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Title A name given to the resource CARES Act Emergency Grant Application Description An account of the resource Email to SRU students about the emergency funding available to students Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-05-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships Relation A related resource SRU Administrator Email SRU Administrator SRU Official Communications https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/9e653b09eaaae843d4326e0194432766.pdf afc8157d1019ae2880670eb06e22b16c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource CARES Act Notification to Eligible Students Description An account of the resource Email to SRU students about the emergency funding available to students Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Slippery Rock University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-05-01 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Office of Financial Aid, Office of Student Accounts Relation A related resource SRU Administrator Email SRU Administrator SRU Official Communications https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/e787d5243be3d18c69d96acec055f322.pdf 403fa430670c3388f1c5aef4e8a0dd23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rocket Description An account of the resource Items from Slippery Rock University's official student newspaper, The Rocket. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Three weeks ago, Joanne Leight expected to be back at her office in Morrow Field House, preparing for her classes in the physical and health education department to start again following spring break. But like many professors across campus, Leight has spent this past week assisting her colleagues in managing a task no department at SRU has never done before: moving all courses online in the middle of the semester. As chairperson, Leight joined Zoom calls with her fellow professors in the physical and health education department as they order webcams and microphones for online learning and decide how to modify their most hands-on courses, such as scuba diving, to a new modality. All while leading her own department, Leight offered her help as one of 25 mentors to assist the Center for Teaching and Learning as it helps train faculty members to teach online courses. “We’re trying to support my colleagues in the department as best as we can through emails, through Zoom calls, through resources that I’ve been sending to them, and just trying to find the best way to serve our students because they are and always will be our number one priority,” Leight said. Dr. Leight @Dr_Leight Another day, another online meeting. Super proud of my department. Blessed to be their chair. @slipperyrocku @SchoolWellEdu #PHE View image on Twitter 51 12:04 PM - Mar 18, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy See Dr. Leight's other Tweets Last week, faculty members across all academic departments have begun the process of converting courses online. This mass preparation began after SRU President William Behre announced March 16 that all face-to-face courses for the rest of the semester will be delivered via online instruction starting on March 30 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, SRU faculty have one more week to prepare their courses for online delivery. Since the original announcement of SRU’s extended spring break, SRU’s Center for Teaching and Learning has compiled materials to assist faculty in converting their courses to an online format. Brian Danielson, the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, said professional development materials were already online prior to the coronavirus pandemic. “A lot of our instructional content and professional development content for faculty is already digital,” Danielson said. “What we were able to do is kind of pull together our entire catalog of instructional videos and online digital resources and kind of repackage them.” The center is also offering Educational Technology Workshops via Zoom, SRU’s virtual classroom and webinar software, for faculty to prepare for online instruction. The two different workshops will focus on Zoom (for synchronous learning) and online lesson creation (for asynchronous learning). The Center for Teaching and Learning also operates a page on SRU’s website concerning faculty professional development and is continuing to develop its resource tab on instructional continuity. According to the resource tab, the Center for Teaching and Learning recommends these basic steps for faculty members to convert their courses to online instruction: Develop a communication plan and inform students Organize instruction by weeks Develop weekly objectives Determine instructional materials needed for each week Upload instructional materials to D2L Determine assessment methods for each week Build assessments into D2L Danielson added that not all five weeks of instruction need to be prepared before classes resume on March 30. For students, D2L technical support will expand to 24 hours each day. Between 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., calls will be answered by the Center for Teaching and Learning. After 4:30 p.m., calls will be answered by D2L technicians. On March 12, the Facebook page for SRU’s chapter of the Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties (APSCUF) shared a call for faculty volunteers to assist with the Center for Teaching and Learning. As of Monday afternoon, 25 faculty members have offered to serve as faculty mentors. These mentors represent all four of SRU’s academic colleges as well as academic services. Jason Hilton, vice president of SRU’s APSCUF chapter, said that some faculty reached out to himself and Ben Shaevitz, SRU APSCUF president, to assist the Center for Teaching and Learning, prompting the union to post a call for volunteers on Facebook. “As we sort of randomly began to collect those things and forward them onto the Center for Teaching and Learning, it occurred to us that if we had a bigger push, we might get even more faculty to identify, but also that we wanted to provide the Center for Teaching and Learning with consistent information about the faculty,” Hilton said of SRU APSCUF’s decision to post the call for volunteers. These “resident experts,” according to Danielson, will assist other professors in D2L, Zoom, PowerPoint, MediaSpace and VoiceThread. The faculty mentors are able to support other faculty members with one-on-one support, a type of support the Center for Teaching and Learning may not be able to provide in its current upscaled form. “We’re not resources with the staff to provide one-on-one support for faculty, so if a faculty member’s never taught online before, they need to sit down with somebody one-on-one to receive some kind of training,” Danielson said. As a former faculty fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning, Leight said she respects Danielson and his center for their work during the time of the coronavirus pandemic and wanted to help alleviate some of the pressure on them if she was able to do so. “It’s what we do at Slippery Rock,” Leight said. “We step up, we help each other out, and if I know enough to help someone else, I’d be doing a disservice to the university if I didn’t try to help out.” As of last Thursday, Leight said no faculty members outside of her department have reached out for support. For some courses offered at SRU, there are specific concerns about how the courses may shift online. Danielson said that instructional design professionals and faculty members are in “new territory” as they convert to online instruction during the coronavirus pandemic. “There are certainly some things that cannot go online, and so we are working with faculty to come up with ways to manage that,” Danielson said. “This is new territory for everybody, so even instructional design professionals like myself and our faculty are encountering situations that have just never been encountered before. It’s a collaboration that’s requiring quite a bit of creativity, but everyone has an open mind that I’ve worked with so far on trying to find creative ways to make that happen.” In Leight’s own department, students will not be able to receive