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COVID Stories: University Health Services
https://healthservices.uoregon.edu
Today we welcome Deb Beck, Assistant Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management and Executive Director of University Health Services. Deb shares more about the Corona Corps, the Care Team, and how the whole staff in University Health Services have experienced COVID-19. You’ll hear about new collaborations, the new ways UHS team members are delivering services to students, and how they see the future.
Class of 2025: Living And Learning
https://housing.uoregon.edu/communities
Kevin Hatfield, Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Research and Distinguished Scholarships joins the podcast to talk about Academic Residential Communities (ARCs), and all the benefits for first-year students. You’ll hear about registration for ARCs and the timeline for selection.
COVID Stories: University Housing
Today we welcome Michael Griffel, Assistant Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management and Director of University Housing. Michael and Cora talk about the incredible highs and lows of managing University Housing and Dining Services through the last year – from students not returning from their spring break in 2020 to looking forward to a new hall opening this fall, and the impact of natural disasters on move-in and testing last fall.
Class of 2025: Getting To May 1
https://www.uoregon.edu/fall-2021
https://ssem.uoregon.edu/roger
Today we welcome Roger Thompson, the Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management. Roger offers parents and families some valuable tips on how to support your high school senior in the final stages of their college search and talks a bit about fall term at the University of Oregon.
MEET YOUR HOST
Cora Bennett Director, Student Orientation Programs
Cora Bennett is the director of Student Orientation Programs and manages the student ambassador program and orientation events. Since joining the division she has grown the office to meet the ever-growing interest in the UO from prospective students and visitors. The programs she manages employ 80 students as ambassadors who present the UO experience to new Ducks as well as to more than 30,000 visitors each year. “I love the UO because it’s unlike any other place I’ve ever lived. People are warm and friendly, the campus environment is everything a university should be, and the pride and spirit the community has for the university is unmatched.”