COVID-19 changed students\u2019 plans for the rest of the semester, but how has it affected Harding\u2019s professors? Some professors seek to help their students beyond the classroom, so adapting to online classes has been difficult for them, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As much as students may miss Harding\u2019s campus and the relationships formed there, professors are experiencing a similar loss of fostering relationships with their students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe chose this job to work with you, and now we don\u2019t get that direct interaction as much,\u201d Will Waldron, instructor of engineering and physics, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter the circumstances, God has provided a connection to the body of Christ even without face-to-face interaction, Waldron said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMost people come to Harding not just to get the good social education, but for the spiritual camaraderie,\u201d Waldron said. \u201cJust to see the campus so empty was a little sad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a student were to walk across campus today, they may find a different atmosphere than when the sidewalks are filled with chatting students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe second week is when I got really blue, realizing that I wasn\u2019t going to get to see some of y\u2019all,\u201d Lori Sloan, assistant professor of communication said. \u201cI\u2019m used to the summertime being slower like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the beginning of this transition was challenging for many, technology has made this sudden change in the semester much smoother than it would have been without.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sloan said her students have been able to continue their presentations through the \u201cshare screen\u201d option on Zoom, and the professors in the communication department have been using Zoom to socialize with each other and catch up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe miss you students greatly, but we miss seeing each other, too,\u201d Sloan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chemistry lab tech Heather Hollandsworth said she agrees with Sloan about how April already feels like summer at Harding. The town of Searcy is very quiet now that the students are gone, Hollandsworth said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI just miss seeing them and being with them,\u201d Hollandsworth said. \u201cYou can\u2019t recreate that online.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The science department has had to figure out how to do labs online, but professors successfully found a solution, Hollandsworth said. Since students no longer have the luxury of popping into a professor\u2019s office or asking a question during class, students may need to rewatch several parts of their lecture videos to understand something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In spite of this season of uncertainty, Hollandsworth said she finds joy in catching up with her classmates at least once a week to ask how they are doing. She has also found joy in her neighborhood community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe keep our distance, but we check on each other and make sure everybody\u2019s okay,\u201d Hollandsworth said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through all of this, Hollandsworth said she hopes her children will learn the importance of coming together and taking care of other people, and that they remember they can still praise God even when stuck in the house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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