certifications as part of certain courses, including lifeguarding and scuba diving, since they cannot demonstrate their knowledge of the skills without face-to-face instruction. In those classes, the professors will use videos and online resources to complete the rest of the course. The American Red Cross has given permission for professors to post its exam online for one attempt. “Students will be able to at least take the exam and pass the course, but they won’t get the certification because they don’t have the skills done,” Leight said. “That’s the drawback to this, but that’s nothing that we can control, but we will still give them the information the best that we can.” SRU APSCUF’s Hilton, who has published research about critical dialogue in online courses, commended them for their hard work and engagement while modifying their courses for online. “Never has a college just gone online in the middle of the semester,” Hilton said. “I’m so proud of our faculty because they have just taken after this. We’ve gotten very few instances of pushback, but we’ve gotten so many faculty who have so many ideas and are trying to make the online version of their courses as high quality and as effective as the in-person versions of their courses.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Center for Teaching and Learning, APSCUF members prepare for online instruction Description An account of the resource This story was originally published in the news section of The Rocket's website, theonlinerocket.com. 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Title A name given to the resource SRU Faculty Description An account of the resource Items contributed by SRU Faculty Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Changes in Groceries Shopping Description An account of the resource The pandemic has drastically changed our lives in so many ways, including groceries shopping. Groceries stores implement a lot more rules to maintain cleanliness and social distancing, such as one-way aisles, hand-sanitizer stations, signs of distancing throughout the store, and of course toilet papers kept at Customer Services. So this song comes to my head: "So darlin', darlin', DON'T stand by me." But we will get through this together! :) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Thuy Bui Relation A related resource SRU Faculty Image SRU Faculty https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/836dacc8ce0767f6824f0fe9d0b1eb7b.jpg a1fccb8d62fb749ab867697f4eaf92cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alumni Collection Description An account of the resource Items contributed by Alumni of Slippery Rock University Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Child wearing homemade face mask Description An account of the resource This is my four-year-old son, Adam, wearing a face mask my mother sewed for him. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sarah Hendess Relation A related resource SRU Alumni Image SRU Alumni https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/cbd031732d6118295529faba06cee475.pdf 923e0916768b92b051c4cd7a785c0672 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rocket Description An account of the resource Items from Slippery Rock University's official student newspaper, The Rocket. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The global spread of the coronavirus has changed more than daily routines and social interaction — the changes in our daily lives by COVID-19 are impacting the environment and climate change. Dr. Julie Snow, professor of geography, geology and the environment, said energy usage is the largest contributor to global climate change. The burning of fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, but travel has decreased dramatically since the spread of the coronavirus began. Because travel has been limited in the United States and internationally, carbon dioxide production has also decreased. “The coronavirus has slowed down the world economy because people are forced to remain at home; they’re not driving cars, they’re not traveling, businesses and schools are closed,” Snow said. “Our energy usage in all of those sectors has dropped.” She said the long-term impact of COVID-19 on global climate change depends on how countries decide to reinstate business. The short-term impact, however, is already very noticeable, according to Snow. “If we look at a more immediate impact, the reduction in air pollution in many of the world’s largest cities is dramatic,” Snow said. “This creates immediate relief for people who suffer from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Worldwide, 4.6 million people die from air pollution a year, so the relief from air pollution will impact many individuals.” According to NASA, nitrogen dioxide levels have dropped 30% since the outbreak of the coronavirus. The reduction in nitrogen dioxide pollution was first apparent near Wuhan, China, but eventually spread across the country. Europe has seen a similar drop in air pollution levels, according to the European Space Agency. “My hope is that we see this change and can adapt to living in a way that keeps this change in place in the future,” Snow said. Though the environment has been positively impacted short-term by the coronavirus, Snow said climate change may cause an increase in the spread of infectious diseases in the future. “We’ve seen an increase in the poleward movement of many tropical diseases,” she said. “That means diseases like Zika, Malaria and Dengue Fever are moving toward the United States from Central America as they follow the increases in temperatures.” Snow said she believes the biggest public health crisis facing the world today is climate change. She added that the world’s lack of preparedness regarding COVID-19 is concerning because the number of public health issues due to climate change is high and continues to increase yearly with rising temperatures. “If you begin to make a list of public health issues related to climate change — heat, disease, air pollution, water scarcity, food scarcity, extreme weather and mental health — you quickly realize that the list continues on and on,” she said. “We need to address the climate change public health crisis today.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Climate change impacted by spread of COVID-19 Description An account of the resource This story was originally published in the news section of The Rocket's website, theonlinerocket.com. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-03-28 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Allison Downs Relation A related resource SRU Student Article SRU Student Story The Rocket https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/01a96c4b8e47778bd6a80c5fc59c072f.pdf af4a3bf74e32fb5242db87bcbb747f6b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rocket Description An account of the resource Items from Slippery Rock University's official student newspaper, The Rocket. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Slippery Rock early childhood and elementary music programs introduced Make Music, virtual music classes on Facebook Live, as part of their Community Engagement Initiative. The Make Music series are part of the initiative, partnering with students from the Butler County Head Start Program and the Butler County Preschool. Ashley Bartley, a Head Start head teacher at Butler County Children Center, attended classes on Fridays with Cassandra Eisenreich, an assistant professor of music education and flute, and her students. Bartley said that her group of 20, ages three to five, were excited to go to campus every Friday. “They loved it, and I will say my teaching staff and myself love it too,” Bartley said. “It is a time that is filled with music, movement, learning, playing and much more.” Bartley said that Eisenreich emailed her to let her know that the online music classes could be a possibility. “I was so excited,” Bartley said. “I just know that my students really enjoy them and hopefully other children in our area can now enjoy them.” Barltey reminded children’s families to watch the Facebook Live stream and said that she knows that music sessions similar to those of Eisenreich’s students are important for all ages. The sessions run Monday through Friday, starting at 10 a.m., and can be found on the SRU Early Childhood and Elementary Music Facebook page.. Eisenreich said that she wanted to provide an opportunity for the weekly students, as well as others, to tune in. “Children enjoy interacting with their friends and having these opportunities to sing and play with others,” Eisenreich said. In the live sessions, the students ask questions to the children watching, incorporating the comments into the song or activity of the day. