Update 9/3/2021: The last sentence of the story was edited to enhance readability.
Clubs on campus have been negatively impacted by COVID-19 because it has become more difficult to find and accept new members.
Clubs that are not meeting on campus are the College Church club, the Latino club, and the friendship club. There is no known date to when clubs will be able to gather together again since the campus reopened in the fall.
Nicholas Paulson, advisor of the real estate club, finds Zoom to be a limitation on club activities.
“The COVID restrictions affected our exposure as a club and what we can do physically as a group,” Paulson said. “Only one person can talk at a time. It’s hard to break them up into groups on zoom.”
Since the clubs aren’t able to meet in-person, members don’t feel that they’re in a community.
“Not being able to gather in person has negatively impacted the real estate club,” Paulson said. The students speak in front of the class and it helps build their confidence. Due to Covid that has stopped for right now.”
Paulson said the club had a home fair last year through zoom. Speakers came and presented on zoom, a change that is new to virtual club events.
