After sending students home midway through the previous Spring semester, when coronavirus intensified across the state, Florida universities were tasked with thinking through how they would offer students safe learning environments.

Now, colleges around the state are midway through a semester like no other.

This week, I caught up with representatives from New College of Florida, Ringling College of Art and Design, and the University of South Florida, Sarasota Manatee campus to see how each institution responded to the pandemic, and how they’re currently doing.