This schedule was one I made for myself each week to stay on track which took a turn after Covid19 took it's toll and made my classes online at home. On the left is my schedule of the week I found out about my lacrosse season coming to an end and…
New Student Orientation leaders are pictured. This Instagram post, released by @springfieldcollege, provides a checklist for a virtual open house for accepted students to Springfield College beginning the Fall 2020 Semester. The purpose of this…
An email sent to my ENGL 114 class explaining what work is to be done for the rest of the week but also explaining how proud we should be of ourselves in this hard time.
This was a telephone voice message from Emmanuel Kolady Senior Vice President of Eastern US CVS stores sent out to CVS colleagues reminding them of the measures being implicated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The senior vice president begins by…
This is an email from the Office of Academic Affairs at Springfield College. This email is addressing new academic policy changes that have been put in place due to the transition into online learning that has resulted from the coronavirus pandemic.…
The document consists of five separate emails sent from the time frame of 1/29/20 through 3/23/20. The first, sent from Patrick Love, VP of Student Affairs, was the very first message students received about being cautious of COVID-19. The next four…
Asking students to find something during this time of the COVID-19 crisis that historians 10, 20, or 100 years from now would be able to use as a primary source.
This source is a letter from Mary-Beth Cooper which was sent to a study abroad student who had to return home from Florence, Italy due to COVID-19. The letter has a typed section apologizing to the student for the disappointing end to the experience,…
Guam National Guard has set up check points around the island making sure that residents are not leaving their homes for unessential reasons. They are questioning people at these checkpoints on major roads and patrolling public areas to make sure…
The Guam Reef hotel wrote the word hope in the rooms at the hotel. Due to the virus hotels are closed and some are being used as quarantine centers. The image depicts hope shinning on the island of Guam for better days ahead.
This was a portion of our parking lot and when the CDC recommended that people maintain a distance of 6 feet between people, we drew rainbows (a symbol that stood for 'togetherness' in our town) 6 feet apart to facilitate maintenance of the CDC…
The sale of hand sanitizer at a food service location seems somewhat unconventional. It was being produced by my manager/owner of the store's non-profit organization. I heard many times things such as "this is the only hand sanitizer I can find"and…
An announcement to all students, faculty, and employees of Springfield College stating that for the rest of the school year of 2020, classes will be moved to an online format due to the COVID 19 virus. Employees and faculty are advised to work from…
During this pandemic, my mom (Kerry Hart) has been working with local Middlesex Hospital to sew reusable mask covers for the hospital workers. The hospital sent out instructions on how to make the covers, and provides the material. So far, my mom…
This image was taken at my home in Granby, Massachusetts. I was playing basketball by myself on my street in the early afternoon. It represents Springfield College, the birthplace of basketball, being trapped by an external force. The COVID-19…
It was blurry when I posted the video, therefore I took a screenshot one of the moment in the video, where the students were smiling, and not in a "social distant" time as we are right now. We were all waiting for our Springfield College president to…
Members of Springfield College were about to start a meeting with the President, to discuss about the global crisis COVID-19. The meeting was held before the Spring break, and before the "social distancing" time, therefore everyone was in a close…
Hannah Barnes a sophomore at Springfield College decided to meet up with her home friends at Groton Dunstable Regional High School- which they all graduated from in 2018. The group of friends followed social distancing guidelines created by the CDC.…
This is a sketch by a Springfield College junior enrolled in Prof. Ian Delahanty's HIST 106 class. It is a hand-drawn illustration of a coronavirus microbe surrounded by images associated with Springfield College and brief quotes from the artist's…