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are sing and play sessions, which include “hello” and “goodbye” songs with a main activity in between them. Each session follows a theme such as animals, colors or art. Tuesdays and Thursdays are meet the musician sessions, featuring one a student and an instrument they play. The student will play children’s songs and have the children watch, clap their hands to the beat or engage them otherwise. At the end of each live session, additional resources are provided in the comment section that relate to the session topic of the day. “We live in this world of music, we understand the importance of it,” Eisenreich said. “We have seen the power of music and how much joy it brings to children.” Eisenreich said that the students are stepping up at a difficult time, writing their own songs and learning new ones. The initiative began March 30th with Rebecca DeGraff, a senior music therapy major. Degraff prepared a song related to animals and the sounds they make for her session. Degraff said that Facebook Live is nice in the aspect of interacting with the kids. “One mom said after the session I did on Monday, that she had written in the name of her child, where they lived and how old she was, and I said ‘Oh hello so and so from this town’ and her mom said that her child’s eyes lit up to hear her name,” Degraff said. Degraff has gotten pictures from parents of kids crowded around the computer screen and singing. “I think it’s important for [the kids] to still be able to get this, in a little way,” Degraff said. “It’s providing some sort of structure when their days right now are probably unstructured.” Eisenreich said that the students are consistently providing opportunities to the community. Ashley Bodnar, a senior music education major and instructional strategies for students with disabilities minor, taught the live session on Tuesday. Bodnar said that the Make Music sessions are a good experience to have for teaching, because although the students have some familiarity with online teaching, the classes usually aren’t geared towards young children of preschool age. “I really love working with the younger kids and I’m happy we are still finding a way to still bring music to them,” Bodnar said. Other students agree with Bodnar, including Alaina Stroud, a senior music therapy and music education dual major. Stroud is student teaching and finishing her music therapy degree. Stroud taught the live session on Wednesday and said that it is cool to watch the comments on the video pop up, where she can read them at her own pace, as opposed to a classroom setting where students may talk all at once. “Music is an incredibly important part of a child’s development not only as a musician but as a human,” Stroud said. “We teach how to be a good person, to love music and love the world, and education goals are important for kids to have.” Stroud said that it’s exciting to see alumni participating and commenting on the videos and interacting with students. Andy Kolar, an alum with a bachelor’s degree in music, has his kids participate in the Make Music sessions, tuning in from Connecticut. Kolar said that he wanted his younger kids to have some sort of music class because his older kids now don’t have a music class like they would in preschool or kindergarten. “They lose their minds when their names are mentioned, so they love that,” Kolar said. “Again, it stimulates them like being called on in school, in a good way.” Kolar said that he wanted to keep music in his kid’s lives, but that it is also a great learning experience for Slippery Rock students. “They are experiencing this phenomenon just like every other music teacher having to now do things unconventionally online,” Kolar said. The Make Music sessions are scheduled for three full weeks, with a set schedule, but according to Bodnar, may continue till the end of the school year. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document For students who may not have access to high-speed Internet or own a personal laptop, transitioning and adjusting to distance learning may have been troublesome. SRU administration, however, devised and enacted a solution to this problem: Connectivity. Connectivity, which was established by SRU President William Behre, provides laptops and other technology to students who don’t have access to them at home and assists students with Internet connection issues. Dr. John Ziegler, associate provost for Information and Administrative Technology Services (IATS), said Connectivity has helped a lot of students prepare for online classes. “Most laptops were loaned through Bailey Library, and most students picked up their laptops themselves to avoid any unnecessary hassle,” Ziegler said. “We’ve also suggested that students reach out to their Internet providers to get a hotspot, which Connectivity has reimbursed them for.” He added that turning a smartphone into a personal hotspot, if it has that capability, is an option for students as well. For example, if a student loses electricity at home or their Internet is down temporarily, enabling the hotspot capability on their phone is a practical backup plan. So far, according to Ziegler, Connectivity has loaned 24 laptops to students, who will be required to return them to the library. “Many students only have satellite communication at home or have no connectivity at all,” Ziegler said. “I’ve heard about students having to use or borrow Internet from their neighbors in order to do their schoolwork.” He added that, although IATS has been busy throughout the past two weeks, they haven’t been unusually busy. “We haven’t really received any complaints so far,” Ziegler said. “It’s kind of been business as usual. We’ve been pretty busy, but it hasn’t really been anything out of the ordinary. We’re still working hard to help our students.” For more information, contact connectivity@sru.edu or view the “Technology” section of the COVID-19 Student Resources page on SRU’s website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 15 March, 2020 Things are not looking better for us. There is talk going around that everything will be shut down starting Wednesday. I imagine grocery stores, gas stations, and things like that will stay open, but rumor has it that stores, restaurants, etc. will all be closed. Perhaps I will not get to work after all. If this whole thing is an elaborate plot, then I do not see what the endgame is. Divert attention? Destabilize? Prove the superiority of online shopping? The CDC has advised against any gatherings of 50+ people. I don’t know what to expect when I go back to the apartment. Will I be greeted by a ghost town? It’s still hard to believe this whole thing is actually happening. No more than a few weeks ago my friends and I were all in a classroom joking about the virus. Now, it’s grinding our country to a complete standstill. In just a weekend, it’s like everything has changed. One thing’s for sure, if they do shut down everything, I’m going to be incredibly bored. I should be using all of my downtime to do research for a project which is still due, but I can’t seem to motivate myself to do it. Speaking of school, I need to figure out how I’m going to apply for student teaching. I hope this whole thing won’t cause any setback for me. I feel as if this journal is terribly devoid of emotion. I guess because the disease has not affected me or anyone close to me, I really don’t have much to say about it. I’m completely over my cold, so I feel safe going out again. I don’t know what the point will be when everything’s shut down though. I’m still seeing my Girlfriend. She’s honestly the best thing to have happened to me amidst all this. I enjoy talking to her, and learning more about her. If it weren’t for her, I’d be unbearably lonely. All of my friends are miles away. I wish it were normal again. I could go back to school, see all of my friends, get into a bit of trouble, the things someone my age should be doing. I guess you never realize what the world has to offer you until it isn’t there anymore. I’m also curious about how this will affect the election. Despite my best hopes, people are starting to politicize the whole thing. Each side is criticizing the others efforts to stop the spread. I guess that’s how politicians work though. The funniest thing is, I had a feeling that something wasn’t right this semester. I had a gut feeling that something about this semester just didn’t feel like the past ones. Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but maybe the universe was telling me to be on my guard. Probably not. I’m not one for superstitious nonsense. All of these people who think this signifies the end of days it fulfills some ancient prophecy have spent far too much time buried in a bible, so to speak. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corona Journal Description An account of the resource From my Coronavirus Journal, the last entry before everything shut down in Washington County Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-03-15 Relation A related resource SRU Student SRU Student Story https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/6d7d2dd62a4c2c9e6048d48a1d1ee969.pdf 79153443a1fd82235aef4e484d7f80fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rocket Description An account of the resource Items from Slippery Rock University's official student newspaper, The Rocket. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document UPDATE (MARCH 20, 11:50 a.m.) The Student Counseling Center will no longer be operating out of the office, according to clinical director Dr. Kenneth Messina. “We are working on making sure we are providing support and access to students in a variety of ways while most of our students are away from campus,” Messina said. He added that he is unsure of specifics because the center is still in the process of finalizing plans to be able to meet students’ needs in the best way possible, but that students who are currently utilizing the counseling center’s services will be contacted as soon as plans are finalized. “Our counselors are working hard to make sure we have a plan that ensures the best access for students and remains consistent with the best practices of our profession,” Messina said. He said students can email the Student Counseling Center at scc@sru.edu or call the office at (724) 738-2034 with questions as he and counselors are checking the voicemail remotely. Karla Fonner, director of Student Support, said the office will be making minimal changes in order to continue to connect students to resources that best fit their needs at this time. “Our Student Support office helps students find ways to navigate stressful life events making it difficult for them to complete coursework,” Fonner said via email. She added that though the Boost peer team will not report to campus, and all Boost events have been canceled, they will provide helpful resources and wellness reminders through their Twitter account. Fonner said the best way to reach Student Support is to send an email to her, or to enter the information into the Care network. The Care network, she said, will continue to be monitored regularly, and all students referred will still receive outreach. Dr. John Rindy, director of the Office for Career Education and Development, provided further details about how appointments with career coaches will be conducted. He said they cannot answer their phones due to the physical office being closed, so all appointments should be scheduled online through Handshake’s Career Center tab. Once a student schedules an appointment, he continued, they will receive an email either directly from the Handshake system or from their career coach with the Zoom video URL they can use at the time of their meeting. He added that if students don’t have a laptop or computer with video and audio capabilites at home, they can use their smartphones for their appointments by downloading the Zoom app. He added that students should reach out directly to their career coach, who can arrange a phone appointment. “Students can opt out of using video during their appointments unless the appointment is for a mock interview or for interview advice, since those appointment types require that the career coach can view the student and make observations and provide advice on things like nonverbal communication,” Rindy said. He also said juniors and seniors looking for internships should utilize Handshake as there are hundreds of jobs and internships posted. “Companies who post on Handshake have specifically chosen to send their jobs to SRU, so it is a search tool that is far superior to Indeed or Simply Hired because 100% of the employers in our system deliberately chose to seek SRU graduates or interns,” Rindy said. He added that the Uncommon Hour programs will continue virtually, and several other topics have been added to the series. Students will be able to register for any of these on Handshake’s Events tab. Upcoming events include: March 24: Designing Your Life (Life Design Workshop) March 26: Developing Strong Professional Writing Samples for Applications March 30: Increasing Your Chances for Grad School Acceptance April 6: Developing Cover Letters — When? Why? How? April 7: Careers in Commercial Real Estate April 16: Managing Money and Debt Uncommon Hour programs to be added include topics such as LinkedIn; education, business, science and technology resumes; and searching for jobs and interviews. ORIGINAL POST (MARCH 13) In response to the coronavirus outbreak, SRU President William Behre announced Wednesday, March 11 in an email sent to university stakeholders that SRU will extend its spring break by two weeks; he announced Monday in another email that instruction will resume through distance learning modalities starting March 30. A revised FAQ document attached to the March 11 email stated that campus is open only for basic business operations and that ancillary facilities — Aebersold Recreation Center, Bailey Library, the Macoskey Center and Storm Harbor Equestrian Center — will all be closed. Though auxiliary facilities will be closed, campus offices such as Student Health Services will remain open to students. Dr. Natalie Burick, director of the Office of Disability Services (ODS), said she and the rest of the office staff will be working remotely. “We have been working diligently to ensure our services are streamlined for an online process,” Dr. Natalie Burick, director of the Office of Disability Services (ODS), said. “We can Zoom, Skype, or call students from our cell phones using Google Voice.” One particular service the ODS provides is note-taking. Burick said note-takers have already been directed to continue taking notes for their classes as per usual and have been given instructions for submitting notes electronically. “If the class format changes and notes aren’t needed, note-takers should contact us immediately so we can communicate with students,” she said. “We also reached out to students who receive notes and told them to communicate with us if there are issues regarding notes.” She added that communications have already been sent to students informing them about what they should do if they need certain accommodations; students should check their email and respond if they have questions. Director of Student Health Services Kristina Benkeser said the health center will maintain its 24/7 hours, but she encourages all students to call the health center before visiting. “If we can handle it over the phone, we will,” she said. “A nurse will be available at all times to answer students’ calls and help them. We want to limit exposure as much as possible at this time.” Benkeser said nurses at the Student Health Center can schedule appointments, help students with transferring their prescriptions and talk with students about any health concerns or problems they may be experiencing over the phone. She added that, during this time, it’s absolutely important to practice social distancing, to wash your