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March 2020

Unprecedented wiped-out store shelves

As I remember now, around mid of March 2020 my undergrad school pushed all students and faculty to an immediate break while college administration had figured out the transforming in-person classes into online ones. Meanwhile, I was thrown into a new reality of Covid19 lockdown in NYC. As a part of it, there were empty shelves in supermarkets and grocery stores. On the first days of the officially declared lockdown, supermarkets became rapidly overcrowded by New York residents who had to rush to buy essential food supplies that could be preserved for a long time. The atmosphere of common panic at the beginning of the pandemic and lockdown seemed to be everywhere in New York. Hence, supermarket shelves naturally turned to be aisles with wiped-out shelves. Besides the essential foods, toilet paper and disinfection items (sanitizers and wipes) also run out with the speed of light. During the lockdown times, I remember challenges in finding these sanitizing wipes and sanitizers in the stores which were extremely needed. I made a joke once in my conversation with a store employee that I would have a time machine to travel to the recent past and buy all needed things and return. Supermarkets’ management decided to limit the sales items to avoid the absolute lack of necessary products in their stores. I could never imagine seeing such a lack of necessary food products in an economically advanced country like the US. In contrast, today and in pre-Covid times I did regularly head to do shopping in supermarkets, and I was able to view fully packed shelves and fridges with all types of various foods and products.

11/18/2020

Avery Judnic Oral History, 2020/11/18

In this interview with Avery Judnic, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, she will be touching on a variety of topics ranging from her experiences as a high schooler to her college experience. Being a freshman in college, in 2020, means that Avery’s spring of 2020 was spent in high school during the COVID pandemic and her fall semester is being experienced now as a freshman in college. Her class has experience from both high school and college during the pandemic. As she discusses her concerns about the pandemic pre-college and during college, varying trends and ideals are displayed in her experiences. Understanding the life of the class that has been thrown into the thickest of it all will reveal some of the most impactful effects of the pandemic. Avery focuses on her experience in her hometown compared to college life, as well as the concerns of her and her fellow classmates. “It's not about business, it's about teaching, and inspiring young people to do other things in their lives.”

2020-03-02

The St. Mary's Wind Ensemble returning for the Fall 2020 Semester

A series of emails from the university president explaining university policies for the upcoming fall 2020 semester. What is significant about these emails is how it demonstrates the university and the music department’s steps to try and maintain the ability to hold in-person events on campus when COVID was at its height in 2020.

04/07/2021

Jitinder Walia Oral History, 2021/04/07

Jitinder Walia, Executive Director of Bronx Community College’s Early Childhood Center, describes how she and her staff managed to continue educating the children of BCC’s students after the campus had closed. When she first realized the pandemic would cause the Center to end in-person classes, she felt devastated. But she quickly realized that the children and their parents needed the Center’s services during this extremely stressful time. So she and her staff figured out how to provide online lessons for young children and social services for parents without in-person contact. Jitinder misses hugs from children and face-to-face chats with parents. She’s looking forward to the day when she can hear the sounds of 100+ energetic children in her building. Yet she’s immensely proud of the way her staff has continued the Center’s mission during the pandemic, and she plans to continue some of the online activities created because of Covid.

2020-10-19

Jewish Melbourne: Melton online programming

During the lockdown Melton School turned to online programming in order to continue classes. This is one example of a course which they ran.

April 14, 2020

COVID Share Your Story #RITtigers #23, Graphic Design Major's Point of view

Online learning is difficult especially in my designing classes so I have to basically learn on my own. The good thing is I adjusted but I do my work on my own time. If I could give a message to myself at the start of this semester, what would I say? Save up your money and use online resources.

2020-03-19

UTAS students given three days to decide on online learning before census

2020-05-20

Living through Covid-19 While in College

A short recap of what my weeks look like while taking online classes during the pandemic.

Text, "DAY 1 OF ONLINE CLASSES: I MISSED ALL MY ATTENDANCE, JOINED THE WRONG CLASS, AND MISSED MY ZOOM LESSON : WHO DO I EMAIL AT CACTUS SHADOWS TO FAX ME MY DIPLOMA?"

2020-04-02

Online School In a Picture

This was my first day of online classes, and I had a rough start. #cshsecon

2020-04-26

My Experiences of COVID-19

Personal experience with COVID-19

Multiple sheets of paper resting on a notebook next to a pen.

2020-04-20

Submitting Online Coursework Without Access to Computer or Internet, New Orleans, LA

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, classes at the University of New Orleans are all taking place online. However, not all students have access to a computer or the internet. In order to meet all of the course requirements, undergraduate student Morgan Authement completed her assignments by hand, photographed them, and emailed them to her professor with her phone.

2020-04-03

A day in the life

A college student's personal experience during COVID.

2020-03-09

Calm before the Storm

This was on a nice, sunny Monday. Students were enjoying the weather, looking forward to spring break and "Staller season". The very next day, there were a series of emails announcing the transition to online classes followed by the complete shut down of the campus days after. Due to COVID-19, events were canceled, students were forced to go back home, and people are worried. This video perfectly encapsulates how care free students were before things became serious. *Last week of classes before Spring Break