College Life
in the COVID Era
STORY BY / Marie Young, Lead Editor
Yes, 2020 has been a year like no other. We started on campus; then it all went virtual and now things are a creative mix as this rollercoaster of a year continues. As we began the spring semester of 2020 in January, no one could have imagined that by March there would be a physical exodus from the campus per the Governor’s order. Nor did anyone foresee that students would be completing their
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courses entirely online, and that the Class of 2020 wouldn’t walk across the stage during Commencement in May. Yet Saint Francis University is resilient. Fast-forward to the fall semester and campus life is still far from normal. In-person classes are taking place again with masks as a required fashion statement. College life has become “socially distanced” with lots of “Zooming” instead of gathering and the start of fall sports has
been postponed conference-wide. Yet Saint Francis University is resilient. Despite everything that has happened in 2020, a spirit of resiliency has defined the University community. From moving the entire University completely online within a week, to spending months developing and refining safe return protocols: Saint Francis University is committed to fulfilling its mission to provide a transformative educational experience for the students.
