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Letter to the editor: A faculty member writes to students
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…
Venturing out
My daughter and I modeling new personal protective equipment.
Virtual Baby Shower
My baby shower was cancelled due to the pandemic closing down restaurants, so I had a virtual one using Zoom instead. Family and friends mailed their gifts to my house, and I opened everything on camera and coordinated some games using Zoom's…
Pandemics syllabus
This is the page from my syllabus that marks when it went from being a course about pandemics, to being a course running during a pandemic.
Beans!
Expecting that there won't be much summer travel, I decided to keep myself busy and entertained growing my first vegetable garden. This is a picture of the first sprouts emerging in my seedling trays.
Chalk messages encouraging social distancing
Messages written in chalk on bridge in Grove City, PA that encourage social distancing and wearing masks in public
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
This is a screenshot of the daily COVID-19 coverage site for the PG on the day that the Democratic Governor declared masks mandatory and the GOP-led state assembly passed a bill to reopen businesses.
Changes in Groceries Shopping
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…
Virtual Presentation
I am getting ready to virtually present my research at the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) annual conference from my bedroom.
Panic Purchase
Wine/liquor purchase as Gov. Wolf considers closing state liquor stores in eastern PA counties.
COVID-19 Workout
And here's a funny clip of my husband (Ben Viatori) and I finding creative ways to stay fit during this time
The Reality of Working from Home
Working from home 10-12 hours a day leaves little time for chores. Coffee, Zoom meeting, email email email, quick lunch, answer students' questions via chat, email email email, Zoom meeting, more chat, post research support content online, email…
Tweet by SRU professor about shift to online teaching
COVID-19 came in the midst of a longer debate about the place of online delivery in higher education. I tweeted this in response to an editorial in The Chronicle of Higher Education that asserted the COVID-19 crisis was the "perfect opportunity" to…
Office Work at Home
This is me and my son doing "office work" during SRUs extended Spring Break. I'm moving my courses online and he is doing online school work. He would pick up his pretend phone and say "It's the dean again!"