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The 2020-2021 school year started drastically different from all previous years. With COVID-19 preventing people from staying in [[McConnell Hall]], students faced their [[Courses|classes]] and [[Clubs|club]] activities online. | The 2020-2021 school year started drastically different from all previous years. With COVID-19 preventing people from staying in [[McConnell Hall]], students faced their [[Courses|classes]] and [[Clubs|club]] activities online. | ||
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=== Fall Orientation === | === Fall Orientation === | ||
| − | While Fall Orientation is normally held in-person, the Class of 2022 had to attend Zoom rooms | + | While [[Fall Orientation]] is normally held in-person, the [[:Category:Class of 2022|Class of 2022]] had to attend Zoom rooms. Among the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210205160524/https://tams.unt.edu/virtual-fall-orientation activities] hosted included [[Summer Reading|Book Discussion]], [[Club Bonanza]], Junior Jubilee, [[Frog Night]], Fall Olympics, and Service Showcase.<ref>https://tams.unt.edu/virtual-fall-orientation. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210205160524/https://tams.unt.edu/virtual-fall-orientation Archived].</ref> |
=== Convocation === | === Convocation === | ||
| − | During Convocation, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201218075726/https://tams.unt.edu/tams-named-scholarships-2020 | + | During [[Convocation]], the following scholarships were given out:<ref>https://tams.unt.edu/tams-named-scholarships-2020. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201218075726/https://tams.unt.edu/tams-named-scholarships-2020 Archived].</ref> |
| − | {| class="wikitable" | + | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
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!Recipient | !Recipient | ||
!Scholarship | !Scholarship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Andrew Beard | + | |[[Andrew Beard]] |
|The James E. Miller Texas Scholarship | |The James E. Miller Texas Scholarship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Sai Sarnala | + | |[[Sai Sarnala]] |
|The Jannon Fuchs Scholarship | |The Jannon Fuchs Scholarship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Dave Banerjee | + | |[[Dave Banerjee]] |
|The Julian C. Stanley Award for Mathematical Aptitude | |The Julian C. Stanley Award for Mathematical Aptitude | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Angelina Xu | + | |[[Angelina Xu]] |
|The Newman Foundation Endowment | |The Newman Foundation Endowment | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Neel Shanmugam | + | |[[Neel Shanmugam]] |
|The Nipul Foundation Award | |The Nipul Foundation Award | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Danny Zhang | + | |[[Danny Zhang]] |
|The Patel Foundation Scholarship | |The Patel Foundation Scholarship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Pranathi Pilla | + | |[[Pranathi Pilla]] |
|The Steve and Kathy Weiner Research Scholarship | |The Steve and Kathy Weiner Research Scholarship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Joonghyun Kim | + | |[[Joonghyun Kim]] |
| rowspan="3" |Tom Weiner Academic Scholarship | | rowspan="3" |Tom Weiner Academic Scholarship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Shreyas Shridharan | + | |[[Shreyas Shridharan]] |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Ajeong Kim | + | |[[Ajeong Kim]] |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Allison He | + | |[[Allison He]] |
|The Scott & Myra Stoll Scholarship | |The Scott & Myra Stoll Scholarship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Alexei Ukraintsev | + | |[[Alexei Ukraintsev]] |
|The Tom Weiner Student Life Award | |The Tom Weiner Student Life Award | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Shrika Eddula | + | |[[Shrika Eddula]] |
|The TAMS Dean's Scholarship | |The TAMS Dean's Scholarship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Tiffany Kumala | + | |[[Tiffany Kumala]] |
|TAMS Class of 2000 Perseverance Scholarship | |TAMS Class of 2000 Perseverance Scholarship | ||
|} | |} | ||
| − | This year, NHS eligible students were not announced. | + | This year, [[Community Service#Required Hours|NHS]] eligible students were not announced. |
=== Town Hall === | === Town Hall === | ||
| − | agree to disagree :cowleybruh: | + | <blockquote>''Main article: [[2020 Town Hall]]''</blockquote>agree to disagree :cowleybruh: |
| + | |||
| + | === Sesame Call === | ||
| + | Stanford student and TAMS alumna [[Lainey Wang]] created a video-calling Chrome extension start-up called [https://www.sesamecall.com/ Sesame Call] with her girlfriend, Stanford student Maddie Wang. After Lainey introduced it to TAMS students, it quickly became one of the primary ways of socialization for TAMS students. Lainey later quit the Sesame development team, which is now solely run by Maddie. Sesame was popular amongst students, but did not completely catch on due to the extension being solely for Chrome; senior [[Ben Wang]] made a [https://github.com/wbne/sesame-in-firefoxish questionable Firefox port] for the Sesame extension. | ||
== Spring Semester == | == Spring Semester == | ||
