International student Svetlana Boykova sees the effects of that stress every day she’s on the job as a residence assistant at UNBC’s Cranbrook Hill campus.
Boykova, an accounting/finance major from Moscow, Russia plays basketball for the UNBC Timberwolves, sees her teammates and coaches daily in practice and during weight room training sessions but most students don’t have a chance to make those face-to-face human connections. Class lectures are remote, either pre-recorded by instructors or live on Zoom link-ups and students direct their questions to their professors using email.
“This semester for me is strange because all of my classes are without lectures or recorded lectures so basically it’s just me and my textbook,” said Boykova. “But I know how to organize myself and for me it doesn’t matter, face-to-face or online, I’m OK with everything.