<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/hurricane-melissa.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>11/25/2025</pubDate><title>Staying Connected Across Distance: International Student Reflects on Impact of Hurricane Melissa</title><description>Shana-Kay Hyde ’27, a University of New Haven computer science major from Jamaica, shares how she, and her community, found strength and support while far from home.</description><hide-description/><author>Shana-Kay Hyde ’27</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>November 25, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/general/2025/jamaica-scenic-view.jpg" alt="jamaica-scenic-view"/></image><image-caption>Jamaican students at the University of New Haven staying connected with family and friends as Hurricane Melissa made landfall back home.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>name-shana-kay-hyde</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>office-admissions-ug-international</tag><tag>program-ug-computer-science</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>