4 20 186 https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/f95adb3d3c3aa1fccb6e48917cef8360.pdf 0dafab4161d791689342702f841110ec 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 outbreak of COVID-19 is one of few events that similarly impacts the entire globe, one of such magnitude to which it will leave a permanent mark upon our culture. With events such as these, the creative types in the world (now with more free time than ever before) become inspired to create stories. With the world already feeling apocalyptic, it’s not hard to imagine fictional worlds in worse states than ours or stories about even more radical diseases spreading across the globe. Trends in media are far from a new phenomenon. Zombie and superhero movies in recent times, for example, have had their times in the sun, and the success of a book like The Hunger Games spawned an explosion of dystopian novels. But historical events can also lead to these trends in fiction. Dictatorships and censorship in the early 20th century led to stories such as Fahrenheit 451 or 1984, the moon landing led to a spike of science fiction stories. This pandemic will have a similar impact on stories to come. On Netflix, stories about diseases and the end of the world are already rising to the top of popularity, so new stories to satiate genre fans are sure to come. Here are some types of stories I think we’ll see: 1End of the World stories This one is kinda obvious, and it’s a genre that has been in pop culture for a while, but many of those movies deal with the world ending in big, explosive ways, like a meteor from space or a world war. I think a new type of story will emerge where we follow characters at the end of the world slowly collapsing around them with less of an action focus and more of a character study of people helpless to stop their world from crumbling from a slower threat (like a virus) and how they cope with it. 2Rise of the Younger Generation COVID-19’s mortality is focused on older generations, so what if a virus came that wiped out most of humanity, leaving only the young to fend for themselves? These stories would likely be framed as coming-of-age tales or something corny like that. 3“Humans are the Virus” I’ve seen a few posts on Twitter and other platforms about how coronavirus is helping pollution and climate change in some areas of the world. I think we’ll see some films or novels about how less humans means a healthier planet. Maybe Thanos didn’t do anything wrong. 4Fallen Government Recently, word came out that Senator Rand Paul tested positive for coronavirus. What would it be like if world governments fell to a virus? Would the world fall into anarchy and end, or would the remaining people band together and rebuild? 5Pandemic Teams Stories following a group of specialists battling viruses across the globe. I think this one has a lot of potential for big blockbuster films because there’s potential to have simple stories and big-name actors. This decade’s version of 90’s disaster films about going to space to blow up meteors heading toward earth. 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 How COVID-19 will influence future stories Description An account of the resource This story was originally published in the opinion 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 2020-03-24 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joshua Peters Relation A related resource SRU Student Article SRU Student Story The Rocket https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/ec56c6084e0760dd880379400602eb08.pdf 4e4d4a3c71aba86fb6c8820727751742 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 (May 1, 5:45 pm) — The Financial Aid Office sent emails to students who will receive funding from SRU’s allocation of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds. “These funds are being disbursed directly to you due to the break in instruction you have experienced, as well as the shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related safety measures,” the email reads. The amount of funds students will receive are based on their FAFSA application that the university currently has on record, along with their corresponding Expected Family Contribution (EFC). This money, according to the email, can be used for any expenses related to education, including any outstanding bills, groceries, housing and so on. Students will receive these funds via direct deposit or live check on either May 5 or 6. Students are encouraged to contact the Office of Financial Aid at (724) 738-2044 or financial.aid@sru.edu or the Office of Student Accounts at (724) 738-2088 or student.accounts@sru.edu for any questions they may have regarding the grant. Pennsylvania colleges and universities are set to receive millions through the CARES Act to help with financial aid for students and other costs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued a statement regarding information about accessing funding available to higher education institutions. The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund will offer an estimated $14.2 billion to colleges and universities across the country, including more than $7.3 million to SRU. A minimum of $3.6 million of SRU’s relief fund will be awarded for emergency financial aid grants to students. “While I know you face many challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, I encourage you to use the portion of your award for Recipient’s Institutional Costs to expand your remote learning programs, build your IT capacity to support such programs, and train faculty and staff to operate effectively in a remote learning environment,” DeVos said, directly addressing college and university presidents. In order to receive the funds, colleges and universities must certify they will comply with the CARES Act. Administrators will determine which students receive the grants, but the Department of Education specified that huge groups of students wouldn’t be eligible at all. For instance, students who are ineligible for federal student aid can’t get this emergency money, along with students who were only enrolled in online programs this semester. At least half of the funds must go directly to emergency financial aid or grants to students to cover basic needs such as food, housing, technology, health care and child care. This money has already been allocated and distributed to colleges. Along with the emergency funding, student loan borrowers will also get temporary relief because payments on federal student loans will be suspended through Sept. 30. Work-study payments will also continue, even if students can no longer work on campus. “What’s best for students is at the center of every decision we make,” DeVos said. “That’s why we prioritized getting funding out the door quickly to college students who need it most. We don’t want unmet financial needs due to the coronavirus to derail their learning.” 