Around 700 students have completed their moveout process amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but some are left wondering when they will be able to receive their belongings from on-campus housing.
President Lowry answered this question in a virtual meeting with the Lipscomb community.
“We’re inviting you to come back in an orderly way to get those belongings, but we also are committing that if for some reason that’s impossible we will have them packed,” said President Lowry.
“We will have our people supervise that packing. We will have professional people doing it, and we’ll store that until there’s some reasonable way to get to you.”
As or what will happen if both students have their belongings remaining in the room, President Lowry offered a solution of video calling the students to determine who’s stuff is who’s.
“Laurie Sain said we will just get an iPhone, and we’ll just have the student on the other end of this. We’ll show the TV, and they’ll tell us who owns the TV, and we’ll separate that into the right packaging requirements,” says President Lowry.
Students have mixed reviews on how Lipscomb handled this crisis.
“I think Lipscomb handled it the best they could,” says senior biology major Kyra Drobny.
“I talked to Laurie about getting permission to stay the week after spring break. She was accomodating with my plans, and was really quick about answering any questions I had.”
Other students believe that Lipscomb could have handled the crisis more smoothly.
“I think they could have been more timely about making decisions and informing students on future plans,” said senior fashion design major Frankie Perna.
If you have further questions contact the Dean of Housing and Residence Life, Laurie Sain at laurie.sain@lipscomb.edu.