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Amid global COVID-19 surge, fear and anxiety escalate for many international students


By Nina Baker
bakernin@grinnell.edu
As vaccines become readily available and COVID-19 cases fall across the United States, a return to pre-pandemic life is approaching for many domestic Grinnell College students. But many international students face a different, more brutal reality: exploding COVID-19 surges in their home countries, strict visa regulations and insufficient vaccine access for them and their families.
“Things here feel like we’re sort of back to normal. For most of our international students, it doesn’t feel that way,” said Karen Edwards, director of International Student Affairs at the College. “For them, it’s been navigating ever-changing visa regulations, border issues, all that, on top of their worries for family and friends and people they love.” ....

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Student Affairs is changing, but it's not the shift some students have been looking for – The Scarlet and Black


mikekben@grinnell.edu
The Grinnell College administration is separating the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) from the academic affairs division in an effort to allow for longer-term planning. It remains unclear, though, what concrete impact the changes will have, and students involved in disciplinary processes are wondering whether the new structure will do anything to fix the problems they have encountered.
The DSA, which includes Student Health and Wellness, Campus Safety, Center for Religion, Spirituality, and Social Justice, Intercultural Affairs, Residence Life and International Student Affairs, will now be independent of the dean, who oversees academic programs and faculty, the libraries, the registrar and other academic services. The change was announced by President Anne Harris in a March 8 email. ....

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