Midmorning With Aundrea - June 4, 2020 (Part 2)

(Part 2 of 2) With the downturn of the economy, many recent college graduates are having difficulty landing a job.

And although the coronavirus has put a halt to many summer camps, Starkville is offering safe enrichment programs.

Ma many college graduates face an uncertain future.

The pandemic has led to an economic downturn and even grads who had jobs lined up are seeing them being rescinded.

Laura podesta reports.

Sports photographer devin wilber says he's always been a go-getter and a planner.

Ahead of his may 8th graduation from oklahoma state he had everything lined up to launch his career.

Then the coronavirus paused most sports and his professional dreams. devin: i had verbal offers - that's how they all extended them.

They said when i graduate in a couple weeks, here's your offer - here's your job title, what we'll bring you on board to do.

Laura: they've all be cancelled, or revoked?

Devin: they've all been put on hold, and there's a few that said, we're not hiring anymore.

University of colorado grad katelyn skeen is in a similar situation.

"it's stressful an anxiety provoking."

In august, she's supposed to move to florida, to begin work with the walt disney company.

Now she's not sure if the job is still available.

"i had everythin planned out to a t and now those plans aren't happening."

"we have student reaching out to us that have had their offers cancelled."

Stacie jeffirs, the career counseling director at saint mary's college in indiana, says she's busier than ever helping graduates find opportunities after job offers were rescinded.

She says those headed into industries hardest hit by the coronavirus, are having the most trouble.

"certainly th roles that require you to be face to face with other individuals those are the positions we see students having offers canceled."

Now wilber is chasing any work he can find.

"do a bunch of od jobs to make money @5:28" he hopes one of the companies that had promised him full time employment, will eventually put that offer back on the table.

Laura podesta, cbs news.

From senior pranks to prom to graduation ceremonies, the coronavirus has taken away a lot of milestones for the nation's high school seniors.

éé with plenty of uncertainty in the coming months, now a growing number are considering taking a year off before heading to college.

éé tom hanson explains.éé script: when high school senior hannah jimenez was accepted into college, she never thought about taking a gap year& but then the coronavirus hit.

Would you have ever anticipated that you'd be in the situation you're in right now?// i just& i've always been excited to go to college and just wanted to go and do it.

So i don't think i would have considered deferring for a year if this hadn't happened.

As experts warn of a "second wave of covid-19 in the fall, a new survey from art and science group finds 16 percent of incoming students may take a gap year and another 17 percent are considering deferring enrollment until spring of 2021.

It's this question of& is it worth paying that tuition and staying at home, instead of doing something maybe a bit more worthwhile with our time.

So i think for myself and a number of my peers, deferring for a year has definitely become an option.

When it comes to reopening, universities are split on what to do.

Many are exploring a shortened fall semester with widespread contact tracing, social distancing, quarantine protocols and remote learning& far from the traditional "freshma experience" this is normally a pretty busy time of year even in non-covid times, but it's gone banas& gap year advisor julia rogers say that while travel may not be an option this year, there are other productive ways to spend the time, it's an opportunity for you to get outside the bubble that you've grown up in.

And kind of figure how you want to contribute to your greater community and global community.

And to prepare for adulthood in a meaningful way.

Hannah hasn't finalized her fall plan yet.

If she decides on a gap year& she may become a contact tracer&collecting data on who's come in contact with an infected person.

I think that's a way to spend my time well, and help the cause, and maybe go to school sooner making the most of uncertain times& tom hanson cbs news new york.

Summer camp is going virtual.

We look at ways camp organiz summer camps are making an adjustment to provide students the best experience possible during the covid-19 pandemic... wcbi's bobby martinez talks about the game plan the starkville school district has this summer.

It was a school year like no other... the impact of covid-19 forced teachers and students to resort to distance learning... and here in starkville- the school district is taking the same approach when it comes summer camps..

"this is new to al of us."

How to make virtual camps a hands-on experience for students... is the new challenge teachers are facing... dr. brandi burton, director of innovation for starkville school district... says a lot of planning went into making sure this experience for students is a success..

Sot - dr. brandi burton - director of innovation/starkvi lle school district "we wanted t offer a type of fun experience.

We pride ourselves with being able to do summer camps in starkville.

So we just try to sit down and think of how we can stay within all the rules and also offer something fun for the kids that will be learning and engaging at the same time."

Burton says there will be four summer learning opportunities for students..

But one challenge they may face... is keeping the students engaged... "we are trying t limit the time that they will be on a zoom based on their ages.

Because there is research showing how certain ages can stay engaged for 15 minutes and 30 minutes you know we're letting that come in to play."

They also have a solution to any possible challenges.

"a teacher ma work with five students for this time period.

So that they are not all doing it at one time.

Just so that they can give them that one on one attention and not be such a group effort."

Dr. burton says she is also very excited about this year's virtual camp and he's hoping that everything goes well.

Reporting in starkville..

Bobby martinez wcbi news... friday is the deadline to get applications in for these summer camps.

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