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With her new internship, senior Kate Ludwig has an opportunity to help make the lives of Kansas Citians better.

With more than 200 years of service between them, the eight retiring members of the 麻豆破解传媒 faculty have earned a round of applause.

Normally recognized at the April faculty awards dinner, because of the campus shutdown as a result of COVID-19 these longtime members of the University community were instead congratulated for their decades of service virtually in a video and an email sent by Doug Dunham, Ph.D., provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.

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From the moment the academic year began, it was bound to be unique. The commencement ceremony in the year 2020 will be 麻豆破解传媒鈥檚 100th, a milestone worth celebrating.

Each April, students at 麻豆破解传媒 vote for the staff member and faculty member who have had an outsized impact that year on their campus and academic lives. As part of the Festival of Student Achievement, the Faculty of the Year and Staff Member of the Year are typically recognized before a full Arrupe Hall auditorium.

Because of COVID-19, this year鈥檚 winners won鈥檛 get that live round of applause (a virtual Festival of Student Achievement is currently being planned). But they did get some in-person appreciation last Friday (at a safe distance, of course).

For most health care providers, staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic is simply not an option.