Michigan State University will reopen Monday with an increased police presence following last week's school shooting that left three people dead and another five wounded.

Officials said at a news conference that they are aware of the short turnaround but framed it as the start of the healing process for students and faculty.

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"No one thinks we are coming back to a normal week," MSU interim Provost Thomas Jeitschko said at a news conference, adding that it was "important for us to recognize that coming back together will help us" but acknowledging that "everyone heals at their own pace and in their own manner."

MSU's spring break begins on March 6, but officials said they didn't want to keep students out for so long.

None of the classes offered this semester will be held in either of the two buildings where the shootings took place. University officials have moved about 300 classes held in the buildings into other spaces around campus.

Not everyone is on board with classes starting so soon after a 43-year-old gunman with no known ties to the university opened fire, killing Arielle Anderson, 19, Alexandria Verner, 20, and Brian Fraser, 20, as well as injuring five other classmates who have been hospitalized. The shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities found a note that threatened more shootings in New Jersey.

Many of the students, including the editorial board of the student newspaper, have spoken out against Monday's reopening, arguing that they aren't ready to return to the horrific scene.

"We can't physically sit in a classroom on Monday," the State News editorial board wrote. "It's been less than a week since we lost three fellow Spartans in those classrooms. We aren't ready."

"But we also can't log onto Zoom on Monday and meaningfully engage in our classwork. We're processing trauma. We're coming to terms with grief," the board added. "We can't be worried about a deadline or an exam. We need more time to process without a class to worry about. MSU must extend the pause they've given us so we can decide how we need to proceed to feel safe and secure."

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Professors, meanwhile, have been urged to reassess goals for their courses and to "extend grace, sympathy, and empathy to their students," Jeitschko said.

"We asked that there be no heavy lifts, there be no attempts at making up for lost time or scrambling and doubling down for the rest of the semester," he added.