Searching for balance: Pandemic changes leave students, faculty longing for structure
Thomas Solem, director of UND’s counseling center, said the center is seeing an increase in “distress levels of students across the board.” 7:00 am, Dec. 12, 2020 ×
Like a growing number of students, Kailee Leingang, a senior nursing student at UND and a contact tracer, is struggling to balance her personal life while dealing with the pandemic. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
When she’s not in the virtual classroom, Kailee Leingang spends her days on the phone talking to people who have tested positive for the coronavirus.
She’s been yelled at and has been told the virus isn’t real. She’s broken the news to people that they’ve tested positive. She has cried with families who have lost loved ones, read obituaries and sent flowers to families.