{"id":1068,"date":"2020-03-24T20:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2020\/03\/24\/2020324quinnipiac-provides-shelter-for-international-students-unable-to-go-home\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:18:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:18:46","slug":"2020324quinnipiac-provides-shelter-for-international-students-unable-to-go-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2020\/03\/24\/2020324quinnipiac-provides-shelter-for-international-students-unable-to-go-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinnipiac provides shelter for international students unable to go home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Quinnipiac University informed all students staying in on-campus housing to move out by March 18, due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus shutdown.There are, however, still some students prevented from returning home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">International students like Son Nguyen, a second year student from Vietnam, do not have the luxury of going home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cI mean I&#8217;m pretty good right now. The school is giving food to everyone for free. They cleaned everything in my building.The only problem is, I only have a few toilet paper rolls left. I wish school would supply that,\u201d said Nyguen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Quinnipiac\u2019s dining is open, offering free food to those stuck on campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:75.0%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/90987165_1420564928128951_5257572224126156800_n.jpg\" alt=\"What would normally be a bustling campus with dorms full of students is now home to but a few, who can\u2019t return home. These few include international students. Photos by Son Nyguen.\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/90987165_1420564928128951_5257572224126156800_n.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/90987165_1420564928128951_5257572224126156800_n.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1875\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"What would normally be a bustling campus with dorms full of students is now home to but a few, who can\u2019t return home. These few include international students. Photos by Son Nyguen.\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5e7a2f0ea2bf8526c3fb2f13\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p class=\"\">What would normally be a bustling campus with dorms full of students is now home to but a few, who can\u2019t return home. These few include international students. Photos by Son Nyguen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cPublic Safety doesn\u2019t let anyone in if you are not on the list, which makes me feel safe. Otherwise, I feel comfortable living in this situation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cI just want to share my experience, and say that Quinnipiac is doing great,\u201d said Nguyen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Students still residing at the university will be moved to another area of campus, into one collective residence hall. \u201cBy moving students to one area of campus, the university is best positioned to ensure student safety, while still complying with the CDC recommendations for social distancing and limiting large group interactions,\u201d the Department of Residential Life said in an email.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cI can confidently say that Quinnipiac is handling this super well, especially compared to other colleges in the area,\u201d said Mahlet Sugebo, an international student from Ethiopia who had also been prevented from returning home until just recently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cThey\u2019ve provided as many necessities as they could, like food and toilet paper. The empty campus is eerie but the staff that you run into, like facilities and the guys over at QU dining, definitely help bring your spirits up,\u201d said Sugebo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Students on campus are recommended to pack immediately so the process of moving into a different residence hall will be, \u201cefficient and simple.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Students can expect more information about the relocation process, as well as regarding dining and health services, \u201cin the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Quinnipiac students unable to go home due to unforeseen circumstances are being allowed to stay on campus for an extended period of time. The university is supplying free meals, as well as proper amenities like toilet paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":1069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quinnipiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}