hands and to be prepared for anything. “This situation is constantly evolving and changing,” she said. “Every day is a new adventure.” Dr. Kenneth Messina, clinical director of the Student Counseling Center, said the center will remain open during the extended break and will continue to reassess based on student need. He added that all in-office services will still be available to students, but all planned outreach events on campus have been canceled. “We still have groups and individual sessions,” Messina said. “Our walk-in services are still available as well. We are encouraging students to try to call and schedule appointments as we want to reduce the number of people in our waiting area, but still want students to utilize walk-in time if they need those services.” He said counselors are also prepared to assist students in finding services in their home areas. Students who need assistance finding a mental health provider in their area can call the counseling center’s front desk to schedule a phone call with one of the counselors to begin the referral process. Messina encouraged students to watch for updates in emails, on SRU’s website and on the counseling center’s Twitter page. Student Support will also remain open and active, according to director Karla Fonner, but there will be no face-to-face meetings. All meetings will be conducted via the Internet or phone call. She added that the best way to contact Student Support is to email her (karla.fonner@sru.edu) or to submit a Care Report. “All students referred will still receive outreach from our office or the necessary campus partner,” Fonner said. In addition to in-person meetings being suspended, Boost student staff will not report to campus, and all Boost events have been canceled. Dr. Lyosha Gorshkov, assistant director of the Women’s and Pride Centers, said the Women’s and Pride Centers will not be operating as they normally would, but he encourages students, staff and faculty to reach out with any questions or concerns they may have via email. “We are hoping that after March 30, we will be able to get back to our regular schedule,” Gorshkov said. “We have to wait until the president and his cabinet make the announcement regarding campus operations.” All dining services will remain closed through the extended break until March 30, according to Christopher Cole, director of Auxiliary Operations and Student Services. Cole said students who are registered to stay in the residence during the extended break will have access to boxed meals from Boozel Express beginning with dinner on Sunday, March 15. Breakfast will be available from 7-9 a.m., lunch will be available from noon to 1 p.m. and dinner will be available from 5-6 p.m. The Office for Career Education and Development, according to director Dr. John Rindy, will be open and keeping all previously scheduled appointments, but they won’t be face-to-face. “Anyone who has already scheduled will receive an email from their career coach that will include a Zoom URL to click on at their appointment time,” Rindy said. “Zoom works from PCs, Macs and newer iPhones. I recommend being at a laptop or desktop, especially if you are having a document reviewed. That can get pretty tiny on a smartphone.” Students who need to complete a career assignment can still do that by scheduling on Handshake — on the Handshake app, choose “School” to find the appointment function. All appointments that can be done face-to-face can also be done via Zoom, Rindy said. He added that his staff may be reduced dramatically, depending on whether his contingency plan for the office is approved by university administration. “Many coaches on our team are graduated assistants and undergrad peer educators — that’s 3/4 of my staff,” Rindy said. “As long as administration approves my grad assistants and students having appointments from their laptops at home, we should be good. If we have to default to my full-time staff, then we will only be able to accommodate a fraction of the hundreds of appointments that would still have sought services from our office. For now, though, we hope to be full steam ahead!” He said all Uncommon Hour programs will also be hosted virtually. Everyone who registered will receive a URL for viewing the programs live, and the office will tweet the links to the virtual Uncommon Hour programs for other students who want to attend. Lisa Ringer, director of the SGA preschool and childcare center, said the center closed Monday at 6 p.m., but they plan to reopen Monday, March 30. For more SRU-related COVID-19 information, visit www.sru.edu/covid19. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource COVID-19 doesn’t stop faculty from supporting students Description An account of the resource This story was originally published in the news section on The Rocket's website, theonlinerocket.com. 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Title A name given to the resource COVID-19 Workout Description An account of the resource And here's a funny clip of my husband (Ben Viatori) and I finding creative ways to stay fit during this time Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lindsay Viatori, Ben Viatori Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-03-27 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lindsay Viatori Relation A related resource SRU Faculty Image SRU Faculty Video YouTube https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/1fa76de1c6262b1b69702e1ff4a9f90e.pdf 2a7ca2e86e4639de61a174680ae54802 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rocket Description An account of the resource Items from Slippery Rock University's official student newspaper, The Rocket. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Nationally, the number of domestic violence calls are on a decline, even though the number of cases are on an incline, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sarah Bowen, executive director of The Alpha Omega Center in Slippery Rock, says that as stress increases, violence also increases. This abuse can be between domestic partners or child abuse. “People are concerned about the economy, their jobs and putting food on the table, and those things can sometimes come out in very unhealthy and violent ways,” Bowen said. “I think the biggest thing to know is that if someone is in the house with a violent partner or if they are concerned about the situation becoming violent, there is help.” She said crisis shelters are still functioning and that there are mental health institutions and other institutions that can make people feel calmer and help them deal with the emotions they are feeling. One of those crisis shelters is Victim Outreach Intervention Center, better known as VOICe, in Butler County. “The work we do is absolutely essential to our community; therefore, all of our services remain open and fully operational,” said Maizee Zaccone, a VOICe outreach and volunteer advocate. “However, during this time we have had to make adjustments to ensure the safety and health of our staff and clients.” Zaccone said VOICe has adapted every service to an online or remote functionality. “Our shelter continues to operate, but with the current emphasis on social distancing and quarantining, our shelter residents have been relocated to individual hotel rooms and remote facilities,” Zaccone said. “All faculty are currently working remotely from home.” Bowen said The Alpha Omega Center is also taking those precautions. They are disinfecting as much as possible between clients and their parenting program has moved completely online. “Our moms and dads don’t have to come in,” Bowen said. “We didn’t want them to have to ride the bus or share rides.” Zaccone said there is no data to suggest that the numbers are increasing locally, specifically in Butler County. “While this may be true on a global scale, at this time, we do not have the data to suggest that it is a fact locally,” Zaccone said. “However, current abusive relationships are absolutely more at risk with vulnerability of quarantine orders, and we suggest anyone experiencing a crisis or anyone with questions to call our free, confidential, around-the-clock hotline.” The hotline is 1.800.400.8551, and Zaccone said calling is the first step they advise because it is the