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The College of New Jersey Magazine
PRAIRIE
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Last year, a walk across Quimby's Prairie lacked the typical
bustle of a college campus. Students were sparse, faculty
were home brushing up on their online teaching skills, and
staff were largely working remotely.
But the college committed to reopen for the spring
semester in February, and it did so in the same way as
the rest of the world — masked, with a limited number of
people, and with an emphasis on physical distancing to
reduce the spread of the virus.
About 1,100 students came back to live on campus in
single rooms only, some classes in all seven schools were
Hope springs
eternal
After nearly a year of shutdown, the
college sees life and light this spring