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 How the CARES Act supports higher education 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 2020-04-29 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/7772a48c583dd3c25523a655d7dd8cc7.pdf 8b06b4c1efe8e7f546ea8031a5f6936c 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 Registration for summer and fall classes begins on Monday, and due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are some changes this time around. Here is what you need to know before you schedule: 1Registration pins are not required… In the past, undergraduate students were required to enter a registration pin from their advisor. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, students and their advisors are unable to meet in person. 2… but you should probably talk to your advisor anyway. In an email to students on April 1, the Office of Academic Records and Registration encouraged students to meet virtually with their advisors. While the elimination of registration pins means that students don’t have to take this step, According to the email, the Office of Academic Records and Registration states that advisors “will provide you with accurate information and will recommend the appropriate classes available to fulfill your degree requirements without wasting time and money on irrelevant classes.” 3Summer classes will be held remotely. All summer classes will be held online, SRU President William Behre announced via email on March 30. This announcement came after Dan Greenstein, chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, informed university presidents of an extended suspension of face-to-face classes. While the majority of SRU’s summer courses are normally held online, this will change the nature of some courses originally designed to be taught on campus this summer. 4Get familiar with MyProfile before you register. The Office of Academic Records and Registration recommends verifying your information is up to date. After logging into MySRU, click on “MyProfile” on the homepage. Select the “Personal Information Page” and ensure all of your information is still accurate. 5Figure out when you register. After logging into “MySRU,” click the “Registration” tab and select “Step 1: Prepare for Registration.” Select the summer 2020 or fall 2020 term and you will be redirected to a page that will list when you are permitted to register. This page will also notify you if you have any holds preventing registration. 6Know where to go for help. Picture this: You have all your course registration numbers (CRNs) ready and you are at your computer waiting to register. As soon as your time to register comes and you go to submit your class schedule, you suddenly get an error code preventing you from getting a seat in a class. It has happened to most of us for one reason or another, but it is helpful to know where to go ahead of time should a problem arise. If you receive an error code while registering for a class, you will need to contact the professor of the course (or, if the professor is listed as TBA, the department chairperson). Make sure you inform the professor of the error codes you received so they can potentially put in an override for you. The Office of Academic Records and Registration notes that if you get an override from a professor, you will still need to register for the class. For other questions and concerns about scheduling, contact the Office of Academic Records and Registration at academic.records@sru.edu or 724-738-2010 or Academic Services at academicservices@sru.edu or 724-738-2012. 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 How to prepare for scheduling for classes remotely Description An account of the resource This story was originally published in the campus life 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 2020-04-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Shumsky Relation A related resource SRU Student Article SRU Student Story The Rocket https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/d1995e237f1291f608f43a969b5f9946.pdf d9872640e3a1eb38742c040f2b6b06b4 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 SRU Official Communications Description An account of the resource Official communications from the SRU administration to faculty, staff, and students regarding the university's response to the Covid-19 crisis. Email A resource containing textual messages and binary attachments sent electronically from one person to another or one person to many people. 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 Important information pertaining to reporting to work Description An account of the resource Email from SRU President William Behre to faculty and staff regarding the closing of all non life-sustaining businesses Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-03-19 Relation A related resource SRU Administrator Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Office of the President Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Slippery Rock University SRU Official Communications https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/6ac46caca3fccf68ad1e84b9065e0cec.pdf d9872640e3a1eb38742c040f2b6b06b4 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 Important information pertaining to spring semester grading Description An account of the resource Email from SRU President William Behre to students regarding changes with classes being held remotely Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-03-19 Relation A related resource SRU