As NC State’s director of emergency management and mission continuity, she’d helped develop plans across campus for emergencies ranging from hurricanes to active shooters to hazardous materials - and pandemics. “Those of us who were working in HIV,” she says, “knew it had the potential to be much bigger.” In March, she says, “I remember thinking, ‘This feels familiar to me.’ This feeling of, this epidemic is bigger than many people think it is.” Much to ConsiderĪmy Orders started tracking the coronavirus in December, when it was still mostly confined to the city of Wuhan, China. in clinical medical psychology and worked in an AIDS clinic in the 1980s. She has a master’s in public health and a Ph.D. Stewart had a familiar feeling that first week of spring break. Katharine Stewart, vice provost for faculty affairs. “We saw it coming, but it happened very fast,” says Beyond the obvious changes - online classes and shuttered dorms - there were behind-the-scenes scrambles, like figuring out if federal financial aid tied to the academic calendar would be affected.Īs the virus’ toll began to increase and college students were heading out for spring break, university officials across the country realized the burden would fall on them to keep their campuses and communities safe. It was like asking a battleship to turn around in a tight harbor. Library.Īcademia is not known for quick turnarounds, and like many universities, NC State is an institution that traditionally acts in measured ways. Late afternoon shadows leave their mark on the plaza in front of D.H. During two weeks in March, NC State quickly sent students home, scaled down operations and essentially emptied the largest college campus in the state, a place that serves 36,000 students. Making it work ended up being about more than that extension. And then you think about it and you realize - we can make it work.” “It seemed like a wild idea at first blush. “And they said, ‘What would it be like if we have to extend spring break?’” “The provost and the chancellor pulled me aside,’’ Hunt says. That week, two coronavirus cases had been reported in North Carolina. It was the afternoon of March 6, and Hunt, the university registrar, was in the Park Alumni Center for a meeting of NC State’s Board of Visitors. Louis Hunt ’83, ’91 MS, ’00 PhD can remember the day it felt real. This story originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of NC State magazine. If you do not have a parking pass, metered spots and pay decks are available on Centennial Campus.By Sylvia Adcock ’81 | Aerial photographs by John HansenĮditor’s Note: As we approach a year after the coronavirus spread across the country, we’re taking a look back at the two weeks in March of 2020 that changed everything. This map will assist you with finding a parking spot according to your parking pass.
NC State Map- This map will provide you with the location of our office Parking Student Health Services – Centennial is located in Plaza Hall (Wolf Ridge Building 2) at Student Health Services Centennial Location If you have a temporary placard from the DMV, please submit a copy of your temporary placard along with the completed temporary accessible parking application below to more information about specialty permits click here. If you need temporary accessible parking, complete the temporary accessible parking application here. Temporary Accessible Parking With or Without a Temporary DMV Placard
If all patient spaces are full, you can pay to park in the Dan Allen Parking Deck. You may park in a patient space for a maximum of two hours. Please visit the Student Health Services Appointments window to obtain a hang tag. If you have an appointment with Student Health Services, you must obtain a parking permit (hang tag). Please don’t park in “C” permit spaces or any other spaces not marked for patients- if you park there, you will be ticketed and you are responsible for the fine.Įffective, 5/17/21 parking passes will be required and enforced for the 12 reserved student appointment parking spaces in the SHS backlot. ParkingĪ limited number of patient parking spaces are available behind the Student Health Center and are marked with signs. Check the NC State Wolfline website for current routes, stops, and schedules. The best way to get to the Student Health Center is via NC State’s bus service, the Wolfline. Student Health Services – Main Campus is located in the Student Health Center on the corner of Cates Avenue and Dan Allen Drive. Student Health Services Main Campus Location Student Health Services has two locations, main campus in the Student Health Center and Centennial Campus at Plaza Hall – Wolf Ridge.
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