By Lindsay Sylvester When the pandemic hit, Ava Sollenne started high school through a screen, with limited opportunities to connect with peers.  Orientation, usually a rite of passage for new students, never happened in person.   “I would’ve loved to participate in orientation,” Sollenne said. “At a new school with lots of new students, orientation would’ve served as a great time to get to know others and start forming new bonds.” Throughout the country, students like Sollen

by Caroline Swillen When Audrey Boyle stepped on campus as a freshman in the fall of 2020, navigating the College of Charleston in the...

When a new virus causing the disease called COVID-19 began circulating across the globe at the end of 2019, talk of closing public spaces...

The mental stress that comes from living through a pandemic is having a major impact on college students nationwide, including at CofC....