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<\/a>Through her friends, working at The Cigar and from her own experiences, she knew that not all students in clinical rotations were being tested for COVID-19 and some students were gathering in large groups on campus at night. She also thought that many people\u2019s \u201cbubbles\u201d were much bigger than what they should have been.<\/p>\n
\u201cQuite frankly, I thought bringing everyone back was a bad decision. I thought that throwing young people who had been cooped up for months into a college community was likely not going to end well,\u201d said the junior from Plainville, Massachusetts<\/strong>. \u201cHowever, I think we hit a turning point with mandatory and walk-in testing.\u201d<\/p>\n She said that as soon as she could go to the Memorial Union to get tested, she felt safer.<\/p>\n \u201cTo me, the COVID-19 testing was the best service 溏心vlog免费B站 offered for the fall semester,\u201d Crowley said. \u201cEveryone who tirelessly worked the testing sites was friendly, professional, and efficient. I got tested four times and every time I was in and out within 5 minutes. I never felt unsafe while I was there and I got my results within one to two days.\u201d<\/p>\n She had to travel home a few times during the semester.<\/p>\n \u201cEven though I strictly followed guidelines and was never exposed or had any symptoms, getting tested was the greatest safety blanket. Nothing helps reduce stress in these difficult times like a negative test result.\u201d<\/p>\n Lauren Poirier, a senior English and public relations major, took all of her courses online and lived in off-campus rental housing.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the most part, my professors teaching classes online were wonderful,\u201d the Little Compton, Rhode Island<\/strong> resident said. \u201cThey used the technology provided to them proficiently, stayed in contact with students, answered emails quickly, and were as engaging as possible via Zoom or Brightspace.<\/p>\n \u201cWilliam Ballard was an excellent professor,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cI took HDF 318G Health and Wealth as my grand challenge, and the class was asynchronous. While I’ve never even seen his face, I learned a lot from him and felt that his class was the perfect amount of work while also being engaging and interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n Poirier said the testing program offered by Health Services was superb.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt so grateful throughout the entire semester that I was able and even encouraged to get tested whenever I felt I needed to,\u201d she said. \u201cThe turnaround time was fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>