News - November 2020

University of Portland campus from above

Students Walk with Students: Intersectional Hope & Healing Fund

Portland Magazine

Development

November 18, 2020

Distance learning, while essential due to the pandemic, has presented new challenges for many University of Portland students. Aimee Morlatt '22, junior finance major and president of UP’s mental health advocacy group Active Minds, learned first-hand of students attending Zoom classes from their cars, missing lectures due to lack of internet service or being in different time zones (especially international students), along with other inequities and hardships.