There Is No College in COVID

Like so many colleges and universities across the country OSU Cascades went remote in March 2020 to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Faculty turned on a dime shifting their courses from face-to-face to remote over the Spring Break holiday and students hunkered down for a long term of Zooming.In the journal entries collected here students reveal a range of emotional responses to being a college student during COVID and in their own voices. We witness frustration sadness at the loss of family and friends a newfound appreciation for the simple pleasures of life and confusion about what would come next. Collectively what these students have in common is their station as first-term first-year students grappling with the uncertainty and significant disruption brought on by a global pandemic.