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Business professor Lucia Miree did not cover her lectures this week. Miree said she had to leave temporarily for “personal medical reasons” and she would be back either after the spring break, or in the fall.

This semester Miree is teaching Organizational Theory and Behavior and two courses in Human Resources Management. However, her lectures were not cancelled. “She has made arrangements to have her classes covered this week,” Dean of Faculty Steve Sullivan said. “If she needs to be away longer, we will have to make some further arrangements.”

It is a usual practice in cases of illnesses and conferences for a colleague to cover a class, give a guest lecture or an exam, Sullivan said.