New York State may have been under pandemic restrictions, with most of the college鈥檚 3,800 employees working from home for the better part of the last year and a half, but for 220 essential workers, trekking to 2900 Bedford Avenue and logging a full day鈥檚 work has remained an everyday thing.

They are security and custodial workers, plumbers and carpenters, staff from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, Food Pantry workers, and many others whose job it was to secure and maintain the campus or other critical functions.

Though many initially found that a once bustling campus felt a little post-apocalyptic when they first returned, most quickly realized that you can get a lot of work done when no one is around.

鈥淲e took advantage of it,鈥� said Scott Hambelton, paint supervisor. 鈥淚f anything, it was beneficial to us. It鈥檚 much easier to paint when the rooms are empty.鈥�

As the first weeks of the fall semester and the gradual return to campus unfolds鈥�20 percent of the college鈥檚 courses are fully in-person, and another 25 percent are hybrid, while most staff are reporting to campus at least one day a week鈥攖he essential workers have barely missed a beat, earning a nod from President Michelle J. Anderson in one of her letters to the campus.

鈥淎s we gradually transition our remote employees back on site, let鈥檚 continue to be grateful for all those who have already had to work on-site over the past 15 months,鈥� she said in a June correspondence with the campus community.

For much of the summer, that work has included preparing the campus for a mass reentry this semester. Here鈥檚 a look at the college鈥檚 essential employees at work.

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Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Evans moved to Brooklyn to join his family in 1980. After a career in the military, he joined the 可乐视频 staff full time in 1993. He raised seven children in the process, including a son who graduated from 可乐视频.

“I found that other officers were taking courses at the college because of the free tuition offered to us,” Evans said. “It was an opportunity to achieve something I always wanted.”

His colleagues also supported his endeavor.

“He鈥檚 been an inspiration to all of us,” said Ursula Chase, deputy director of the Office of Campus and Community Safety Services. “We constantly encouraged him and supported him throughout as he completed his coursework. This is a man who walked to the college, from his home鈥攓uite a bit away鈥攁fter a huge snowstorm, stopping once to call and say he鈥檇 be a little late; he doesn鈥檛 let anything get in the way of where he wants to go.”

Evans鈥� goal is to begin a career as a counselor, helping others to obtain a college education. In the meantime, he has a way of keeping himself busy.

He smiled. “I鈥檓 looking at the fall course schedule to see what I want to take,” said Evans.

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