Student Leadership activities have always been popular and important, but especially Assembly Moderating. This job is crucial because it engages the audience while presenting important information and events to the student body and faculty. However, this year because of COVID-19, the job has changed tremendously.
Kalissa Fruetel ’21 says, “adapting to being virtual was a bit awkward at first but knowing that people are watching me even if I canít see them made it easier.” Switching from in-person to virtual was a tremendous change because nobody knew how that would affect assembly.
There are many challenges to being an assembly moderator, for example, Ryan Ressemann ’21 explains, “Making conversation at the beginning of assembly can be challenging” and especially with this year, making small talk over Zoom can be awkward.
Yet, with all of its challenges, assembly moderators have been able to adapt. Ressemann says, “Dr. Berkowitz has made it very easy to adapt and even though this year has been different than what I expected, it has still been something I have enjoyed a lot.”
Assembly moderating has been a task that has shifted a great amount since the start of online classes and even though “coming up with topics” can be difficult as Fruetel stated, our moderators have made it work and have brought their energy and enthusiasm to Zoom.
