Tag Archives: Covid-19

COVID-Stories: An RA with an International Co-op

Gabrielle Brizzi had been looking forward to her dual country co-op, especially since she has been in classes for six straight terms, and this is the only co-op her plan of study offers her. However, due to COVID-19 it as cancelled. She was also forced to find new housing as she was an RA, and the university no longer required RAs due to the pandemic.

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Inside Look: Homelessness and COVID-19

Lots of us experienced what it’s like to lose housing for the first time as a result of the pandemic. How is Philadelphia homeless population doing during the midst of all of this?

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Sources: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdawd/the-coronavirus-outbreak-is-leaving-college-students-with-no-place-to-live

https://drexel.edu/now/archive/2020/May/The-New-Normal-Stories-of-Drexel-Students-Living-on-Campus-During-COVID-19/

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid-19-homeless-philadelphia-pennsylvania-convention-center-20200323.html

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/philadelphia-coronavirus-quarantine-site-homeless-holiday-inn-20200323.html

Project HOME: https://www.projecthome.org/

One Step Away: https://www.osaphilly.org/

Inside Ambition

Today we’re launching a new show called Inside Ambition. It is a Drexel focused casual news program created by Drexel student Alexandra George.

You can watch her first interview with international student Majo Garcia. Majo Garcia’s freshman year got cut short because of COVID-19. Since everything happened so fast, she was unable to make it back home to Honduras before the borders closed, so she is now stuck in the states.