“Being back on campus is really, really good in some ways, but in some ways, it’s harder.”
That statement, from one of my former students, stuck with me. It was the first day of fall classes in 2020, and Denison University had just reopened after being shut down and moving to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Up until this moment, most students had told me how great it felt being back on campus and how much more they enjoyed having their classes in person.