做好校園環境與教學設施消毒，對曾有疫區旅遊史的人員管理及各項修業彈性措施，都做了充分的準備，各位只要進入銘傳大學網頁防疫專區(https://web.mcu.edu.tw/zh-hant/content/containment)即可知道詳細的情況。防疫小組要提醒大家從3月2日起，凡是師生進入銘傳各校區都要檢測體溫，住宿生每晚也都會量體溫，凡有異常都會依症狀即時處理。有需要戴口罩的同學，應該自備口罩以便隨時使用，每天早晚定時測量體溫，身體如有不適就不要到學校上課，這些才是保護自己與他人健康最重要的作為。這段期間，學生因防疫請病假都可彈性處理，不會影響學習紀錄。
目前本校陸、港、澳生及政府宣布為疫區的境外學生，都未入境返校，提前返校的境外學生也都結束了居家或在校自我隔離的期間，因此開學返校應無感染的風險，只要每個人都做好防疫措施就能確保校園的安全。對於無法返校上課的境外學生，銘傳師長都完成了線上教學與評量的演練，一定可以維護正常的教學品質，全校教師及導師也會關心同學的學習情況，尤其是境外使用線上學習的同學。希望同學可以多關懷，給他們打氣加油，銘傳師生都是一家人，我們真誠的希望所有銘傳人都能平安、健康、勇敢地度過這波病毒疫情。
愈是艱難的時刻，愈是需要大家團結合作，銘傳創辦人常講的一句話「含著微笑，奮鬥到底」，用在此刻正是最恰當的勉勵。學習不能停止，進步更不能中斷。疫情一定很快就會過去，我們也將更加堅強。銘傳教職員工都準備好了，歡迎各位同學重新回到校園，師長們都在學校歡迎大家。耑此
敬祝
闔家幸福
身體健康
銘傳大學校長暨防疫應變小組 敬上
A letter from President of Ming Chuan University and MCU Epidemic Prevention Emergency Response Team
Dear Students and Parents:
The new semester will start on March 2, 2020, two weeks later than originally scheduled, due to COVID-2019. Final examinations will be rescheduled for the end of June 2020. Although the Graduation Examinations and Graduation Ceremony will be held as scheduled, the adjustment of the calendar will certainly inconvenience many of you. We appreciate your understanding of the importance of protecting everyone’s health.
Currently, COVID-19 is well controlled in Taiwan; however, campuses are a venue for group learning and activities, so we must be well prepared for disease containment. MCU has implemented infection prevention hygiene and sanitizing of teaching equipment at all locations. Moreover, we are well prepared for managing those who have recently traveled in an infected area with flexible measures for conducting courses. Please refer to “Disease Prevention” (https://web.mcu.edu.tw/zh-hant/content/containment) on MCU homepage for relevant information. The MCU Epidemic Prevention Emergency Response Team reminds you that all people – faculty, staff, students, and others visiting campus for official purposes – must have their temperature taken before entering any MCU campus from March 2, 2020. Students who live in the student dormitories will each have their temperature taken every evening as well. Any abnormal situations will be dealt with immediately in accordance with the presenting symptoms. Students are to prepare their own facial masks and wear them as needed, and take their own temperature every morning and evening. Please do not come to school if you do not feel well; that is the best and most important way to protect yourself and others. During this period, student sick leaves for disease prevention will be dealt with flexibly and will not affect student learning records.
Currently, all students from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and other infected areas announced by the government have not come back to Taiwan yet. Other international students who came back to Taiwan earlier have finished self-managed quarantine; therefore, there is no risk for them to return to campus for study. All we have to do is to implement self-managed disease prevention measures for ensuring campus safety. For those international students who are unable to return to campus for study, MCU faculty members have been practicing online teaching and evaluation; we are confident to maintain our teaching quality as usual. All faculty members and class advisors will pay attention to students’ learning situations, especially those international students who study online this semester. In the meantime, we hope that all students can care more about the international students who study online and cheer them up, because we are MCU Family. We sincerely hope that the whole MCU Family will be safe, healthy, and brave to proceed through this COVID-19 epidemic.
Teamwork is especially needed during this difficult time. “Maintain smiling composure and persist to the end” was frequently said by MCU Founder Pao, and is the best encouragement for this moment. Learning cannot be stopped, neither can improvement. This disease risk will be over soon, so we need to be brave in the meantime. MCU faculty and staff members are well prepared and welcome all students to come back to the campuses.
Best wishes
Happiness & Health
President of Ming Chuan University
Epidemic Prevention Emergency Response Team
