Published on April 7, 2020 by Katie Stripling  
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A special meeting of the Â鶹¹û¶³ Board of Trustees was convened by telephone on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.

Â鶹¹û¶³ President Andrew Westmoreland provided a comprehensive report on the impact of COVID-19 on the university and the many measures being taken in response to the pandemic.  

The trustees adopted a resolution authorizing the president to make ongoing decisions to guide the university through the health emergency, including credits or refunds of prepaid room and board charges for the Spring 2020 semester. Families will have the option to designate some or all of such credits or refunds as donations to Â鶹¹û¶³ to provide much-needed financial support to the university and its students.

The resolution also called for all university trustees, faculty, staff, students and their families, alumni, business associates and friends, to engage in ongoing prayer to God Almighty for the global cessation of COVID-19 and for a special dispensation of God’s grace and mercy upon the Â鶹¹û¶³ community during these days of widespread disease and considerable uncertainty.
 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.