Brittany Sheflin, sophomore marine biology major
“I think they handled it really well. I’m a commuter student so, obviously I wasn’t here when we were hit but, they sent a lot alerts and a lot of emails. They were very on top of everything when it came to class cancellations or preparations. I know that they set up rooms in some of the dormitories for shelter for people. I think that they handled it very well. Everyone was calm.”
Lamar Pitts, junior law major
“For the most part, I feel that NSU was very informative and up-to-date with their response. The library was closed [on Sunday], but fortunately I was able to come to the UC so I was able to use the UC computers. Starbucks was open until nine so that was still convenient. Overall, I would say there was a really swift decision to keep the school intact and everyone informed.”
Brittany Nicholson, senior dance major
“They were really cautious, which was nice, but I feel like they exaggerated the hurricane a little bit. I mean I definitely would not have wanted to be stuck in a flood trying to get to class, but I also had to push back a lot of my midterms. It made things kind of crazy. It was kind of a good-bad thing. I’m glad everyone’s safe but now everything that was due before is all weird now.”
Jessie Grebin, senior biology major
“I feel like they handled it pretty interestingly. I’m not from around here so it was kind of difficult for me that they pushed it off so much and didn’t try to do anything sooner. I remember going through orientation and them saying, ‘Oh, we try to let the students know sooner so that they can evacuate and proceed before the population of the state does.’ So that was kind of frustrating but I just took matters into my own hands and evacuated when I thought was necessary instead of waiting for them to say anything. But I guess we’re lucky since Matthew didn’t really hit.”
Kayla Cepek, freshman undecided major
“[I feel NSU handled Matthew] very well. They shut down the campus for Thursday and didn’t open it again until Monday so I thought that was really good. Even though the storm didn’t hit us that bad. It was good that we stayed shut down so that people had a chance to recover if they came from far away.”
Francesca Verret, junior secondary math education major
“[I think NSU handled Matthew] pretty well. I was stuck at work during that entire email back and forth. I’m a residential student so I had to figure out where I was going to stay because one of the apartments that they were evacuating was mine. I didn’t want to stay on campus because I didn’t want to stay on campus. But, in general, from what I heard from my friends who stayed, the school gave out breakfast and dinner for them every day through the hurricane period. They took a while to let us know what was going on but besides that it was pretty good.”
Krystal Lloyd, freshman biology major
“I think they handled it pretty well. They sent most of the people who lived close enough home and they gathered everyone around and said, ‘The campus is shut down.’ And they said everyone in Commons had different parking arrangements and made sure that everyone’s car was safe. So I think they handled it the best way that they could and thankfully we didn’t get hit hard.”
Dillon Burke, freshman computer science major
“They handled it OK, I guess. I think they thought it was going to be a lot worse than it actually was, but it’s good to be over-prepared.”
