Caroline Begley

Caroline is a Masters student who is researching college age students and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the transition into higher education. She has a focus on protective factors present in emerging adults transitioning to college, and understanding their unique experience of college within the COVID-19 context. She is also taking graduate level courses in higher education outside of the department to get a full understanding of the impact and needs of higher education as an institution. Caroline is also a senator for the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) at Virginia Tech and participates in the communications sub-committee that works to disseminate important progress and policy development in higher education throughout the university. In November of 2020 Caroline presented a poster at the conference for the National Council for Family Relations (NCFR) on adolescent development and future orientations.