Awakening participants to the reality facing the pandemic, envisioning new horizons and possibilities for change was the objective of the reflection proposed by Novos da Bahiana of 2020.2. With the theme "Change - essence of life", the event, which is an initiative of the Psychopedagogical Care Center of Bahiana (NAPP), took place with the support of digital education, on August 28, from 8:11 am to 40:XNUMX am, through the Virtual Learning Environment (AVA). Professor Luiza Ribeiro, coordinator of People Development, welcomed the freshmen on a playful and welcoming morning.  

“A Recepção aos Novos da Bahiana de 2020.2 foi uma ocasião muito importante para nós. Recebemos e acolhemos os nossos novos estudantes em um momento de alegria e conquista e, ao mesmo tempo, em meio à tristeza e ao desafio que estamos passando com 120 mil vidas perdidas!”, destaca a gestora do NAPP, Angélica Mendes. Ela explica que, embora o início de um novo semestre com novos estudantes tenha sido realizado em um processo totalmente telepresencial, a prática de acolhimento, cuidado e suporte contínuos que a Bahiana offers to students has been successfully maintained.

Angélica Mendes also emphasizes that the pandemic brought challenges to make it possible to move towards the new: “There is a bigger, more demanding job, from a technological point of view, and more human, because it demands an openness to the new, to deal with the non. know, for a more intense interdependent relationship. So the event, as well as everything we have undertaken so far, allowed us to be certain: it is possible to make bonds despite the physical distance, sustain bonds, learn and teach, communicate with transparency. These are the values ​​of the Bahiana that we have lived and experienced more intensely”.

“This group is historic. And, as we are already familiar with the digital world, we will be able to enjoy a quieter semester, because, unlike the first semester, we have now learned to join the strength of teachers, course coordinators, the rectory, in the current context, in the current context. Dr. Maria Luisa Soliani, and from all sectors of the institution. Therefore, we are achieving success”, reveals Luiza Ribeiro. The People Development manager points out that quality work adapted to the virtual world is the path of the future. “For this reason, we are preparing our students for this reality. We made many adaptations such as the adoption of teleservices, for example, so freshmen will experience all these external transformations already immersed in this scenario”, concludes Luiza Ribeiro.