Administrator Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Office of the President Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Slippery Rock University SRU Official Communications https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/1e71ddab50ddc225b262cb39fb984806.pdf a9a6f4428ec4c4e1fc21e4274ac4e084 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 Important information regarding administrative leave Description An account of the resource Email from SRU Communication to staff and faculty regarding administrative leave Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-07 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource SRU Communication Relation A related resource SRU Administrator Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Slippery Rock University Email SRU Administrator SRU Official Communications https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/328d5a4e7f2d3012a74e2e48cc8ee5ed.pdf f138330fa49003180964f0b8c95a053c 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 Important message regarding continuation of spring semester Description An account of the resource Email from SRU President William Behre to the university community announcing the move from face to face classes to distance learning Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-03-16 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Office of the President Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Slippery Rock University SRU Official Communications https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/e72cc4a8cc5ddfaabe47bd966482411a.pdf 287081d168d085a0678e6cdbcfb5424c 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 Information regarding prorated refunding of student fees Description An account of the resource Email from SRU President William Behre to students detailing refunds of certain student fees Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-03-20 Relation A related resource SRU Administrator Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Office of the President Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Slippery Rock University SRU Official Communications https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/b36675ac5393c9a9c5b27c0d7a02f592.pdf 6b508fc9305e948de109b91b22f31b0c 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 International Students at SRU are being given the choice to stay on campus or return to their home countries because of concerns about COVID-19. Most international students had to make their decisions whether to stay in the U.S. or return home before President Behre announced that all classes would move online for the remainder of the semester, in order to arrange flights and to account for border closures and limited availability in flights. Noora Alie, assistant director for International Student Services, sent an email to all international students outlining their options. “[The Student and Exchange Visitor Program] has issued a statement informing university officials that international students can return home and still maintain their active immigration status should classes be in an online format,” Alie said in an email to all international students. “For those of you looking to return home, I hope this brings you a bit of relief knowing that you can continue to maintain your immigration status while taking classes in your home country.” Alexandre Okuma, a junior international student from Brazil, said his plan is to go home and finish the rest of the semester online from his home country and return to SRU in the fall. “As much as I want to return home, many airline companies are not operating flights to Brazil, so I am unsure as of right now,” Okuma said. “If for some reason I stay at SRU, the Global Engagement Office has figured out the international students’ housing, so we will all be able to stay on campus. I just hope we can all get through this with the least amount of damage as possible.” The Office for Global Engagement understands that it is not an option for every international student staying in Slippery Rock to return home in order to stay healthy. For international students who live on campus, they can continue to do so until the end of the semester, and boxed meals will be provided to them. International students deciding to return home must inform Alie or another designated school official in the Office for Global Engagement. “International students must have a valid travel signature on their I-20 before exiting the country,” Alie said. International students who are currently traveling and want to return to SRU will be allowed to do so. International students who want to continue their travels are also permitted to do so, but they must contact the Office for Global Engagement to confirm that they will continue traveling and report their current location, according to an email from Alie sent to all international students. Students living off campus are also required to report their current location. Alie said this information is also required for any international student who has traveled outside of the U.S. or Pennsylvania. Rina Saito, a senior international student from Japan, said she is staying at SRU until she knows for sure if there will be a spring commencement ceremony. “It’s so sad that we will have no face-to-face lectures in the future,” Saito said. “I already miss everyone, and staying on campus makes me feel lonely. I couldn’t even say goodbye to most international students because they left before I returned from my spring break travels.” Saito said that most ceremonies and concerts are canceled in Japan as well. Keonhui Kim, an international student from South Korea, is returning home next week and said she is proud of her country because the government has been checking all people for the virus and have been wearing masks. “I feel really bad because this is my last semester and I didn’t expect the virus to make me return back home earlier,” Kim said. “I am very disappointed because I cannot see my friends, and I will miss SRU.” Andres Ortiz, a freshman international student from Bolivia, said he will be returning home as soon as possible. He said the cases in Bolivia are spreading quickly as well. “I didn’t think the