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  2020-03-30

  Michael Wager

  As the Covid-19 virus comes closer to reaching its expected peak, more and more of New York State is shutting down. For almost everyone, the economy is the most impactful result of this virus, with many workers now out of work. My entry is going to reflect on how the Covid-19 virus is impacting students in higher education. I am currently a sophomore at Siena College in Albany, New York studying history education, but might be switching to business. During our spring break, we received an email from the interim president that our break would be extended for an additional week as the school continued to monitor the virus. A few days later, we received another email from our interim president stating that our classes would be moved online until after Easter break. SUNY schools had moved online for the remainder of the semester weeks prior and most of the private schools had also made the decision to move online were slowing following. Siena College, on the other hand, decided to wait it out as long as possible, but on Friday, March, 27th, we received the email stating Siena College would now be closed for the remainder of the semester. Typical days for students and professors now seems to be uploading assignments on Canvas, a program that we had used previously, and conducting classes online via Zoom and Google Hangout. While this type of learning is not ideal, it will have to do as we continue to hope that this pandemic comes to an end.