gateway to all other services that VOICe offers. “The hotline also allows the caller to talk through the situation with a trauma-informed staff member and help the caller determine what safety plan is best to implement for themselves,” Zaccone said. Bowen said that calling or texting 911 is also always an option. She said texting during an emergency can help if someone feels that people are listening to their conversations. “You can even call 911 from a phone that does not have a current plan,” Bowen said. “You can also message domestic violence or crisis shelters through Instagram, Facebook and sometimes even Snapchat so that the messages will disappear.” Zaccone said at the time she is unaware of any online services and that VOICe does not use email. “We do not provide services across email because of safety issues,” she said. “Emails can easily be found in someone’s system, even after hitting delete. Plus, many people have their email set across multiple devices.” Zaccone said they always refer people to their hotline to access services. She recommends those who are stuck in quarantine at home in an abusive situation, blocked from technology with no ability to leave, to put some measures in place for themselves. “We advise everyone, no matter what scenario they are in, to create a thorough safety plan that can be adapted for the situation,” Zaccone said. “For those quarantined at home, this can mean gathering up important documentation, money, clothing, and any vital resources so that if an opportunity to leave safely arises, they can do so.” She said that calling the hotline is still the safest option, and she only recommends the safely escaping plan to anyone that needs it or is blocked from all technology. Bowen said that another option if you feel in danger is to remove yourself from the situation and walk down the street. “Walk down the public street until you come to a police station or a nonprofit that is open and then walk inside and ask for help,” Bowen said. She also said stress is unavoidable and the stress everyone feels right now is extremely high. She encourages all parents to sign up for Alpha Omega Center’s Parenting Program to avoid losing their temper during this stressful time. “Even the best parent can lose their temper during this,” Bowen said. She also said if someone is in a relationship that is abusive, they must understand that it is okay to leave. “Just because it’s a crisis and because the other person is having a hard time does not mean you have to subject yourself to an unhealthy situation,” Bowen said. She said even though The Alpha Omega Center isn’t specifically designed to deal with these types of situations, they can make referrals and screen all clients for domestic violence. “We encourage our clients that if they need to leave and don’t have anywhere to go to give one of us a call, and we will help right away,” Bowen said. “We have even told clients that if we are opened and they feel unsafe they can come straight here and wait until we find the place they can go.” Bowen’s biggest advice for anyone, whether they are being abused or worried about becoming abusive, is to walk away until they calm down. She said that The Alpha Omega Center is here to help, and another local shelter is the Crisis Shelter of Lawrence County. VOICe is also local to Slippery Rock. “Men are not excluded in any way from any of our services, nor is anyone of any gender or identity,” Zaccone said. “If you are a survivor of a violent crime, that means you are eligible to pursue our services.” If you are currently in a domestic violence situation and need help, you can call the domestic violence hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE or call 911. VOICe is also available 24/7 at 1.800.400.8551, or go to womenshelters.org. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Crisis shelters offer services during COVID-19 pandemic Description An account of the resource This story was originally published in the news section of The Rocket's website, theonlinerocket.com. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dance major research project Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Students from the Dance Production class Description An account of the resource For performing artists, research, rehearsals, and performances are a way of life. The disruption to this process has been life changing, but Professor Lindsay Viatori and her students found a way to document the process for our senior dance majors. Here is one example. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nora Ambrosio Relation A related resource SRU Faculty SRU Faculty SRU Student Video YouTube https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/86553ce0243a097b546db01478844d4b.pdf 23118a0eeebe421b82704e5527206801 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rocket Description An account of the resource Items from Slippery Rock University's official student newspaper, The Rocket. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Save for the sound of sniffles, the stunned and somber locker room was still. A mere five contests into the 2020 campaign, Slippery Rock University women’s lacrosse head coach Kelsey Van Alstyne had just relayed the word to her team; the season was over, the rest of the schedule nixed. “Originally, I didn’t believe it,” junior defender Savannah Renner said. “It didn’t really feel real.” “Sometimes life is really unfair, and this is one of those instances,” said Van Alstyne. “And we wish you could change it.” The women entered the building sitting catty-corner to Bob DiSpirito Field that Friday morning expecting to play in their home stadium for the first time the next day. The team was 2-3, but it seemed as if this season would be different than the last, in which SRU stumbled to a 7-9 mark. “We came into the locker room that morning with the best of hopes that we would be able to continue the season or at least play the game [against Seton Hill] on Saturday,” said senior attacker and co-captain Sami Gentzler. A practice was planned from 10 a.m. to noon, Van Alstyne said, but shortly before, she had received an email from the league. The decision, Van Alstyne said, was sad, but understandable considering the circumstances. Half an hour before the team was supposed to be on the field, she sent a captain into the locker room. “I think we were all pretty hopeful; because of the PSAC, we kept playing while other conferences had already cancelled,” Van Alstyne said. “At first it was like, ‘alright, we’ll keep playing,’ and then all of a sudden it was like, ‘I hope we get a few more games in.’ And then we were all kind of waiting.” After being told the news, Van Alstyne said the team’s emotions weren’t hidden. Trying to process it, tears rolled down players’ cheeks. “It was heartbreaking to hear our coach come in and tell it to us,” said senior defender Olivia Beach, one of four players who preceded Van Alstyne at Slippery Rock. “Once we heard her voice shaking, we kind of knew.” “Everyone just instantly started crying,” senior midfielder ShyAnne Toomer said. “It’s just, you work so hard for so long for something and to have it [cut] so short, especially for the seniors, it was just very sad.” “We kind of all just stood there a couple minutes, just to take it in,” Haley Barrett, the team’s starting goaltender, said. In an effort to console the players, Van Alstyne offered two choices; go out to eat as a team or continue as planned with the slated practice. Almost without even talking, Gentzler said, the team agreed to gear up and go onto the field for old times’ sake. The players pulled on their pinnies and tried to stay in good spirits, but the practice was bittersweet. It didn’t have the same normal intensity. The speaker was lugged out to blast music as the players chose their drills. Some of the field players dressed in goalie equipment and stood in front of the net. “That was the last time myself and the other seniors would wear something that [connected] us to a sports team,” Renner said. “It made it feel more real, being there one last time on the field with all of our teammates. It was a good way to end whatever this whole thing was.” Such practices had been taken for granted just weeks before. Like any other person, there