whole world would just stop working in less than a week,” Ortiz said. “I don’t feel I am in a safe place, and of course I am very homesick. I wanted to go back home this week but couldn’t find any flights, and I was not able to leave the country because I would have immigration problems with my visa.” Mohsen Kanani, a sophomore international student, left SRU to return home to Israel on Wednesday and will be in a 14-day quarantine once he gets there. He said going home was best for him even though his country is also experiencing a widespread of the virus. “I encourage everyone to take it seriously and take care of themselves and their loved ones,” Kanani said. “Hopefully we can all get through this very soon if we stay at home to stay safe and healthy.” Alie said that the Global Engagement Office would strongly recommend exchange students to consider returning home but would not be mandating that students return home. “We acknowledge that every case is unique and that having students return home may cause some difficulty,” Alie said in an email to all international students. The Global Engagement Office has hired outside transportation for those who need a ride to Pittsburgh International Airport. A maximum of 6 students are allowed per trip on each shuttle run to the airport. These shuttles run from March 17-21 for those international students in need of transportation to the airport. 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 International students still have a home at SRU 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 2020-03-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haley Potter Relation A related resource SRU Student Article SRU Student Story The Rocket https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/6a92bd7d109ee20f96040fa28ea0a65d.pdf 507783565fd79ecb8363aeab9b38085e 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 COVID-19 is leaving millions of Americans unemployed, causing some concern for graduating seniors and students looking for a job or internship. John Rindy, the director of Career Services at SRU, said that many careers are being affected but that there are still some markets that are relatively unaffected. “Human services and K-12 are two markets off the top of my head that will be relatively unaffected by COVID-19,” Rindy said. “All of the people who needed human services before still need human services and people will be retiring and coming and going as always.” He said students coming out with psychology, social work and criminology degrees are going to be needed in those same human services roles. He added that as far as teachers go, all people who were going to go to kindergarten in the fall will still be going to kindergarten and all projected seniors in high school will still be seniors. “That won’t change,” Rindy said. “They may have to teach online at some schools if this runs into the fall, but teachers will still be needed.” He said on the other hand, some markets that are definitely affected would be industries dealing with leisure activities. “It might take a while for people to have the confidence to get back on planes, travel to resorts, hang out for a couple weeks in another country or at the beach, or go to a football game,” Rindy said. “All leisure time activities will be impacted for the time being.” Rindy said a lot of organizations, not just sports organizations and hospitality organizations, will be affected, and that other areas such as banking has to furlough a lot of people. “The question is what about the middle of the road companies such as banking and finance,” Rindy said. “Will companies call everybody back if we have a quick recovery and then immediately get back to hiring? Will some companies choose not to bring some people back because they have found out through this whole process that there are things they can do virtually now and don’t need people back?” He said he thinks there will be certain companies that had processes that required certain people that suddenly do not because they quickly adapted to doing things virtually and do not need people to take these jobs. Rindy also said how many people will be called back from furlough and how many new jobs will be available is in question. Rindy said since the time when COVID-19 started, the career office has seen a severe downturn on Handshake of new companies requesting posting privileges to SRU’s Handshake. “It dropped to maybe one or two a day for several weeks,” Rindy said. “We would normally see anywhere from 25-30 new companies a day wanting to post to SRU.” He said the job and internship postings also plummeted really low, but now in the last week, the requests have started going back up. He said they had 10 new requests from companies on Tuesday. “It is starting to turn around,” Rindy said. “Just like the curve is going down with COVID-19, our job postings are starting to go back up.” Rindy said his biggest piece of advice to students during this time, besides his typical “you’re either networking or your not working,” has been to work on the things you can control and let go of the things you cannot. “Let’s say hiring is down,” Rindy said. “Don’t just look in Pittsburgh. Look in more cities. You can control that but can’t control how many jobs are in Pittsburgh.” He said you can control how you search for jobs, where you search for jobs, how prepared you are as you search for jobs, and the types of jobs you are willing to take. He added that it is not about settling, but about being open to looking beyond just your hometown. Rindy also said it is important if someone has a job interview or search that is not moving along to figure out other jobs in industries that are still moving forward where they could build requisite skills that would allow them to tell stories during a real job interview. He said sales jobs will hit the ground running after this pandemic is over. “People who never thought they would be in sales will be in sales and we know why,” Rindy said. “These companies need to jumpstart moving their products and services again, so there will be a lot of sales jobs open and a lot of people will do it for 6 months and either be really good at it or not be really good at it. Then companies will clean