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Academic Buildings are Closed

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Sign on the main entrance to Shain Library informing visitors the campus is closed. Similar signs are placed on other…

Adam Khan '22, Music Tech and Math major

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It is so rare that so many people can relate to what you're feeling. I feel so alone but so does everyone.

Ali Plucinski '20, Government major

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I have been impressed by the willingness of professors to go out of their way to make the situation as reasonable for…

Ann Monk Camel Correspondent: COVID-19 in Morocco

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This is my camel correspondent video, in which I discuss the disruption of my study abroad, what Covid-19 was like in…

Anonymous

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I don't know if this is just me, but whenever I feel even vaguely different I have to Google the symptoms of the virus.

Anonymous

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It is difficult to teach classes without getting as much instantaneous feedback from students.

Anonymous

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I packed up my dorm and my friend's dorms, as they are European international students, and it was bittersweet.

Anonymous

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Quite honestly schoolwork has provided a nice distraction from thinking about the virus.

Anonymous

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It's painful to see classes that were my favorite not translate well online.

Anonymous

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Whenever things happen on the news, it's easy to think how it will never affect you. It's much harder to think about your…

Anonymous

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When the day comes I can hug my friends, I will remind myself to never take hugs for granted again.

Anonymous

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I feel like I did not get the closure I needed before graduating.

Cameron Aaron '21, Computer Science and Psychology major

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

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…

Covid19 reality

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

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…

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.

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

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,…

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

Maureen Ronau, Chemistry

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