GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — As western North Carolina recovers from Helene, there are strides to re-open at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Classes started back up online on Monday. On Wednesday, they start a phased approach to open back up the student residence halls.
But not everyone plans to go back immediately. Claire Gigley is a senior at UNCA and is back home this semester with her parents in Greensboro. They live extremely close to the University of North Carolina Greensboro campus. Claire says it is hard to watch all the students walk by every day to go to class, and she can’t do that yet.
“My theory of personality class, which is basically just personality psychology,” Gigley said. She is a psychology major with plans to be a therapist for kids. “I want to be a good person to talk to and to listen.”
Her senior year is not going as planned.
“I am not going to go back for the rest of the semester because classes are going to be online for the rest of the semester,” Gigley said.