On Tuesday Community Development NWA and Sanders Pace Architecture held a meeting to discuss not only affordability of housing in Benton County but design conditions of certain homes.
Despite challenging conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, eight international exchange students joined the UA community this semester.
Some of the students were planning to study abroad at the UofA in Fall 2020 when the pandemic broke out last March. Since then, they have battled visa appointment cancellations, rescheduled flights, delayed program starts and uncertain circumstances at the UofA before arriving in January.
The pandemic forced the closure of U.S. embassies worldwide, leaving students unable to receive the J-1 visa they needed to travel abroad. Some program advisors adapted to the uncertainty, postponing the studentsâ time abroad until the spring.