Duriya Ayubali ’17 Proudly Considers Herself a COVID-19 Nurse
In mid-March, Duriya Ayubali ’17 was working as a nurse on a heart and vascular floor at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield when the facility’s first COVID-19 positive patient was identified. . . .
Occupational Therapy Students Continue Keeping Nursing Home Patients Happy
When Emma Caneira ‘20 started her job as a part-time activities assistant at Christopher House Skilled Nursing Center in the fall, she never expected to be working in the middle of a global health . . .
Dr. Burgess: Be Mindful of Your Anxiety and Take It One Day at a Time
As we face the daunting challenges of a global pandemic, Alexandra Burgess, Ph.D., wants us to be mindful of our anxiety. It’s good advice for a time when situations we’ve never encountered . . .
DGCE Helps Keep Nontraditional Students from Falling Through the Cracks
News and information about the shift to remote learning has heavily focused on traditional undergraduate students—typically those in the 18-22 age range. But Worcester State is well-known for being . . .
Stories of Resilience: Bringing Our Study Abroad Students Home Safely
Director of International Programs Katey Palumbo talks about how the worldwide coronavirus pandemic affected Worcester State students who were studying abroad during this spring semester, or were . . .
Worcester State’s Nursing Community Using Training, Offering Support During Pandemic
The Worcester State nursing community is finding strength during the COVID-19 pandemic by relying on their training and knowledge, sharing their personal stories, and offering support to caregivers . . .
Week One: Students Adjusting to Remote Learning and Isolation
Students are working to adjust to the remote learning plan set in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic after their return from the extended spring break. With the change from traditional classroom . . .
With WSU Students, LEI Helping the City’s Latino Community Navigate a Strange New World
The Latino Education Institute is helping Worcester’s Latino community navigate the strange new world created by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Worcester State students are taking a central role in . . .
Sophomore Juliann Ngo Helps on the Front Lines, Testing First-Responders at CVS
While most of us might feel a little helpless watching the coronavirus pandemic unfold from our living rooms as we follow stay-at-home orders, Juliann Ngo ’22 is making a difference on the front . . .
Figuring Out How to Teach Through Disruption
For Professor Emily Soltano, Ph.D., her first reaction was disbelief. On March 3, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread worldwide, Soltano, the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning . . .
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