Back, and Better Than Ever!
After being away for 16 months, students returned to in-person classes in August, ready to continue their studies and reconnect with faculty and friends.
Returning student Katie Beard, left, on her way to in-person class after many TCC classes transitioned to online learning in 2020 and part of 2021.
![Three students in an elevator car. Katie is on the left.](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-1.jpg)
Katie is a Sign Language Interpreting major. Students in her class practice their ASL skills together.
![Four students in a sign language lab practice signing; Katie is on the right](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-2.jpg)
Class is over. Time for Katie’s next activity.
![Katie walking down a hallway on Trinity River Campus](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-3.jpg)
But first, a quick hug! Friendships are rekindled after being apart.
![Katie and a friend hug](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-4.jpg)
Lunch time with classmates!
![Katie and six other friends eat lunch around a cafeteria table](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-5.jpg)
Katie shows off some dance moves at the Intercultural Network open house event at TCC Trinity River.
![Katie dances in the foreground, and there are several people dancing behind her](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-6.jpg)
TCC Trinity River students with Coordinator of Intercultural Student Engagement Dantrayl Smith, far right.
![Katie and several other students pose with Dantrayl Smith for a picture](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-7.jpg)
Katie checks in on her laptop. TCC students have a new Learning Management System to use. Class schedules, assignments, feedback and grades are provided through the new system.
![Katie sits on a rocking chair on a patio, working on her latop](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-8.jpg)
Time to start studying. Katie knows it’s going to be a great year!
![Katie, working on her latop, laughs for the camera](/magazine/assets/images/volume-08/issue-02/back-to-campus/back-to-campus-9.jpg)