are days where even Van Alstyne admits she doesn’t want to run a practice or direct a lift. She recited the clichés: “Play like it’s your last game” and “Never take a single moment for granted,” both of which she associates with the constant possibility of injury. Toomer, a team voice, echoes this, saying, “we always complained because it’s hard to be a student athlete. You always complain about not wanting to go to practice or not wanting to wake up for a 6 a.m. [workout] or not wanting to travel six hours away for a game. But, I would definitely say to [enjoy] every moment and not take it for granted.” “You should always leave the field proud of how you played,” Renner said. “This season, this very short season, taught me to always, and this is going to sound really cheesy, literally give your 100% every time. Because you never know when it’s over.” “Make sure you’re putting your all into everything that you’re doing,” Gentzler advised. “Because you never know when it could be the last time you get to do it.” If none other, Van Alstyne sees at least one positive in the situation. “To have your whole season completely ripped away like that, I think it’s going to change a lot of athletes across the country’s perspectives,” Van Alstyne said. With the season cut short, Van Alstyne and assistant coach Sarah Lamphier have stressed the full focus on academics to their players. The two have split the team in half and check in with players twice a week through Zoom conversations. “Right now, our focus is, ‘Hey, we can’t play lacrosse, so let’s get the job done in the classroom,’” said Van Alstyne, who plans on sending workout packets to her players soon. “Going to online, we want to make sure everyone feels comfortable with what they need to do.” A part of the leadership that Van Alstyne has looked to as the standard of her program is moving on, turning the tassels on their caps and graduating from Slippery Rock University this spring. Each Beach, Gentzler, Toomer, and two-year captain Tori Penders were a part of the 2017 team that returned to the PSAC playoffs for the first time since the program was reinstated a decade earlier. Barrett and Renner are both graduating a year early. Across the board, Van Alstyne said the class brought a passion and dedication to the program, both athletically and academically. “It will be a huge void moving forward as we lose them,” Van Alstyne said. “They were all in.” “We just really embody what this program means,” Toomer said about her graduating class, adding that it demonstrated work in the weight room and the following of coaches’ guidelines. Stuck behind 2018 PSAC Player of the Year, Emily Bitka, for the entirety of her rookie year, Barrett started each of the past 21 games in goal for SRU. She compiled a 9-12 record and 180 saves, the fifth-most in school history. This year, she led the team with 21 ground balls. Until she looked at credits to register for this spring semester, Barrett hadn’t yet considered graduating early. After this spring, Barrett wants to go to grad school but isn’t sure where yet. “I don’t really think there’s a lot of words to describe that feeling,” Barrett said. “It was unreal getting it taken away from you. I was preparing for it to be the last time, then it was the last time too soon.” Beach battled through knee injuries to finally get on the field her senior season, playing in 22 games in a green and white jersey. She started all five matchups this season. Van Alstyne described her as a capable and speedy defender and “ground ball machine.” In the fall, Beach will attend James Madison University to earn a masters of science degree in sport and recreation leadership. “She really only got five games,” Van Alstyne said. “So you can look at that in one of two ways: ‘It’s really unfair’ or ‘I’m so grateful she got five games and got to play a ton and get that experience.’” For Beach, the glass is half-full. “Starting those five games of my [senior] year definitely made it all worth it,” she said. “Going through all the surgeries, tears, hard lifts, hard conditionings. It really shows how much a person has to work to get over injuries and make it from a walk-on to a starting player.” Gentzler, a threat whose small stature helped her around the net, graduates having saw the field in 44 games, starting 18. She found the back of the net 23 times and assisted on another 15 goals. She plans to move to St. Louis and find a job in the integrated marketing communications field. “I think [Gentzler] finally had that confidence to back up her skills this year,” Van Alstyne said. “And it was really cool to see her step up and lead our attack and try to call the plays and kind of be that upperclassmen we really needed on that end.” Penders, a midfielder, started each of Slippery Rock’s last 57 contests. She finishes her career with 47 goals and four assists. Also, she claimed the sixth-most draw controls in school history. She brought with her an unfailing work ethic, Van Alstyne said, shown in her stats on the draw and in ground balls. Penders will graduate with a degree in Integrated Marketing Communications and a minor in Graphic Design. “But the stats that wouldn’t show is, [Penders] was the first one down the field, defensively, every single time,” Van Alstyne said. “She would sprint off the field for a sub to the point where I thought she was going to collapse […] She always went to her absolute max effort. At practice, at lift, at everything.” Renner, the other junior to graduate early, was stuck into the starting lineup early to fill in for an upperclassmen with off-the-field problems. From then on, the spot was hers, starting in a total of 28 games. She picked up 37 ground balls and forced 26 turnovers. Van Alstyne pointed out that she attacked everything with optimism. Renner hopes to coach someday. “I swear to God, I could’ve handed her a tennis racket and she would’ve been like, ‘That’s fine,’” said Van Alstyne about Renner. With what Van Alstyne noted as an analytical nature, Toomer led the team in each points, goals, shots on goal and caused turnovers in both 2019 and 2020. She leaves Slippery Rock ranking ninth in program history in points and eighth in draw controls. Toomer played in 56 games with the Rock. She hopes to start grad school, particularly an accelerated nursing program, at the University of Pittsburgh next fall. “That kid was […] all over the field,” Van Alstyne said. “Defensively, she really liked to go to bait and go for those caused turnovers and those back checks. [She was] really strong on the draw [and] really strong offensively with both feeding and driving.” Barrett points something out that people sometimes forget that student-athletes have lives outside of sports. “It’s not just lacrosse that I lost out on,” Barrett said. “I lost out on my last year at school, my last year as a player, my last year going to classes and my last year with my friends that aren’t on the lacrosse team.” Each of the seniors feel fortunate to have been a part of a culture that Van Alstyne stresses as being so important, some of them having dealt with a less unified squad led by the previous head coach. Self-described as having been shy and quiet, Beach said, “it kind of just goes to show what Coach Van Alstyne can bring out in a person […] It means everything that I was able to contribute to something so positive and set the tone and standards for the coming years.” “I can’t wait to see where they go next year and the years following,” Gentzler added. “I’m excited to come back for alumni weekend already.” The disappointment that the team wasn’t allowed to finish what it started will, without a doubt, linger. “I think that’s what hurts the most, too, is how much time and effort everyone put in,” Van Alstyne said. “And to not be able to see what was really going to happen […] It just puts even more of a chip on our shoulder. We had a lot we wanted to prove, and that we were going to prove, this year. Now we’ve got to do it more so next year.