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School became more challenging for a student whose professors increased both their homework amount and exam difficulty, possibly to prevent cheating.

On top of having to adjust to distance learning and job loss, students contended with supply scarcity as staple food and household items disappeared from shelves amidst periods of panic buying.

Food and supply scarcity was an added burden upon students already trying to manage the transition to online learning and keeping their families safe.

As supplies ran scarce early in the pandemic, some people resorted to trading with family and friends in order to secure necessary items.

In a collaborative effort between the University, LA County, and the LA County Department of Public Health, Cal State LA was designated as a free COVID-19 testing site in May 2020, just two months after campus closure.

Across a deserted Cal State LA campus, signs like these remind visitors of the importance of mask-wearing and social distancing protocols.

Less than 3 months after the first formal communication of the pandemic, all in-person classes were suspended as Cal State LA began the sudden transition to remote learning.

Cal State LA students and faculty received the first university-wide email regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in late January, 2020.

In April 2019, the University Library was the site of a measles exposure which suspended operations for nearly a week until students and faculty were tested or vaccinated.

Once a disabling and life-threatening disease, polio was eradicated from the Americas by the 1990’s, with widespread distribution of vaccines such as the Sabin oral vaccine, distributed at the Campus Health Center.