Barefoot Dance Classes are about to go ONLINE
Children, Mental health, New York, Zoom/Facetime
An update from Barefoot Dance Center to students/families about the impending shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Masks/PPE, New Jersey, Positivity/Hope, Signs, Social Distancing, Travel
I saw this sign attached to the back of a plane while on a beach in Avalon, New Jersey during vacation. The sign encouraged social distancing, kindness, and mask wearing.
Carleton College, Landscape/Nature/Outdoors, Minnesota, On-Campus
These are photos of a beaver taken near the Lyman Lakes on campus. It's extremely rare to see beavers on campus due to people. However, because of the much fewer number of people on campus, the photographer for the first time came across this small creature in the late afternoon on the way to the Arboretum.
Being There, and Not / In My Room: Being Members of a Residential College, at Home
Carleton College, Minnesota, On-Campus, Virtual Learning, Written Story
A short essay about being a student from our shared room in Watkins and our childhood bedrooms
Being There, and Not: On-Campus Rituals of Autonomy
A short essay about students' loss of on-campus "rituals of autonomy" during Covid-19
Being There, And Not: The Fall from Equality in Higher Learning
Athletics/Fitness, Carleton College, Inequality/Disparities, Loneliness/Separation, Mental health, Minnesota, On-Campus, Virtual Learning, Work/Finances/Unemployment, Written Story
A short essay about how learning in S20 revealed inequities among Carls that are more hidden on campus.
Being There, and Not: The Reality of a Carleton Education During COVID-19
A short essay about students' loss of community and also of independence when they were banished from campus.
Bi-Weekly (Non-Exempt & Union) Use of Pandemic Pay Cont. Related to COVID-19
Carleton College, Carleton Faculty/Staff, Minnesota, Work/Finances/Unemployment
For employees unable to complete all their work hours because of the Minnesota Stay at Home order, a new pandemic pay code was created for those in this situation. This document provides details on the pay code and how to use it on the online hours submission form for bi-weekly employees. This document was linked on the Human Resources remote work page and sent to staff in an email in April.
Art/Creativity, Black Lives Matter, Inequality/Disparities, LGBTQ+, Wisconsin
These images were taken of artwork relating to BLM in Madison, WI. Most of the artwork was created on boards outside of businesses on State Street as they were put up during protests. Many pieces are additionally tied to LGBTQ+ movements as pride month was in June.