out their sales forces and it will go down to their normal numbers.” Rindy said people who can work well with others and speak persuasively should seek sales opportunities where they think they would be excited about the products or services, during the time when sales companies are really trying to stack up to try to get their products or services moving. Rindy said both students going into careers that are affected and not affected by COVID-19 should be doing everything possible to present themselves for these jobs. He said all western PASSHE schools have been hosting virtual events and not many students are attending. “We hear students are nervous, but we are running all kinds of career programming and they aren’t coming to it,” Rindy said. “Students should be doing whatever they can to make themselves the best candidate.” He said students should be working with a career coach to talk about skills that they could use in other industries. Students can access career services and make appointments to talk to a career coach by going onto their Handshake account using their SRU login. “Hopefully you’ve used a career coach, have your resume built up, and have attended one of our virtual career sessions,” Rindy said. “I have hosted one individually, and out of 5 PASSHE west schools, there was one person there and it was a graduate student.” Rindy said another way to find internship and job postings besides Handshake, which is catered to SRU, is going to PA CareerLink to find specific “COVID-19 hiring immediately” jobs. Rindy said some of the top job titles that are hiring right now are registered nurse, staff nurse, shift supervisor, clinical nurse, sales representative, account manager, financial analyst, customer service representative and software development engineer. 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 Job and internship outlook for students 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 2020-04-26 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haley Potter Relation A related resource SRU Student Article SRU Student Story The Rocket https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/0adbc8bcd164a418eaf2392ea61f6ea8.pdf 8f6f821b6fa2f7447ce853d4ff158195 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 SRU community, Now 10 days ago, SRU students went from leaving our university for an anticipated week-long break to preparing for a two-week break extension that will be followed by online instruction. Today, 10 days after originally leaving for spring break, I’m now part of a student newspaper staff covering an unprecedented crisis that not just affects our university, but our entire globe. There are moments when this entire situation still doesn’t feel real, a feeling I’m sure many of you also feel as our everyday lives continue to be altered daily in response to the coronavirus. In response to SRU’s extended break and the move to online classes starting March 30, I wanted to take the time to let you all know that The Rocket will continue to operate as a digital-first organization. Throughout the past week, The Rocket staff has been working diligently throughout the sudden news that our production must switch to remote methods. Here are some of our major operating points for the remainder of this semester: We are digital first. The remaining three print editions for the rest of this semester originally scheduled for March 20, April 10, and May 1 are canceled. The Rocket has operated on a digital-first model for the past few years, and this will especially hold true in a time when our office is not accessible. Our staff of 14 (alongside volunteers from WSRU-TV) will continue to work remotely to report the news of SRU and PASSHE. For many of us (myself included), this will mean that our work will continue from our permanent address. However, our work as independent student journalists is extremely important, regardless of our location and especially in an unprecedented circumstance like the coronavirus. The best way to stay up to date with us is to follow our social media (@SRURocket on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram). Make sure to also check back to theonlinerocket.com regularly for updated content. While we will continue to cover news, sports, and campus life happenings, the coronavirus will be at the forefront of many of our upcoming articles. To date, we have covered the operating schedule changes for all PASSHE universities, state of athletics for the rest of the semester and roles of APSCUF and the Center for Teaching Learning in this process. There is much more coverage to come, so follow @SRURocket on social media for the latest information. We also have a page where we will post all content related to the coronavirus. To read the pieces we have published so far, click here. If you have a tip for us, the best way to notify The Rocket is to email me directly at hms1015@sru.edu. We will continue to be a forum for students, faculty, administration and community. We are and always will be a forum for the SRU student body, regardless if where we are located. This being said, our opinion section is open to all concerned SRU community members. Email hms1015@sru.edu for more information. We need to hear all possible perspectives more than ever, and reaching out to me directly is the best way to keep this conversation rolling. Stay safe, and stay tuned, Hannah Shumsky, editor-in-chief Twitter: @hshumsky_ed 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 Letter from the editor: The Rocket continues to operate as digital first Description An account of the resource This story was published as a "letter from the editor" in the opinion 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 2020-03-14 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Shumsky Relation A related resource SRU Student Article SRU Student Story The Rocket https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/2e7278698b3585224bfd1cdb964178e9.pdf dc2cb267d29d072303ed35c3c5cd3da6 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 Hello Team, We have cleared this first week of online classes. My week was very hectic. While learning numerous new software packages, prepping course materials, holding zoom