What are you most looking forward to in “normal times”?

SJU ATHLETICS TIMELINE OF

March 12: SJU Athletics announces the cancellation of all spring sports.

MARCH 2020 APRIL 2020 MAY 2020

APRIL 2021

April 5: Men’s rowing takes on the United States Naval Academy in Maryland.

MARCH 2021

March 1: St. Joe’s announces they will allow spectators to attend athletics events under certain restrictions.

March 5: Softball picks up an 8-4 win over Towson University to open their season.

March 10: Baseball kicks off their restart with with a 12-3 victory at Towson University.

March 13: Women’s rowing has their Schuylkill River homecoming in a matchup with the University of Delaware.

March 27: Men’s and women’s track opens at the Penn Challenge where Zach Michon brakes the St. Joe’s 5000m record and the women secure four top five finishes.

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

June 26: SJU Athletics releases their fall 2020 COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan, allowing student athletes to begin workouts in a phased reopening.

JUNE 2020 JULY 2020

July 17: A-10 postpones all fall sports until spring 2021.

July 31: St. Joe’s cancels all club sports activity for the foreseeable future.

AUGUST 2019

SEPTEMBER 2020

Oct. 14: NCAA grants extra year of eligibility to all winter sport student athletes.

OCTOBER 2020

NOVEMBER 2020

Nov. 21: Women’s basketball pauses all team activity due to a positive COVID-19 test among Tier 1 personnel.

Nov. 26: Men’s basketball opens their season at the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-off.

Nov. 29: Men’s basketball pauses all team activity due to a positive COVID-19 test among Tier 1 personnel.

DECEMBER 2020

FEBRUARY 2021

Feb. 9: Field Hockey selected as a 2021 A-10 preseason favorite as they start their season.

Feb. 13: Men’s lacrosse takes Towson University to overtime in a hard fought 7-8 loss.

Feb. 13: Men’s and women’s tennis take down Coppin State University each winning 6-1 on singles matchups.

Feb. 14: Women’s soccer hosts Delaware State University in a 4-1 win.

Feb. 17: Women’s lacrosse takes the field for the first time in 11 months to take on Hofstra University.

JANUARY 2021

Jan. 22: SJU Athletics unveils their updated COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan for spring 2021. Dec. 13: Women’s basketball returns to the court with a win over Lincoln University.

Dec. 16: Women’s basketball pauses all team activity due to COVID-19 protocols involving an opponent.

Jan. 31: Men’s soccer opens with a preseason matchup against Big 5 rival Temple University.

I miss seeing people’s full faces and seeing them smile. You can see in their eyes, but it’s different to see their whole face light up. That’s one of the things I really look forward to.

-Beth Hagovsky, Ed.D. Director of Student Leadership & Activities What I look most forward to in all times is not having to second guess ourselves. We’re constantly thinking,

“is this okay to do?”

-Emma Murphy ’21

Seeing people’s faces. There are some people I work with who I’ve never actually seen their faces because I’ve only ever seen them with a mask on.

-Olivia Clark ’22

Being able to see my family without having to take a negative test.

-Christian Delorenzo ’23 Being able to go out to eat in restaurants, even the movies with full capacity.

-Kyle Stivala ’23

What are you most looking forward to in “normal times” ?

Being able to reconnect with people that I was forcibly separated with during the pandemic is going to be a great opportunity. That’s something that I’ve been hoping for, for quite a while now.

-David Dessberg ’22 I miss running into people, sitting down, really having a conversation. Just little things like the library, and really getting to know people. It’s hard to make new friends now. I have my old friends, so it’s great, but it’s hard to keep meeting people and that was always my favorite part of college.

-Tara Lanehart ’22

Not having conversations about the pandemic or masks or vaccines. I’ll be glad when we get to a point where we don’t talk about it anymore. I’m sick of talking about it.

-Donald Townsend visiting professor of marketing

I still have a whole year left at St. Joe’s, and I’d love to see the campus just get back to what it used to be. It’s sort of depressing walking around campus nowadays, compared to what it was like our freshman, sophomore years.

-Ryan Novak ’22 All I wanted to do was hug my grandparents, and fortunately I got that over Easter.

-CJ Donofry ’22

Just the physical presence of students. I love when students come and meet with us in person. I truly miss that. I need that 3D as opposed to just looking at people on screen.

-Christine Mecke, Ed.D. director of student disability services I’ll be glad to have the students back here. In some ways we get more work done because you’re not constantly getting interrupted, but I think we miss having the students here.

-Thomas Brennan, S.J., chair of the English Department

Wearing your mask or being behind a Zoom screen is really isolating, so being able to communicate with people normally and see their facial expressions, that’s a big part of talking in general, and we haven’t been able to have that in a while.

-Nicole Benson ’24 I’m just looking forward to not having so much anxiety about talking to people and hanging out with people and going to concerts. I’m so excited. I miss concerts so much.

-Julia Stokes ’23

To be able to experience college normally without any restrictions against the students.

-Dalton Walsh ’24

I’ll just like being able to do whatever I want. Going out with friends, sitting all together, not having to have two different tables, not wearing a mask every second I go somewhere, being able to see people’s faces.

-Dean Genakos ’22 I just want to hug my kids. I just want to hug. I’m looking forward to kids screaming “Principal Douglas” and running up to me and being able to hug me without any elbow punches. Running up and seeing their smiles because their masks hide their smiles.

-Tisha Douglas, M.Ed. adjunct professor of undergraduate teacher education

Getting to know the students personally and being able to have spontaneous interactions without worrying about all of the other possible ramifications of saying “hi” to someone, or shaking hands or hanging out with students in the hallway between classes.

-Catherine Hughes, Ph.D. visiting assistant professor of music, theatre and film

I’m a huge face-to-face person. I’ve always been that way. What I look forward to the most is being able to be somewhere and not have to worry. Be at a concert, be at a family party, be able to have dinner and not have to worry about that.

-Matt Lydon ’21 Being with a group of people and not wondering if my actions in a group gathering are going to affect me negatively in a week or two.

-Nicholl Fenton ’21