Students return to St. Norbert College

Students return to St. Norbert College

COLLEGE'SFRESHMEN CLASSMOVED INTO THEIRDORMS.... ALLOWINGTHE FORMER HIGHSCHOOL SENIORS...TO ONCE AGAIN GETBACK TO LEARNING INAN IN-PERSONSETTING COME NEXTWEEK.... NBC26'S ERICCREST HAS MORE ONTHE CHANGES THATSTUDENTS ANDSTAFF... AREBEGINING TO GETACCUSTOMED TO....IT'S MOVE IN DAY FORTHE CLASS OF 20-24AT SAINT NORBERTCOLLEGE IN DEPERE.... A DAY MANYSTUDENTS.... WEREN'TSURE WOULD COME...."DIFFENITLEY IT WAS ACONCERN NOTSHOWING UP INPERSON BECAUSE IDID HAVE MY LASTYEAR OF HIGHSCHOOL ONLINE ANDTHAT WAS REALLYUNFORTUNATE.""IN A WAY IT JUSTMAKES YOU SUPERGRATEFUL TO BE APART OF SOMETHINGBECAUSE I DIDN'TEVEN THINK I'D BEABLE TO COME TOCOLLEGE THIS YEAR.

ITHOUGHT I WASGOING TO BELEARNING OVER ASCREEN."AS THE BOXES AREUNLOADED FROM THECARS... AND THECOUNTLESSPERSONALBELONGINGS AREWHEELED INTO THEDORMS... STUDENTSAND STAFF ARE WELLAWARE... THE FALLSEMESTER WILL BEUNLIKE ANYSEMESTER HERE.... INTHE PAST.."THEY SHOULD KNOWTHAT MASKS AREREQUIRED INSIDE ANDOUT.

THEY SHOULDKNOW THAT PHYSICALDISTANCING WILL BETHE ORDER OF THEDAY IN THEIRCLASSROOMS ASWELL AS ALL OTHERSPACES ON CAMPUS."IN PERSONALOFFICES... AND DORMROOMS.... MASKS CANBE TAKEN OFF... BUTWHEN IT COMES TOTHE CLASSROOM....WHERE MOSTSTUDENTS CANEXPECT THEMAJORITY OF THEIRLEARNING TO BECONDUCTED IN THEFALL... MASKS WILL BEREQUIRED... ANDSOCIAL DISTANCING...WILL BE MOREMANAGEABLE THAN INTHE PAST..."WE ALSO HAVEPHYSICALLYDISTANCED ALL OFOUR CLASSROOMS TOBE SAFE.

WE'VEADDED NEWCLASSROOM SPACETO BE CLASSROOMS.""WE ARE USINGSPACES WE HAVE NOTNORMALLY USED FORCLASSROOMS,BALLROOMS, MEETINGROOMS, LARGERSPACES WHEREPEOPLE CAN SPREADOUT MORE."SOME COURSES WILLBE TAUGHT ONLINE...AND SOME STUDENTSAND STAFF HAVEOPTED TO TAKE THATROUTE EXCLUSIVELYIN THE FALL..."I EXPECTED MOST OFMY CLASSES TO BEONLINE BUT IT'SACTUALLY SPLITPRETTY EVENLYRIGHT NOW."BUT ADMINISTRATORSHERE SAY MOSTSTUDENTS AREEAGER.... TO GETBACK INTO THECLASSROOM."WE BELIEVE OURSTUDENTS WANT TOBE HERE SO BADLYAND THAT THEY WANTTO STAY HERE SOBADLY THAT THEY AREGOING TO GO TOEXTRODINARYLENGTHS TO FOLLOWOUR REQUIREMENTSAND OUR POLICIES.""SO JUST BEING ABLETO SEE PEOPLE ANDINTERACT WITHSTUDENTS AND JUSTSETTTING UP MYDORM AS MUCH ASIT'S A WORKOUTYRIGHT NOW IT'SGREAT TO BE A PARTOF SOMETHING."IN DE PERE ERICCREST NBC26.ST.

NORBERTCOLLEGEADMINISTRATORS SAY