By: Jordan Coll / Asst. News Director
Fostering Panther Pride hosted a virtual brunch to catch up with how their students were doing on Friday — all from their screens and ZOOM conversations.
As students face the backlash of the coronavirus with disrupted routines, balancing online classes, and keeping a sense of sanity, remote learning has resulted in creative ways of interacting with students off-campus.
“It was good to know that there’s a group that is facing problems exactly how I am facing them,” said Katherine Retamal, a student in the program majoring in political science.
This was the first time FPP has hosted a virtual brunch through Zoom, and plan on meeting up regularly for the time being.
“Eight students were registered in the zoom meeting this morning. FPP will be planning on continuing these events in the near future, but I don’t think the meeting was unsuccessful, I felt that they were engaged,” said Ana Ramos, Director of FPP.
Students shared what they were going through at their homes.
“We wanted to make sure that we still maintain that form of communication even though we couldn’t physically be present,” said Selena Swindoll, a student in the program majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
Ramos shared important information with students regarding the food pantry that is available for students who are still on campus at SASC room 305.
Students took the time to discuss what they are doing to catch up with their online classes, while others spoke on the latest Netflix series they are watching.
“Having something early in the morning like this meeting interferes with a lot of people’s classes, so I would understand why we didn’t have much of a turnout today,” said Swindoll.
In light of the situation with online classes, many students are taking the opportunity to connect with others virtually and engage through online means.
“This is a new era of learning and we will have to be creative with our students,” said Ramos.
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