What a long, strange trip it has been indeed.  We can't say that things are really back to "normal" just yet.  However, after months of wondering when we'd be able to welcome students to Siena, the wait is finally over. Three days ago we welcomed our first student to SIS since the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Matthew (Matty) Bickman is from L.A. but he attends university at NYU.  As far as we know, Matty is the only American study abroad student in S iena right now!   He decided to pursue this