The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. CNS photo/Paul Haring
Forty-seven students from the University of St. Thomas’ Catholic Studies and St. John Vianney semester studies in Rome will be coming home early because concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
“After careful deliberation, and out of an abundance of caution, the university has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of the St. John Vianney/Catholic Studies Rome semester and to close our Bernardi campus,” the university said in a Feb. 28 news release.
“We strongly encourage all our students in Rome to return to the United States as soon as possible and no later than Friday, March 6 — which is when the Bernardi campus officially closes,” university officials said.
Three other UST students in Rome and four in other locations in Italy have been given the option to return to the United States because they are part of other programs, university spokeswoman Vineeta Sawkar said.
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