OU Student Loses Job, Forced To Cancel Wedding Due To Coronavirus Concerns

Students across Oklahoma are adjusting to distance and online learning, but for many seniors this was not the end of the year they anticipated. Tori King is a fifth year grad school student at the University of Oklahoma. She's completing her final semeste

Tuesday, March 31st 2020, 1:23 am

By: Ashley Holden

OU Student Loses Job, Forced To Cancel Wedding Due To Coronavirus Concerns

Students across Oklahoma are adjusting to distance and online learning, but for many seniors this was not the end of the year they anticipated.

Tori King is a fifth year grad school student at the University of Oklahoma. She's completing her final semester online, doesn't have a job and will probably have to cancel her wedding.

"I just walked off campus on that Thursday never thinking it was going to be my last day as a student, and then you just get an email over break to just not come back," said King.

All these changes are due to COVID-19 concerns.

King's fiancé is in the military and is stationed in California. Right now he's under a travel ban and can't leave the state.

With all the restrictions in place and King's lack of income, the couple has been on the phone with their vendors trying to figure out their next steps. She also said they can't even get a marriage license because most county offices are closed, and they aren't both currently in Oklahoma.

"We're probably going to have to cancel our wedding, and you don't think after a year of planning something like that that in a matter of weeks it just goes up in flames," said King.

The grad school student is also worried about her future career. King is majoring in journalism and said the switch to online has been a struggle. She now doesn't have the gear or even some of the footage she needs to make her final resume reel.

"I didn't get to say goodbye to any of my friends any of my classmates. There are a lot of conversations that I didn't get to have with my professors in their office hours," said King.

OU has already postponed their graduation and are looking at different ways, possibly virtual, to celebrate their graduates.

"That's been a hard realization to come to," said King. "I mean you look forward to having a graduation, and you work five years on three different degrees hoping hey I'm going to get some recognition and it's just not there."

King said she knows things could be worse, and she's lucky to be healthy.

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