classes, replying to lots of emails and such, I was working 10-14 hour days. On Friday, after my morning meeting, I went outside to walk the new puppy, go to the market to fetch curb-side delivery (my house full of scientists and public health professionals working hard to maintain physical distance) and cut firewood to get some cardio. Basically, I took Friday afternoon and evening as mental-physical-good-health rebound time. I hope you make time for such too. Now in my fourth decade of teaching college, I am being pressed into modalities I never wanted to engage in. I thrive on in-person instruction, in which I can readily add emphasis, inspire and spread awe, recruit new minds, plant clues, reward presence, watch eyes and enjoy smiles. I have never been a huge fan of computer slide shows. I do not like talking on the phone. So, this whole move to online has been very challenging, particularly because I had distanced myself from all of the tools that today are the obvious assets. There is talk of online instruction next fall. It would be easier the second time around, but I still would not choose it. If I could have concluded my career without teaching through computer modalities, I would have. If I have a choice in the future, I will forever avoid online teaching. I very much miss being with you, and all my students, in person. Such said, it is what it is. SRU has chosen to give students a choice in grade format. I strongly urge to assemble a passing performance. If I were you, my priority would be to pass every class and get closer to graduation. To get solid return on investment for the expense of every credit hour would be a priority. I know many of us are deeply disappointed that all kinds of cool things are not going to happen the way that we wanted them to go. I worked for two years to plan a conference in DC, which was to occur days after spring break, March 19-21. With an eight days notice, the event was cancelled. Hundreds of hours of work was vaporized. Anticipated profits became actual losses. I was also ready to teach a class in Utah in May. Holy smokes, that class was going to be awesome. I had an array of April field trips planned on and around campus. I was going to get to speak on campus for Earth Day 50. All are gone. I think every one of us feels such loss. The key, today, is to bolster your determination to complete your classes in the next five weeks. We need to get out of this crazy time with at least the minimum benefit that we can muster. Make the time. Get fresh air. Keep as much distance away from people as you can. Pass your classes. Embrace and respect science. Good luck! Wishing you all the best possible, Dr. B 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 Letter to the editor: A faculty member writes to students Description An account of the resource This letter was originally published in the opinion section of The Rocket's website, theonlinerocket.com. Dr. Patrick Burkhart was the writer of this letter and has been on the faculty at SRU for over 20 years. He is a geologist who loves landscapes, clean water, wildlife, healthy ecosystems, big adventure and happy students. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Patrick Burkhart Relation A related resource SRU Student Article SRU Faculty SRU Student Story The Rocket https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/bc26c857c6824b9e7666092292de5e41.pdf f9f2fc49aa73ec4ef99bdde10852093b 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 In the past few weeks, the entire sports world has been turned upside down and nearly completely halted. From major sports like the NBA and NHL to high school sports, everything has been affected by COVID-19. Obviously, this doesn’t exclude Slippery Rock and the rest of the PSAC, which followed suit and decided to cancel all spring sports. Among those sports is softball, a team with only one senior: four-year starter Alexa Guglielmino. For Guglielmino, this isn’t the first life changing thing to happen to her in less than a year. In August of 2019, her father was diagnosed with brain cancer and has been battling since. Because of this, Guglielmino had the dilemma of whether or not to come back to school to play out her senior season. “When it did happen I wasn’t sure what to do, I didn’t know whether I should come back or whether I should proceed with staying at home, but my family wanted me to come back because they knew I had worked so hard for this moment,” Guglielmino said. “I just knew that with them behind me every step of the way, that it would make the decision to come back and pursue my senior year easy.” Guglielmino is originally from Connecticut, which is just a little over eight hours from Slippery Rock. But her decision to come to The Rock turned out to be a good one as she earned the right to start in as a freshman. Before entering her senior season, she had already started 118 games and appeared in 119. “[The coronavirus situation] was very shocking and kind of unbelievable to be honest, you never think anything like this is going to happen and I’m just still in shock right now as I try to figure out what the next steps are,” Guglielmino said. The news that the season was going to be cancelled came while the team was on their annual Spring Break trip to Florida where they play games to prepare for the season. “I wanted to make sure that [the team] was hearing things from me as quickly and as soon as possible, because news gets out fast and the hard thing was trying to stay ahead of it and make sure they were getting good information,” SRU softball coach Stacey Rice said. Getting the information to the team was a little easier, because they were all together and she said that when the Ivy League cancelled their spring sports, they felt that it was coming. “When it came down to the final four games and the last two days there, I said to them, ‘Alright, hey guys, let’s kind of treat these last two days like it’s our final games of the season,’” Rice said. “We always talk about how you never know when your last game is or your four years go by so fast and we always kind of say that and I don’t think everyone believes it, but this is one of those teachable moments where you can show them that life sometimes throws