In the wake of COVID-19, international students struggle to make their way home
As U.S. colleges shut down due to the outbreak of COVID-19, countries around the world limited international travel, leaving international students with increasing barriers to make it home. The Mount Holyoke News talked to international students from India about their journeys home after the country imposed their travel ban.
Community Advisors fired due to COVID-19 raise concerns over employment contracts
On Wednesday, March 11, the day after Mount Holyoke announced its plans to close due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Office of Residential Life held a routine meeting with Senior Community Advisors (SCAs) and Community Advisors (CAs). But with the mood of the campus and uncertainty many students faced, it was anything but routine.
Payment complications strike controversy among student workers
Since Mount Holyoke officially closed its campus for the academic year, roughly 800 student employment positions have been lost. Of the over 400 student jobs that remain, most positions — including those in Admissions, Student Financial Services, Library Information and Technology Services (LITS) or academic departments — have begun operating remotely and with a limit of 4.5 hours per week.
Coronavirus concerns force students home from abroad
“Coronavirus did not feel like a serious issue at all,” Isabelle Muller ’21 said. “Until it did.” Muller is an art history major particularly interested in the Renaissance. Florence, Italy, the birthplace of this intellectual and artistic movement, seemed like the perfect study abroad location. But just over a month into her program, she had to pack up and leave the northern Italian city amidst sudden and growing reports of COVID-19.
