Tag: remote
Lessons Learned: How to engage again, after all this time
Last year, during the very beginning of the plague, The Occidental published a series called “Letters From,” in which dispersed Occidental students wrote about...
Class of 2024 concludes an unconventional first year online
Citing LA county guidance, Occidental has been in a remote learning structure for the entirety of the 2020-2021 academic school year. As a result,...
Occidental announces Spring 2020 remote instruction citing LA County guidance
Occidental College announced the continuation of remote instruction and limited on-campus housing protocols for the upcoming spring semester in an email Nov. 30 to...
‘Music is kind of like journaling for me’ — Musicians and...
COVID-19 has presented Occidental's student musicians with both challenges and artistic breakthroughs. While some student musicians have enjoyed the process of creating music in...
Letter from my first semester of college
I usually type notes instead of jotting them down on paper. When I write, I use a special pen. But, this pen can’t be...
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...
Letter from the smokey, sheep-filled mountains
I have always wanted to see bighorn sheep in the wild. A couple weeks ago, I spontaneously went on a drive that winds up...
Hispanic Heritage Month events educate and celebrate remotely during a pandemic
People and businesses across LA County are hosting events in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month to commemorate the contributions and influence of its Hispanic...
A semester in the cloud: Class of 2024 navigates limbo
On her first day of orientation, Sunniva Berg (first year) woke up in Minnesota. “I’m in my house with my parents in the room that...
Occidental College announces online instruction for Fall 2020
In a campus-wide email, President Harry J. Elam Jr. announced Occidental will abandon its plans for any in-person classes in the fall, opting instead...