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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However, when it came time to install my washer and dryer, in spite of heroic efforts on the part of my department head and his son, the correct tools and parts were unavailable. At his suggestion, I bought a pair of tin snips for installing the dryer venting, along with a few other required supplies. A little over a week later, I wanted to add canned potatoes to the soup I was making for dinner, and realized I didn't have a can opener -- perhaps it was lost in the move? In any case, those tin snips came in handy! And yes, by then I had actually managed to install my dryer properly. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jana Asher Relation A related resource SRU Faculty SRU Faculty Video YouTube https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/5a9831a976151c5e77107b9cfd8e466c.pdf 4cad8877a8102b4e849ecb6ffa6e29ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rocket Description An account of the resource Items from Slippery Rock University's official student newspaper, The Rocket. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Earth Day serves as a platform for thousands across the world to demonstrate and speak out about the importance of environmental protection, something that is important as contemporary environmental problems from deforestation to water pollution continue to grow more severe and expand. While the international holiday is often characterized by national and state park outings, cleanups, marches and demonstrations, streets and parks will be much more silent this year due to COVID-19. Though, there are still ways in which we can show our appreciation and respect for the environment while also respecting stay at home orders and social distancing. To get inspired, here are some ways to live more sustainably while living under quarantine. Start a garden Gardening is a great way to stay productive and reduce stress while at home. Whether you have a whole yard or a small balcony, mid-April is the perfect time to start a new flower or vegetable garden or to tidy up one from previous years. Not only are gardens great ways to get access to fresh food or beautiful flowers, but. growing plants is also a great way to help support local pollinator populations. Pollinators such as varieties of bees, butterflies and moths contribute to maintaining healthy ecosystems that wildlife of all sizes rely on for food and shelter. To begin, you will need either some yard space that receives sunshine or containers with either holes in the bottom or rocks placed inside for drainage. Other essential items include garden soil or potting mix, a garden trowel and seed packages, which have instructions on the back to specify how to care for them. Though, if you are not too confident about growing plants from seeds, you can also pick up seedlings from a local nursery for a head start. It is very easy to get started, and once you do, you might discover you have quite the green thumb! Upcycle clothing headed for the donation bin or trash Certain items do not last long in any household, but that is especially true for clothing as trends come and go, sizes change and favorite pieces are worn to rags. While the average lifetime of any piece of clothing can be up to three years, we buy 60% more clothing items than we did 15 years ago, and only keep them half as long. Not only is this cycle wasteful as perfectly good clothing finds its way into landfills, the production required to make them in the first place is energy-intensive and by-products of production contribute to environmental degradation. Before parting with a piece of clothing, consider ways that it can be re-imagined into something new for you to wear or admire. A simple search through platforms such as YouTube or Pinterest offers hundreds of ways of transforming pieces of clothing into something new or as decorations through relatively simple DIY projects. Channel your creative side while also keeping an item from entering a landfill prematurely! Make some home improvements Summon your inner Tim “The Toolman” Taylor as stay at home orders open up extra time that can be used to start home improvement projects that can be beneficial for both you and improving the environment. Leaky faucets, drafty windows and doors and energy-intensive light bulbs are both our enemy and the environment’s. A leaky faucet over the course of a year wastes more than 3,000 gallons of water, equaling 180 showers. Energy used to heat your home can be lost due to the presence of gaps and spaces between doors and windows, requiring you to keep the thermostat cranked up. Lastly, incandescent light bulbs need to be changed more often compared to LED lighting that can last up to 25 times longer. Keep busy while also improving your home and your environmental impact by fixing leaks, installing weather stripping to windows and doorways, and replacing incandescent light bulbs with more durable, less energy-intensive options. An improved house also means an improved life for both you and the environment. Cook dishes without meat Meat can make an excellent addition to a meal, though, try incorporating more recipes to your diet that fill your plate with fruits, vegetables and grains instead. Raising livestock is one of the leading causes of mass deforestation in providing space for livestock to roam and to grow food for them to eat. Deforestation results in the extensive loss of habitat of wildlife that has specifically evolved to these environments, contributing to mass extinctions of species worldwide. A recent study illustrated that without consuming meat or dairy, farmland would be reduced by more than 75% worldwide while still adequately feeding all 7.7 billion of us, freeing land equivalent to the size of Australia, China, the European Union and the United States combined. While dedicating yourself to a vegetarian or vegan diet can seem daunting, even cutting out a few meat-based meals a week can make a huge difference. Invest in environmentally sustainable products Stocking up on items such as toilet paper has proven to be a big concern for citizens during COVID-19. Why? It is an essential part of everyday life, similar to other hygienic products. Though, approximately 27,000 trees find themselves flushed or in landfills worldwide every day after being manufactured into toilet paper. This number is only expected to increase with populations growing and sanitation improvements across developing countries. Other than toilet paper, there are plenty of other items considered essential parts to completing everyday routines. Though, with consumers becoming more environmentally conscious than ever before, businesses look to meet customers’ demands, making environmentally-conscious products easier to find. Businesses like Lush, Ethique and Biome create bath products that come without plastic packaging and, when you need to stock up on more toilet paper, Who Gives a Crap produces toilet paper, facial tissues and paper towels from sustainably-sourced materials. Shop for Fair-Trade Certified™ products Other than filling your carts with environmentally-sustainable hygienic products, when you go on your next grocery trip to stock your pantries, try to look for products with the fair-trade certification. Often in food production, especially in the production of sugar, coffee, chocolate and tea, compromises are made to lessen costs for companies at the expense of the environment and the agricultural works that work within it. By being Fair Trade Certified™, products ensure that conscious choices are being made in the pursuit of a better world as companies acting responsibly are supported, agricultural workers are empowered and the environment is protected. Not sure what companies’ products are Fair Trade Certified™? Click here to find out. Living a more sustainable lifestyle does not need to be difficult or interrupt your daily life. In fact, it can be very easy, enjoyable and really benefit your life in the long term. By making small, progressive changes day by day, you can help normalize sustainable living that will secure a more green future for both yourself and future generations to enjoy. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Editor’s column: Living sustainably while living under quarantine Description An account of the resource This story was originally published in the opinion section of The Rocket's website, theonlinerocket.com. 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