Bulletin

In 1968, CC President Lew Worner tasked a group of faculty members with a comprehensive campus self-study. Many faculty agreed that there had to be a better way to teach and learn than the traditional semester system. A year later, after many brainstorming sessions that looked a lot like the one pictured, 58% of the faculty approved what would not be called the “Master Plan,” but the Block Plan, with a start date of Labor Day 1970. Photo by Ben Benschneider

Lab and Greenhouse Coordinator for the Organismal Biology & Ecology Department Ali Keller waters plants in the Gates Greenhouse in Barnes Science Center. The plants are used throughout the school year for botany classes. After COVID-19 closed down the campus, essential employees were allowed to come to perform needed services. Photo by Jennifer Coombes

Like most of the campus, the Gates Common Room in Palmer Hall sits empty. Classrooms are being set up with proper distancing for the anticipated return of students. Photo by Jennifer Coombes

Genaveve Davis ’21 and her father Claude Davis return to campus on June 5 from Tucson, Arizona, to clear out her room and take her personal items home. Like many students, Davis had to return when Campus Safety allowed after campus was shut down during Spring Break. Photo by Jennifer Coombes