Auburn voices from the pandemic: 'I’m stuck here with a lot of uncertainty.'
BySadok Aounallah, an RA for the village dorms, talks about living alone in Auburn and his fears about COVID-19.
Sadok Aounallah, an RA for the village dorms, talks about living alone in Auburn and his fears about COVID-19.
Beginning Monday, the Downtown Merchants Association began selling T-shirts featuring the hashtag slogan “Keep Auburn Rolling."
The employee who has COVID-19 was in close proximity with inmates last week, Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said, adding that they may test inmates on a “case-by-case basis.”
Joey Hoke, senior in mechanical engineering, said engineering students “would be able to do nothing without it,” referring to the software. Some students need software that was already hard to use even before the University transitioned to remote instruction.
Geneva County in rural Southeast Alabama has two confirmed cases and has administered 77 tests as of April 15, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health.
“Using home sewing machines is more tedious than the industrial grade ones that the University provides,” said Lucile Duncan, senior in apparel design. “The process of brainstorming without being able to meet with fellow classmates is definitely harder, too.”
Jarious Avery, a freshman majoring in biomedical sciences, is one of hundreds of first-generation college students who are returning home after experiencing a sliver of college life. The coronavirus forced Auburn University to close its doors, and now Avery is stuck in his home.
Fees for student services during the summer 2020 semester will be waived because of financial challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the University said.
Online labs use more resources than in-person labs, and professors and graduate teaching assistants have had to adapt to this quickly during the transition to online delivery.
Dr. Fred Kam, medical director at the Auburn University Medical Clinic, on what a day in the office entails during the pandemic: "There are a lot of questions we don't have answers to."
The move to online classes hasn’t been so cut and dry for programs like studio art, where students thrive off one another’s feedback and professors’ in-person guidance.
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The Graduate Record Examinations and the Graduate Management Admission Test will not be required for most programs over the next three semesters.
Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said East Alabama Medical Center requested he deploy a "disaster morgue trailer" in the event that the hospital's morgue becomes overwhelmed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
All on-campus Camp War Eagle sessions will be transitioning online, according to an email sent by the First Year Experience Office to incoming freshmen.
Auburn University will receive more than $15.6 million in federal stimulus aid, and a minimum of $7.8 million is going toward emergency financial aid and grants for students.
“We’re used to the pitter-patter of little feet and laughter and youthful exuberance at Storybook on a daily basis," said Dena Little, founder of Storybook Farms. "That has unfortunately come to a halt given the circumstances."
This includes camps that were scheduled for the duration of the cancellation, according to the University.
East Alabama Medical Center announced on Thursday that its leadership team will be taking temporary pay cuts because the coronavirus pandemic has affected the hospital's ability to generate revenue.