us curveballs but you can handle it with grace, respect and a proper attitude.” The positive attitude is something that Rice didn’t have to teach Guglielmino and something she loves about her. “When it comes to staying positive, that’s all you can do because it’s out of our control; I have a strong foundation with my family and we have a strong faith, and we know that in these situations that there’s always going to be a brighter outcome on the other side,” Guglielmino said. Currently, Guglielmino is looking at all sorts of options and she desires to come back for a fifth year and play out her senior season. “I have been looking into it, possibly doing a year of graduate school and then potentially becoming a graduate assistant depending on which department, whether it’s in my communication department, with my coach or with athletics in general,” Guglielmino said. “It’s a waiting game right now, because we’re still waiting for classes to start again, and I’m trying to process everything and make sure I’m taking one step at a time and focusing on my undergraduate degree because that’s what’s most important right now.” Throughout her career, Guglielmino has been a reliable player at the plate and in the field, as her freshman season was her worst season with a batting average of .216. Her sophomore and junior years, she took giant leaps, however, batting .319 and .241 respectively. With the season cut short this year, she was only able to bat 45 times and had ten hits and three walks. Although Guglielmino was the only senior heading into this season, she wanted to make sure no one on the team took that as it was all about her. “I wanted to make sure that the underclassmen knew they could look at me as an equal, and I think that’s the most important thing when you’re in that leadership role: you want to guide and help,” Guglielmino said. When sports were shut down around the country, late-night Sportscenter host Scott Van Pelt started a segment called “Senior Night” to honor the seniors in college and high school sports who had their seasons cancelled. He made the announcement on Twitter and had people tweet stories at him and among those stories were Alexa’s, which was tweeted by Rock Athletics. “It’s a dream come true to even be tweeted about, that was very surreal and I was very excited to see that when Jon Holtz told me that there was a little chatter about the tweet,” Guglielmino said. “And if this can get my dad’s story out there and show everyone that regardless of the situation and regardless of what you’re going through, you can handle it with grace.” On the first night of the segment, Alexa was included in the picture on the wall in the background of Van Pelt, and she hopes that her story does eventually get told on Sportscenter. “If it eventually gets on Sportscenter, that would be absolutely insane and I don’t think I’d know what to do. And hopefully, it does, because it would another way to inspire people that can get through things as well,” Guglielmino said. 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 Lone softball senior reflects on shortened season Description An account of the resource This story was originally published in the sports 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 2020-03-29 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tyler Howe Relation A related resource SRU Student Article SRU Student Story The Rocket https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/5d6f7661c5b7dcc98210b5cfa145d78f.jpeg bd1e160e6c298e304ab6b9363dd9697d 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 SRU Students Description An account of the resource SRU Students! This section has been created so that you can share any COVID-19 experience you want others to see. 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 May Working Conditions Description An account of the resource This picture was taken at Baden Steel Bar & Bolt Corp; I currently work there. Cleaning out the door knobs and the costumer counter in the Shipping department are now part of my morning routine. Wearing a mask throughout the day while also using gloves when necessary are also some of the changes that were implemented as I came back to work. Every department follows the same protocol in order to ensure the safety of the employees. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-05-28 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Herney Valdez Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Herney Valdez COVID working conditions https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/0a52384ec5106a6c97bd6f67380df451.jpg 3231d4945c679d7789009f86ce9d95b0 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 SRU Students Description An account of the resource SRU Students! This section has been created so that you can share any COVID-19 experience you want others to see. 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 Monday Schedule Description An account of the resource My Professor recommended that I submit this, and I feel that it is something we are all going through during this time. Animal Crossing, the game, has been a solace for many people. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Destiny Blackwell Relation A related resource SRU Student Image SRU Student 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 SRU Students Description An account of the resource SRU Students! This section has been created so that you can share any COVID-19 experience you want others to see. 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 Ironically, COVID-19 has given many of my friends more time to socialize with one another. Several of us have used the program "Discord" to communicate for a long time now, through text and voice chat, but after COVID-19 forced us all to stay inside most of the time, everyone has gotten on. Now, almost every night, there are 3-8 of us talking, sharing stories, pictures, videos, etc., because most of us have more time to do that because we aren't working. Many of us are still doing homework or working from home, but we are able to chat while getting those done. Before the pandemic, several of us were playing Dungeons and Dragons about once every 2 or 3 weeks, whenever we could all be available. Now, we play several nights a week, over discord, and we are quickly getting used to this new method of "hanging out". It's not something we want to do forever, and we do miss seeing each other in person, but it is nice to have more spare time to do things like this. We all want to get outside, but having time off of work and with very little else to do has allowed us to connect more in a way, and to really dig into one of our hobbies. 