Colby College roommates and friends Nani Pollem, right facing, and Maya Rebitzer embrace on Thursday after learning that students need to start moving off campus by this weekend and resume classes remotely later this month through online courses, in response to the spread of coronavirus. The students said they had become close friends and wouldn't see each other for six months.
Colby College students in Waterville walk near Cotter Union, in background, after the announcement Thursday students need to start moving off campus by this weekend and resume classes remotely later this month through online courses, in response to the spread of coronavirus.
Colby College student Holy Lauren Garcia, 21, of Miami, Florida, talks about the stress of making travel arrangements while holding dog Ella at the college's Pugh Center in Waterville on Thursday. Other students are shown embracing at the left after the announcement that students need to start moving off campus by this weekend and resume classes remotely later this month through online courses, in response to the spread of coronavirus.
Colby College student Mykela Patton, 20, of California, looks to her computer to remake spring break plans at the college's Pugh Center in Waterville on Thursday. The Waterville college announced that students need to start moving off campus by this weekend and resume classes remotely later this month through online courses, in response to the spread of coronavirus.
Empty chairs line the room after a program and lunch were cancelled at Colby College's Pugh Center in Waterville on Thursday, following the announcement that students need to start moving off campus by this weekend and resume classes remotely later this month through online courses, in response to the spread of coronavirus.
American University student Jon Banasihan talks about the stress of remaking plans as he visits his friend and Colby College student Ashley Olvera. Banasihan is seen at the college's Pugh Center in Waterville on Thursday following the announcement that students need to start moving off campus by this weekend and resume classes remotely later this month through online courses, in response to the spread of coronavirus.
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