Category: Student Lifestyle

FDU Staff Still Offers Student Support — at a Distance

By Jhoana T. Merino-Martinez Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic forced abrupt changes in universities around the globe. Professors at FDU are expected to adapt their coursework to a new remote instruction. Though lessons and materials can always be adapted to some extent, it is unclear how non-academic departments […]

International Students Speak Out Amid Crisis

By Jhoana T. Merino-Martinez Staff Writer ​The shift to remote classes affected the entire FDU community, yet the process is different for a student who is from a different country.  These students have additional stresses, including housing and for different reasons.  “I got worried immediately when classes began […]

Students Adjust to New Realities of Online Classes

Samantha Hart and Gabriella Squitieri Lifestyle Editor and Guest Writer Special to The Equinox Fairleigh Dickinson University, like many other universities, has canceled on-campus activities and has moved classes online for the remainder of the spring semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students are experiencing a wide range […]

Students Fret About All-Online Learning

By Elizabeth Scalzo Entertainment Editor  After the email blast from President Christopher Capuano on March 10, FDU students have questions concerning the move to all-online instruction and the future of their classes, as well as that for on-campus student organizations and clubs.  On Tuesday, the university opted to […]