Sarah Bonthuis reads pages of her business textbook while sitting on her bed on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Sarah is a finance major at Lehigh University, and she closes her door to focus on her studying at 9:00 p.m. every weeknight.
Sarah Bonthuis, an international student at Lehigh University in the class of 2023, stands in front of her home country’s flag in her bedroom, of the Netherlands, on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Sarah is eager for the U.S. borders to open so her parents, brother and boyfriend can come visit her at Lehigh and watch her play in a field hockey game.
Sarah Bonthuis, a junior at Lehigh University, types an essay at her desk besides photos of her family and friends overseas on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Sarah cherishes memories made with her family and friends back in Holland, so she keeps these memories close to her by displaying them on her walls, next to her desk as well as above her bed.
Ariana Simms, a junior at Lehigh University, looks at a bird through the window in her kitchen in Bethlehem on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Ariana appreciates nature and animals, and she loves to feed birds outside of her house, dropping birdseed from her roof every now and then on the weekends.
Ariana Simms stands outside of her home near Lehigh’s campus on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Ariana has residential neighbors with young children, and she worries for their safety because many college students and fellow residents have left shards of broken glass sprawled in the grass between local apartments in the Southside Bethlehem area; this poses a hazard to young ones running around outside during the day.
Ariana Simms, of the Lehigh University class of 2023, stands in front of her bedroom window on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Ariana enjoys painting in her free time, and she creates works of art for her sorority sisters quite often.