{"id":9773,"date":"2020-09-03T11:55:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T15:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/?p=9773"},"modified":"2020-09-03T11:55:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T15:55:11","slug":"students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the fall semester gets underway, students at the University of Maine at Machias will embark on their college careers in circumstances that are, in many ways, unprecedented.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students are wearing cloth face masks, staying six feet apart and enjoying picnics on the campus lawn \u2014 a sign of the warm weather, and of take-out-only restrictions in the dining hall. Residential students, who are housed in private dorms this year, were required to quarantine after move-in as they awaited results of asymptomatic COVID-19 screening.<\/span><\/p>\n

The changes reflect over six months of careful planning and collaboration among UMM staff and faculty, as well as scientific advisors and incident commanders across the University of Maine System, all aimed at providing a safe and flexible in-person learning experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, for all that\u2019s different, some things about the first week of college will never change.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was nervous about leaving my family behind,\u201d says Nate Nalley, a first-year marine biology major from Lake Station, Indiana. The 18-year-old aspiring marine zoologist is<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A
Carol Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

adjusting to the new rules, but it\u2019s the new environment he\u2019s more interested in. Before coming to Machias, he\u2019d only once visited the ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the unusual circumstances surrounding move-in, Nalley says his experience has been positive. \u201cEveryone\u2019s been really nice,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

That sentiment was echoed by UMM residence life coordinator David Invergo, a former admissions counselor who began his new position during the most hectic weeks of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, there was a lot of concern that college students would have a hard time following rules about masks and social distancing,\u201d says Invergo. \u201cBut we\u2019ve been really pleased with how the students have risen to the challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Carol Smith, a senior studying education with a concentration in secondary education, says she will have face-to-face tutoring sessions with her peers this fall, and doesn\u2019t expect to have issues with COVID-19 protocol compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>commuter student from Jonesport stays connected to campus through her tutoring role, and her work as an ambassador in the admissions office. She says her fall courses are all online, but adds that she\u2019s always balanced her schedule with distance learning courses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s business as usual for me,\u201d says Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the fall semester gets underway, students at the University of Maine at Machias will embark on their college careers in circumstances that are, in many ways, unprecedented. Students are wearing cloth face masks, staying six feet apart and enjoying picnics on the campus lawn \u2014 a sign of the warm weather, and of take-out-only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":9774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"academic-area":[],"umaine-feed":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-9773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nStudents begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions - UMaine Machias News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions - UMaine Machias News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the fall semester gets underway, students at the University of Maine at Machias will embark on their college careers in circumstances that are, in many ways, unprecedented. Students are wearing cloth face masks, staying six feet apart and enjoying picnics on the campus lawn \u2014 a sign of the warm weather, and of take-out-only […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UMaine Machias News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-03T15:55:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-03T15:55:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/\"},\"wordCount\":388,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/\",\"name\":\"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions - UMaine Machias News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-03T15:55:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"First-year marine biology major Nate Nalley, who arrived to campus early through the bridge program for STEM students, is settling in to college life.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"UMaine Machias News\",\"description\":\"University of Maine at Machias\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions - UMaine Machias News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions - UMaine Machias News","og_description":"As the fall semester gets underway, students at the University of Maine at Machias will embark on their college careers in circumstances that are, in many ways, unprecedented. Students are wearing cloth face masks, staying six feet apart and enjoying picnics on the campus lawn \u2014 a sign of the warm weather, and of take-out-only […]","og_url":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/","og_site_name":"UMaine Machias News","article_published_time":"2020-09-03T15:55:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions","datePublished":"2020-09-03T15:55:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/"},"wordCount":388,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/","url":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/","name":"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions - UMaine Machias News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-03T15:55:11+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"First-year marine biology major Nate Nalley, who arrived to campus early through the bridge program for STEM students, is settling in to college life."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/students-begin-fall-semester-with-new-rules-and-old-traditions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Students begin fall semester with new rules \u2014 and old traditions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/","name":"UMaine Machias News","description":"University of Maine at Machias","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/author\/"}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":6,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/nate.jpg",1000,667,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/author\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":6,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":9,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":403,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":6,"category_count":403,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9785,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773\/revisions\/9785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9773"},{"taxonomy":"academic-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic-area?post=9773"},{"taxonomy":"umaine-feed","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/umaine-feed?post=9773"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=9773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}