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 More time to socialize, even when distancing Relation A related resource SRU Student SRU Student Story https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/acaee20447b58cca01baa241add7eeba.jpg 26c91ccdb139548f947d2929d5c4cc55 https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/22acdfe6f889baf81a579242d45e12f4.jpg 3793cb0d874bf599beaad85db6c086ed 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 Mother's Day Parking Lot Church Service Description An account of the resource These images show how church services have changed during this pandemic. The Pastor stands in the doorway of St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Knox, PA and speaks into a microphone which we listened to over the car's radio. But the feedback was really broken up, so we rolled down the car windows to listen to the service. The girl holds a sign that says "Please STAY IN your CAR." It was nice to hear the sermon, but it was a weird experience. I look forward to being able to be inside a church again. There are plans to get back to "normal services" but that entails leaving every other pew empty, limiting only one family group per pew, members over 60 are encouraged to stay home, and there will be no singing as that may spread the virus. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource MaryAnn Steinmiller Relation A related resource SRU Alumni Image SRU Alumni 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 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 My bird of mystery has wheels instead of wings, gasoline instead of blood, an engine heart, and day bright eyes. My bird flies over mountains, over forests and deserts. My bird of mystery waits on the runway as I wait in the nest. 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 MY BIRD OF MYSTERY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alumni Relation A related resource SRU Alumni Poem SRU Alumni Story https://slipperyrockcovid19.org/files/original/c3f945082c1d60bdbf0b200bea38c77e.jpeg 4cac349a6c8a2211827b41e0d4346462 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 Community Description An account of the resource Our community is a vital part of this project. Feel free to contribute any item so that others can see how COVID-19 has impacted your daily routine. 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 Because of COVID19 my family could not get together on Easter Sunday as we normally do for dinner, games & an Easter egg hunt for the kids. I am grandma. I have 4 sons & 14 grandchildren. Since I have some medical issues, I am self quarantining myself in my home with limited visitors & trips outside my home. I normally make a basket for each child. This year I would do something different. I decided that I would make “family” baskets. I bought 4 decorative totes to put treasures in. In each “basket” I put a board game the whole family could play together, a big puzzle book for all ages & toys/other items for each child. My sister had volunteered last year to take the plastic eggs home & would fill them for this year’s Easter egg hunt. There are approximately 125-150 eggs. My sister Marcia, her daughter Bray & son in law Shawn came to my house with the eggs Saturday night. We filled the eggs with toys, candy & money then divided them among the “baskets”. We put the “baskets” in my car and the 4 of us Took off to deliver them. Shawn was the “Easter bunny”. I would stop the car down from the houses & Shawn put the “basket” on the porch. We took a picture of each “basket” on the porches so we could send the pictures Easter morning to each family to make sure they found their “baskets”! We had so much fun filling those eggs & delivering the “baskets”, it might have been the best part of the holiday. Then at some point through Easter Sunday I video chatted with my boys & their families. The kids were very excited to find the “baskets” on their porches & rooting for their treasures. It was definitely a very nice Easter despite COVID19. I thank the Lord that He died for & cleansed us so we could celebrate & enjoy Easter this year. Thank you for allowing me to tell you my story! 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 My Easter story Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brenda Clayppole Relation A related resource Mercer County community member Image Mercer County community member Story 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 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 I walk about the yard today from east to west and north to south then again it’s not a large yard it’s the world though at this time the forsythia shows it’s first tiny flowers the Magnolia is flush with buds giving a hint of its soon to be beauty the green of hyacinths and stems of daffodils in the beds Oh, and my clematis dear, sweet remembrance what do the plants do all winter? what mischief in the mulch and mud? do they huddle all together around some perennial campfire? Or do they go numb until the warmth of the sun awakens them? The voles know cross crossing underground Driven by by some ancient ritual of survival They know their own mischief Leaving trails of fissures on the lawn Miniature mountain ranges of disturbed earth Holes in the garden beds Where they burrowed their way Tossing the mulch as they dig Nature will take her course Without cover of snow Hawks will swoop The earth will settle And we will go back to living 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 My Small World Description An account of the resource In this time of COVID-19, confined by stay-at-home advisories, I find the yard and gardens a world to themselves. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource E. M. Sullivan Relation A related resource SRU Alumni