The SUNY Broome campus is going to look a bit different for the upcoming fall semester.

It's expected that only 15 percnt to 20 percent of students will meet for in-person learning each day.

Most of that face-to-face instruction will come from programs like nursing and dental hygiene, which cannot be taught virtually.

"If you have fewer people, it makes it less challenging to keep things clean," said SUNY Broome President Kevin Drumm. "It's going to be very challenging to keep everything clean in the clinical setting, but it wont be as bad as if we had everyone jammed in there at once like we usually do."

Clinical classes will be separated into multiple sections a day.

Smaller groups will allow students to socially distance when possible.

Each room will also be disinfected daily with some being cleaned multiple times a day.

Drumm said staying safe is a team effort.

"We're all going to have to look after each other. We can't expect that the faculty and staff are going to be able to do it all. We're going to rely on students to help us, to be contentious to wearing their mask, to washing their hands," said Drumm.

For those on campus, a mask will be required at all times and all residence hall bedrooms will be converted to singles.

"We want people who want to be on campus to be able to be on campus and to feel safe on campus. Distance learning isn't for everyone," said Drumm.

The remainder of classes will be taught either entirely online or hybrid.

Drumm said 25-30 percent of classes were done remotely to begin with.

"We were already good at it, we just had to help a number of faculty to get up to speed to get there, and of course this time we had a lot more time," said Drumm.

Both online and in-person classes are set to begin August 31.