s chancellor kevin guskiewicz, that's another reason to reopen. and i just wonder if it would've been financially infeasible to not reopen? >> guskiewicz: we would've been challenged financially to not reopen. we-- we know that many students would've perhaps taken a gap yea, or to defer their enrollment. but i want to emphasize that our decisions are based on creating that learning environment for students, where we know they can thrive and building in all of these measures for safety. >> dickerson: college in the fall is a time of renewal. a return to fields of possibility, a place where your route to the future is visible. at william & mary in virginia, the school year is launched with a traditional raucous welcome of new students. in the middle of it all the past two years has been the university's first female president, katherine rowe. have you already started writing the speech for when they return? >> katherine rowe: oh, i'm thinking about it all the time. i miss them so much. >> dickerson: we spoke to president rowe in the oldest building o