TCC adapts to living during a pandemic

Photos by Azul Sordo/The CollegianEngineering student Dariana Jimenez studies at the dining room table of her Fort Worth home. Due to TCC transitioning to learning online for social distancing concerns.

NE faculty sanitizes a model skeleton with an electrostaticsprayer, which works by charging liquids asthey pass through the nozzle.

Jimenez holds a framed photo of her infant self in thearms of her grandmother Dolores Maria.

Nursing student Courtney Guy presents her powerpointon tracheostomy care. All equipment is sanitizedafter every use.

Nursing students sit six feet apart, a paper towel anddisinfectant at their side. The nursing program is oneof the few programs that has been allowed to continuelimited in-person classes.

NE student Ruth Calhoun carefully washes her ceramicpieces during an on-campus ceramics workshop.

Nursing professor Laurel Kendrick keeps a distanceof six feet from her students whenever possible, evenduring hands-on practice.

In professor Karmien Bowman’s classroom, jars of ceramics materials line the shelves, no longer collecting dust in the absence of students.

TCC adapts to living during a pandemic

A look into the aftermath how COVID-19 has shaped student and faculty life since March 2020