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=== Boot Camp === | === Boot Camp === | ||
to be determined | to be determined | ||
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| + | === Arctic Blast / Snow Week === | ||
| + | On Saturday February 14th, 2021, Denton and surrounding areas received a sizable blanket of snow. This promptly lead to the closure of classes, both in-person and online, on Monday. Starting late Saturday, Texas initiated rolling power outages across the state due to the record power demand. Even cities in South Texas which were barely affected by the snow storm had controlled outages. On Monday at 9:36 AM, UNT cancelled class for Tuesday, and on Tuesday at 12:25 PM, UNT cancelled class until Saturday. Many students rejoiced from this news considering UNT had decided to remove spring break to contain COVID-19; this week became a pseudo spring break. Most students lost access to the internet, and even if they had cellular internet, UNT's websites and server infrastructures were offline. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Rosecutting === | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Graduation for Class of 2021 === | ||
| + | On March 15th, TAMS confirmed to its students that graduation would occur this year. Graduation occurred on May 3rd, 2021 in the UNT Apogee Stadium and was also available via [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z6lCXCVS6w YouTube livestream]. The program of the event can be found [https://tams.unt.edu/sites/default/files/academics/graduation/2021/program2021.pdf here]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[:Category:Class of 2021|Class of 2021]] | ||
| + | * [[:Category:Class of 2022|Class of 2022]] | ||
| + | * [[2019-2020]] | ||
| + | * [[2021-2022]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == References == | ||
| + | <references /> | ||
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The 2020-2021 school year started drastically different from all previous years. With COVID-19 preventing people from staying in McConnell Hall, students faced their classes and club activities online.
Fall Semester[edit | edit source]
Fall Orientation[edit | edit source]
While Fall Orientation is normally held in-person, the Class of 2022 had to attend Zoom rooms. Among the activities hosted included Book Discussion, Club Bonanza, Junior Jubilee, Frog Night, Fall Olympics, and Service Showcase.[1]
Convocation[edit | edit source]
During Convocation, the following scholarships were given out:[2]
| Recipient | Scholarship |
|---|---|
| Andrew Beard | The James E. Miller Texas Scholarship |
| Sai Sarnala | The Jannon Fuchs Scholarship |
| Dave Banerjee | The Julian C. Stanley Award for Mathematical Aptitude |
| Angelina Xu | The Newman Foundation Endowment |
| Neel Shanmugam | The Nipul Foundation Award |
| Danny Zhang | The Patel Foundation Scholarship |
| Pranathi Pilla | The Steve and Kathy Weiner Research Scholarship |
| Joonghyun Kim | Tom Weiner Academic Scholarship |
| Shreyas Shridharan | |
| Ajeong Kim | |
| Allison He | The Scott & Myra Stoll Scholarship |
| Alexei Ukraintsev | The Tom Weiner Student Life Award |
| Shrika Eddula | The TAMS Dean's Scholarship |
| Tiffany Kumala | TAMS Class of 2000 Perseverance Scholarship |
This year, NHS eligible students were not announced.
Town Hall[edit | edit source]
Main article: 2020 Town Hall
agree to disagree :cowleybruh:
Sesame Call[edit | edit source]
Stanford student and TAMS alumna Lainey Wang created a video-calling Chrome extension start-up called Sesame Call with her girlfriend, Stanford student Maddie Wang. After Lainey introduced it to TAMS students, it quickly became one of the primary ways of socialization for TAMS students. Lainey later quit the Sesame development team, which is now solely run by Maddie. Sesame was popular amongst students, but did not completely catch on due to the extension being solely for Chrome; senior Ben Wang made a questionable Firefox port for the Sesame extension.
Spring Semester[edit | edit source]
Boot Camp[edit | edit source]
to be determined
Arctic Blast / Snow Week[edit | edit source]
On Saturday February 14th, 2021, Denton and surrounding areas received a sizable blanket of snow. This promptly lead to the closure of classes, both in-person and online, on Monday. Starting late Saturday, Texas initiated rolling power outages across the state due to the record power demand. Even cities in South Texas which were barely affected by the snow storm had controlled outages. On Monday at 9:36 AM, UNT cancelled class for Tuesday, and on Tuesday at 12:25 PM, UNT cancelled class until Saturday. Many students rejoiced from this news considering UNT had decided to remove spring break to contain COVID-19; this week became a pseudo spring break. Most students lost access to the internet, and even if they had cellular internet, UNT's websites and server infrastructures were offline.
Rosecutting[edit | edit source]
Graduation for Class of 2021[edit | edit source]
On March 15th, TAMS confirmed to its students that graduation would occur this year. Graduation occurred on May 3rd, 2021 in the UNT Apogee Stadium and was also available via YouTube livestream. The program of the event can be found here.