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Alexa Schein was at home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for what felt like minutes when her father offered her the opportunity to join him at work in the Durham County, North Carolina, Emergency Operations Center (EOC).<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”32″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]She jumped at the chance, took an online emergency operations course and was assigned straight to the social media desk.<\/p>\n

\u201cI monitor what people are saying and how they are responding to the messages the EOC is putting out,\u201d Alexa said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of political outrage on both sides. But I\u2019ve seen a ton of people standing up for one another\u2014people posting resources or creating websites with resources to help their neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sophomore sociology<\/a> student saw the parallels in her new assignment and the Reflective Service-Learning<\/a> hours she was earning in Theatre Professor Jessica Thonen<\/a>\u2019s Production class. \u201cI was managing social media and promotion for Heathers: The Musical<\/em>, and it was sort of similar. So I contacted Professor Thonen and asked if the EOC could take the place of that,\u201d Alexa explained.<\/p>\n

Thonen agreed, and now Alexa is on track to earn her required RSL hours for her course, plus more than enough to meet graduation requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s rewarding. I\u2019ll keep going as long as I\u2019m able,\u201d Alexa added. \u201c[Now that classes have started again,] I\u2019ve got to maintain my grades, my parents said. I told them, \u2018You can\u2019t hold my grades over my head in these circumstances.\u2019 And they laughed and said, \u2018Yes we can.\u2019”[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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