2021.21.5 Laurie Quinn Interview Transcript

Oral history interview narrated by Laurie Quinn, former Interim President of Champlain College, with Special Collections Director Erica Donnis. Video recording of a virtual meeting conducted via Zoom, with accompanying written transcription. In this interview, Quinn discusses leading the College's response to the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 to July 2020, including decisions related to student and employee health and safety, the closure of the College's study abroad programs in the spring of 2020, the transition to remote instruction in the spring of 2020, the reopening of the College in the fall of 2021, decision-making and communication with the President's Cabinet, communication with students, employees, and Trustees, and the lasting effects of the pandemic higher education in general. 41:46.

Publication date: 20 May 2021