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Sweet Briar students aren’t immune to the emotional toll the pandemic has had, but since August, when our students first returned to campus, they’ve been busy developing a wide variety of events—both virtual and in-person—that have allowed the College to retain at least some semblance of the social life that is so important to mental health. Even better, the College has been able to maintain some social interaction without sacrificing health. Reesa Artz ’22 is president of the
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We’ve all read stories over the past year about how difficult the pandemic has been on students of all ages—from distance learning to a lack of social interaction.
Campus Events Organization and one of Sweet Briar’s COVID captains. COVID captains are student leaders who have volunteered to help keep themselves and their classmates safe by checking students in and out of events and doing temperature and other symptom checks. The captains also ensure that everyone is following social distancing and facial covering guidelines. “COVID captains were a result of the many discussions between the student task force during summer
2020,” says Reesa. “They include many student leaders on campus, including class officers, SGA cabinet and executive board members, and trained student volunteers. All COVID captains have gone through proper training to ensure students attending campus approved events are correctly and safely following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines set forth by the Student Events Committee.” The willingness of the students to buy into the COVID safety proce-
