On March 16, New College welcomed the new Vice President for Finance and Administration Christian Kinsley, who replaced John Martin. Martin had occupied the position since 2001, when New College gained independence from the University of South Florida. Kinsley was chosen out of four candidates…
Historically, marginalized communities are affected the most by hardships. After 9/11, the Patriot Act granted the government the unprecedented ability to investigate people’s lives and after the 2008 financial crisis, economic hardship disproportionately affected poorer communities. Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, some…
On March 24, Associate Provost Suzanne Sherman sent an email addressed to thesis students with basic procedural guidelines for thesis submission and baccalaureate exams this semester, but one specific detail sparked concern in graduating students: only electronic theses will be submitted to the library on…
As of Sunday, March 29, there have been three deaths related to Coronavirus in Sarasota-Manatee County. With the number of those infected reaching 4,038 by the evening of March 28, Sarasota has issued temporary shutdowns and extensions of deadlines that would be affected by Coronavirus. …
Thesis student Alex Barbat created a petition on March 19 asking administration to extend Spring Break by a week to allow students and faculty to make the proper adjustments and accommodations necessary in the shift to online learning. With students facing technological and housing difficulties,…
The coronavirus caught New College off guard; there was no provision in the emergency plan for a pandemic, so the administration had to develop entirely new procedures to continue the college’s operation. At the start of March, the vast majority of Novo Collegians were living…
On Tuesday, March 17, the New College administration made the rapid decision to close residence halls and transition to virtual learning for the remainder of the spring semester at the behest of Florida’s Board of Governors. This decision marked a sharp departure from previous plans…
In efforts to lessen the spread of the coronavirus, the State University System Board of Governors (BOG) instructed all state universities to continue classes online until the end of the spring semester. This response caused high levels of uncertainty among students, as some lacked the…
Library staff have taken measures in the past two weeks to restructure various library services to function virtually and keep the Jane Bancroft Library open and running during the COVID-19 crisis. Dean of the Library Brian Doherty has instituted a visitation-by-appointment system, waived all library…
Being alive is undeniably stressful right now. Uprooting your entire life and isolating yourself, no matter how necessary it may be, can be a wearisome and seemingly impossible task. While everything may feel a bit up in the air for the time being, let music…
