Shaw counting on family atmosphere to keep students, faculty safe in pandemic
Shaw University students returned to class Wednesday, and administrators said the school's small size will help keep students and faculty safe from coronavirus.
Posted — UpdatedThe historically Black university in downtown Raleigh has about 1,200 students, and only about half of them have chosen to live on campus.
"It's a family, it's more of a family," said Renata Dusenbury, Shaw's vice president of academic affairs. "You know who the students are, [and] they know you. I think that helps a great deal."
Dusenbury said that intimacy makes it easier for Shaw to police its mask guidelines. The school also has prepared classrooms to maintain a safe distance between students.
Dusenbury also noted that Shaw's dining hall provides some students with more nutritional meals than they could get if they weren't on campus.
"It's a very strange year, very interesting," she said. "Nothing is normal."
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