. BURLINGTON, Vt. About a year into mask mandates, nasal swabs and remote classes, the atmosphere turned tense at the University of Vermont as the school cracked down on rules for social distancing and face coverings amid a spike in student COVID-19 cases. Students were handed hundreds of citations for violations like standing in another student s doorway or walking maskless to a hallway restroom, igniting a student-led petition that blasted strict and inhumane living conditions. You start to feel suffocated like I m afraid to leave my room, freshman Patrick Welsh said in an interview on campus. Even as restrictions relax across much of the United States, colleges and universities have taken new steps to police campus life as the virus spreads through students who are among the last adults to get access to vaccines. Administrators say they ve needed to act urgently to avoid risking an early end to the semester or sending infected students home and spreading COVID-19.
As U.S. reopens, campuses tighten restrictions for virus
Students are among the last adults to get access to vaccines.
By LISA RATHKE and CAROLYN THOMPSONAssociated Press
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BURLINGTON, Vt. About a year into mask mandates, nasal swabs and remote classes, the atmosphere turned tense at the University of Vermont as the school cracked down on rules for social distancing and face coverings amid a spike in student COVID-19 cases.
Students were handed hundreds of citations for violations like standing in another student’s doorway or walking maskless to a hallway restroom, igniting a student-led petition that blasted “strict and inhumane living conditions.”
May 08, 2021
Christian Payne did not know how he was going to afford college, so as a high school freshman he enrolled in the Surry Early College at Surry Community College hoping to at least be able to get an associate degree through the tuition-free early college program.
“I grew up in a low-income home wondering how I would be able to pay for college. It is because of the generous scholarships that I received from Appalachian State and others, that allowed me to complete my undergraduate degree with no debt,” Payne said. “As a young child, I never would have considered this a possibility. This is a testament that hard work is rewarded, and that students can rise above challenges.”
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Child care centers like United Inner City Services have operated throughout the pandemic but with low enrollment. Typically, programs have waitlists for infant and toddler classrooms, but not this year.
A year of school closures, quarantines and work from home underscored the importance of child care, even as providers in the Kansas City area struggled to keep their doors open.
As workplaces reopen, many Kansas City parents will need to find child care for kids who’ve been at home during the pandemic. The Biden administration has proposed spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help educate and care for young children, which could help the struggling child care industry recover from COVID-19.
The scholarships were awarded to Black women pursuing degrees in STEM fields at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) member schools.
The recipients of the Rooted in Science Scholarships, in partnership with CVS, will each receive up to $5,000 per year for up to two years for expenses associated with pursuing their degree.
The recipients include:
Dasia Heard, Hampton University
Zenobia Nicula Early, LeMoyne-Owen College
Oluwapelumi Oguntade, Marquette University
Destiny Jones, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Desiree Brown, Oakwood University
Keona Latrice Hughes, University of Missouri - Saint Louis
Emree Downey, Washington & Jefferson College