Tag: COVID-19
Furloughs, hiring and budget cuts seek to minimize $33 million deficit
With only around 100 students residing on campus and 1,835 students — 12 percent fewer than anticipated — enrolled at the college for the Fall 2020 semester,...
Students hoping to study abroad in spring await final decision
With travel guidelines changing constantly and the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) implementing new COVID-19 policies, students planning on studying abroad in...
College prepares for flu season during pandemic
The approaching flu season and the recent spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases have raised concerns about the interaction between the flu and COVID-19. In...
Bike Share reopens with new safety protocols
Bike Share, the campus bike rental student service, reopened this month with new COVID-19 related safety protocols in place. The rental service joins the...
Effects of athletic department staff furloughs felt by student athletes
Since the SCIAC's July 24 announcement cancelling the fall sports season due to COVID-19, Occidental’s athletics department has faced departmental changes in staffing. According...
College to announce spring semester decision in December
President Harry J. Elam Jr. announced in a campus-wide email Oct. 16 that the college will make a decision regarding spring semester instruction in...
Letter from the road
“I always thought the colors in Tennessee were perfect,” Molly said, “But I think nature is just good at colors. Everywhere I go, the...
Occidental strategically reacts to pandemic enrollment drop
When COVID-19 impacted nearly every aspect of daily life and closed college campuses across the nation, high school seniors were hesitant about committing to...
Letter from my off-campus house
I never had a queen-size bed, and I did not think I would have one this soon. Whenever I would stay at a relative’s...
Occidental’s theater department goes digital, taking the black box to the...
When Occidental’s new president Harry J. Elam Jr. announced July 15 that classes would be remote for the Fall 2020 semester, he said the...