Editor’s Corner

Physical distancing. Personal protective equipment. Public health guidance. Phased reopenings. For most of us, these words and phrases were not in our everyday vocabulary just a few short months ago. The COVID-19 global pandemic has impacted higher education and the broader economy in ways that most of us could not have imagined. Campus recreation centers have been turned into field hospitals, academic classes were moved completely online, intercollegiate athletics and sport club competitions have been shut down, students were sent home from internships, and professional development opportunities like the NIRSA Annual Conference were cancelled. Many of us know someone who contracted the virus, or maybe we have contracted it ourselves. Most of us know someone who has lost a job, or had their lives turned upside down in the span of just a few weeks. It has been a difficult and disorienting Spring.