The Class of 2020 started out their school year like every graduating class; making memories, dreaming of graduating with friends, and completing their beloved sports and educational capstones… this all changed in an instant when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and changed their lives.
The Class of 2020 watched as suddenly they became the Class of COVID-19, feeling heartbreak and loss of their senior year expectations changed drastically or disappeared completely.
Olivet seniors experienced this first-hand as well, facing the uncertainty of graduation and jobs after school changing as well as sports, internships and capstones coming to an abrupt end.
Below are their stories of adapting to this new way of educational life.
Unfinished Business
Unfinished business for college seniors
Senior Athletes are Benched
Olivet Nazarene University’s senior athletes lost their final season due to the coronavirus, more commonly known as COVID-19, missing out on their final meets, games, senior nights and many sweet memories. “We’ve put in work from last summer, all the way to this point and several got to play very little, had their season just…
Finding light: Changes in graduation, friendships and more
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, it has left a change for the 2019-2020 graduating class of seniors that they will never forget, leaving many scrambling to find any positivity in the situation. Heartbreak and Self-Care During this time of uncertainty and loss, self-care has emerged as something very important for the senior classes.…
Unexpected Future for 2020 Seniors
The coronavirus has caused several 2020 seniors around the country to fully stop or put on pause their future plans. Many students had hoped to network with professors or hand in job applications before the semester ended. Seniors found themselves returning home a few months earlier than originally planned. “It’s hard to go from being…
Meet the Team
This website was made for a multimedia storytelling class at Olivet Nazarene University in the Spring of 2020. The point of this website is to show how COVID-19 affects the Class of 2020. It applies to seniors around the world but focuses on Olivet’s senior class. It’s made by Rachel Barks, Shelly Bogard, Dan Debord, and Jadyn Erb.
