SC Honors Program

Oral History: Mackenzie Dunn and Becky Lartigue

This brief oral history interview was conducted as part of an Honors Program event, "COVID-19 Experiences: Our Stories." In this conversation,…

COVID-19 Oral History: Alicia Hopkins and Kate Dugan

This oral history is an account of experiences during the 2019-2020 COVID-19 pandemic, recorded for "COVID-19 Experiences: Our Stories," an Honors…

Hoon & Ryder Interview

An Oral history about our experiences during the Covid Pandemic. It was a conversation between a Springfield College Sophomore and Freshman on their…

Hey friend,

This is a poem/ song of a first-hand account of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the urge to quarantine, people would go…

Response from Sigma Tau Delta to inquiry

A letter from the leadership of the organization to a query about whether the conference would / should proceed.

Email query to Sigma Tau Delta conference organizers

An email from March 4 from Rebecca Lartigue (chapter advisor) to the national leadership inquiring about canceling the upcoming conference.

Sigma Tau Delta conference cancellation--original notice

An email from Sigma Tau Delta (the English honor society) dated March 12, 2020.

Sigma Tau Delta conference cancellation

An update from Sigma Tau Delta (the International English Honor Society) updating members on details related to the first-ever cancellation of its…

NRHC [Northeast Regional Honors Council] 2020 Update

An email notifying Honors Program students that the regional conference scheduled for 4/1 in Albany, NY, would be canceled.

A letter from Springfield College faculty amid switch to virtual learning (op/ed)

A group of Springfield College faculty wrote an open letter to Springfield College students in the early days of Spring Break after students had left…

"Netiquette" Guidelines

The document provides guidelines and advice about how to be an online learner, how to use technologies like Zoom appropriately, and how to prevent…

viral image--photoshop of sistene chapel

A photoshopped image (a BADLY photoshopped image!) of the God / Adam episode depicted on the Sistene Chapel ceiling. Shared on March 14, 2020.

viral image--related to the adjustment to online teaching

This image went viral on social media (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram), circulating widely among college and university teachers.

viral image--related to work-at-home

Images like these circulated widely on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) in the early days of "social distancing" as many parents shifted to…

William Brown, Class of 2002, Alumni Words

This image is a screenshot of a message written to SC students by William Brown (SC '02). Brown's message appeared in the "Words of Encouragement"…

Adjunct Pay Motion, SC Faculty Senate

This story captures an important discussion within the SC Faculty Senate during the COVID 19 crisis.