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Transition to online learning and Covid-19 in India

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After Conn transitioned to online learning, I moved to Maine where I began to intern at a healthcare startup. My boss was…

The Unknown

At this moment, masks were just starting to be required for the public in the Northeastern United States. Prior to this,…

Tashayla Borden '21, Africana Studies & Psychology major

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I got a small job making grocery deliveries. I help out senior citizens.

Sara Rothenberger, Residential Education and Living

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There has never been a time that I have seen a campus so empty and lacking it's natural vitality.

Rob Richter, Arts Programming

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I am glad I have a job and can continue to work. I also feel some guilt because some of my staff cannot work remotely.

Remote Internship

At this point, quarantine and self-isolation are the new normal. Everything has become remote, from schools to jobs to even…

Quarantine Funtimes

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The fall of 2019 was my first semester at Connecticut College. That means that I, like most other college students, had to…

Oliver Holmes '20, Psychology major

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Conn was not always my favorite place, but damn if I don't miss it like hell right now.

Move-out Checklist

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Sign placed by facilities management on a dorm room after the student moved out on April 8, 2020.

Meal drop-off for isolated student

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Sign on a cooler used to provide food to a Connecticut College student quarantined on campus

Maureen Ronau, Chemistry

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I can't be in contact with my grandkids, which is tough. But we chat online.

Libby Friedman, Dean of the College office

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People in WW I and II and the 1918 Influenza epidemic also thought there was no hope - this too shall pass.

Jon-Robert Corasanti '20, Theater major

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I'm building a giant boat in the basement and I'm making a beautiful song using the grand piano and my electric piano.

It's over...for me

I had just finished my last final at Connecticut College, and I was alone at my desk. I couldn't go celebrate with my…

Isabella Sorrenti '22, Art History and Classical Studies major

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My friends and I have started to virtually "go to the library" in which we all Face Time and do homework.

Hannah Lombard '21, Psychology major

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On walks, it seems somewhat normal in nature but in stores and things the mannerisms of people are very different.

Greer Hill '20, Government and Economics major

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I'm grateful to how the Conn administrators and deans have handled everything. Their communications have been clear,…

Enter at Your Own Risk

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The Benham Avenue entrance to Connecticut College with sign posted informing that the College is closed

Ellie Smith '20, Cellular and Molecular Biology major

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It is a blessing to spend time with my family before I move on to my next step in life.

Elena Erdekian '20, Government and Economics major

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We were told to leave as fast as possible and not drive through campus, so I wasn't able to catch a glimpse of Tempel Green…

Covid19 reality

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Signage in front of the Crozier-Williams Center of Connecticut College thanking those working on site.

COVID-19 Journal

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This is a personal journal of my COVID-19 experience. There is an entry roughly every 2 weeks since not much change from day…

Cameron Aaron '21, Computer Science and Psychology major

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I'm working at a startup to distribute PPE to healthcare workers