Sturgis Journal
School districts in St. Joseph County are doing what they can amid the pandemic to give high school seniors a “normal” year-end celebration of prom and graduation.
It has been more than a year since students began to integrate terms like “social- distancing,” “pods” and “pandemic” into daily life.
The coronavirus has delayed or canceled numerous events in the past 14 months, but school officials throughout the county said they are putting into place plans to make events like prom and graduation happen, while still adhering to pandemic guidelines.
Here is a roundup of plans at some of the schools in the Journal area.
Florida State University News
Faculty and Staff Briefs: February 2021
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HONORS AND AWARDS
The FSU Alumni Association was recognized with a 2021 CASE District III award and received Grand Gold in the category of Alumni/General Interest Magazines produced two times per year for its biannual alumni publication, VIRES magazine.
Mackenzie Alston, Ph.D. (Department of Economics) was selected for a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to support diversity in economics. The one-year fellowship is open to early-career economists from historically underrepresented demographics within the economics profession and to researchers studying diversity issues.
Alex Meyer, Ph.D. (Department of Psychology) received an award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
Sturgis Journal
Over the past few years, and especially since March 2020, St. Joseph County residents have depended on the Internet not only to connect with the world, but to work and for their students to pursue education through online learning.
However, many residents feel frustrated by their internet service or, for some, the lack thereof.
In St. Joseph County, according to the Broadband Access Map website, many areas are lacking in reliable broadband high-speed internet service.
Internet availability by school district
In St. Joseph County, according to the Broadband Access Map website, the fastest upload speed in the county is 1,000 megabytes per second, and the slowest is 1 Mbps.
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