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COVID-19 FAQs posted on SC website on 3-7-20
This document was prepared by public health and health science faculty at Springfield College, and was posted to the College's COVID-19 webpage on March 7th, 2020. It was out of date by the 8th, when cases were reported in Western MA.
Info about Social Distancing, 3-18-20
This document provides information about how to stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic, including details about social distancing. This document was posted on the SC COVID-19 webpage on March 18th, 2020, which was the day that the College decided…
Fliers posted by the health science club
This file includes two files that were developed and posted by the SC Health Science Club in late February/early March of 2020. These fliers were initially designed to respond to general concerns during the cold and flu season, but as concerns about…
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 working at home at the same time as schools closed, keeping children at home.
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--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.
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 campus, and after the announcement that the remainder of the spring 2020 semester would be taught…
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.
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 annual conference in over a hundred years. The 2020 conference was originally scheduled for late March…
Sigma Tau Delta conference cancellation--original notice
An email from Sigma Tau Delta (the English honor society) dated March 12, 2020.
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.
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.
Learning Commons looking at Naismith
View from Learning Commons 2nd floor on the rainy day before online classes began.
The President of Springfield College held a meeting with students about the Coronavirus topic.
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…
The President of Springfield College held a meeting with students about the Coronavirus topic.
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…
Moving Online
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…
Letter from Mary-Beth Cooper to Study Abroad Student
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,…
Emails from Springfield College as progression of COVID-19 takes place
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…
Academic Policy Changes at Springfield College
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.…
Schedule Before and After Covid19
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…