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Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video/mp4 Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/b5b610bc2d9080c28dca0a9fcd473e67.pdf 176153e1ba3b6c601793c5dc98610d69 PDF Text Text Day 52. by windoworks I slept in a little this morning, by which I mean 6:30am. We are always in bed before 10pm because we’re always tired. Perhaps it is the mental stress of being confined for most of the day. I don’t know really. The weather has changed and we slept last night with one of the storm windows in the bedroom open and a little fresh air coming in from outside. Soon Craig will open all the storm windows and we may eat lunch on the front porch from time to time. Our routine and the routine of our immediate neighbors is oddly comforting. Every morning (that it isn’t raining), Craig moves our car out of the garage and parks it in front of our house, so TJ can extend his ladder on to our driveway while he continues to sand, caulk, replace wood and then paint the side of his house. Every day a new batch of masks in paper bags with instructions attached appear on John’s porch swing and every day new people arrive to pick up their masks. Time slips by with small achievements marking the passing days. I did successfully remove the nail polish and then trim my toenails. This remains an ongoing event as there is always something to file down a little more to stop the toe or finger from catching. I am gradually cleaning out and rearranging the house while Craig gradually restores and reshapes the gardens. Yesterday the Magic Ladies lunch group (I’m still not sure why Wendy chose the name) had the first of the new Zoom lunch meetings. There was laughter and much talk and it felt almost normal. Speaking of normal (usual, typical, expected) - what is that? Restaurants were allowed to reopen this past week in Georgia but the majority refused. You just don’t think about what the new socializing guidelines mean. Kitchens are confined spaces, seating has to be vastly reduced, the amount of time a diner can spend inside eating is very limited and everything, including menus and condiments have to be constantly sanitized. Perhaps we are entering the new age of take out and on that note, here is the line of cars to pick up food at the refurbished Grove restaurant, now a chicken shack. �It’s the flat topped building past the light pole. We are always looking for trails and parks to walk where we won’t come across too many other people. Yesterday Craig hit on the idea of Grand Valley State University’s main campus at Allendale. It was busier than usual as it was a move out day for some students. I think many students went home when they closed the university but left their furniture etc in their rooms. From May 1-10, students may contact the university and the security staff will open their building at a designated time for the student and a family helper to collect their belongings and clear out their room. We walked behind some of the newer buildings in the sunshine. �It was still cool weather though. In other news, Oliver is now 9 months old and this morning my sister-in-law Bernie sent me 3 videos of him on Marco Polo, standing up. ��For some reason that I don’t understand, I can’t attach a video. I can see that I have 58 videos, but when I try to open the file its says No Media Files. So instead here is Oliver trying to get a bottle of beer out of a 6 pack. Not yet, sweetie, not yet. Today’s stats: apparently Michigan now has the highest death rate in the US. More than 9% of the confirmed cases have died, almost a full percentage point more than the next state, Connecticut, where more than 8% of confirmed cases have died. Kent County has 1,607 confirmed cases and 36 deaths (3 deaths more than the day before). If you look at the graph of confirmed cases for Kent County, the line just keeps steadily climbing. Oh well. Flashback photo: so the next day we visited the Old Summer Palace. It was known as Yuanming Yuan (Gardens of Perfect Brightness). It was constructed throughout the 18th and 19th centuries as the main imperial residence of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Here they handled state affairs - the Forbidden City was used for formal ceremonies. The Old Summer Palace was known for its huge collection of gardens, art and historical treasure. But in 1860, during the Second Opium War. Wait, a backtrack here: the British merchants decided they didn’t want to pay for Chinese goods with silver anymore (the Chinese had monopolized the world’s silver reserves) and instead insisted they take opium as payment from the British controlled crops in India. The Chinese refused and the merchants were backed up by the British Navy and their gunboats with high powered gunpowder weapons. A negotiation between the Chinese Emperor and a two British envoys and a journalist ended in disaster with all in the British group imprisoned, tortured and killed. British troops then destroyed the palace. It was so large (more than 800 acres) that it took 4,000 men 3 days of burning to destroy it. Of course before they burned it, many priceless artworks were looted and can now be found in 47 museums around the world. It remains a tourist attraction, pretty much as the British left it. ���The only part of the entire grounds left complete (or perhaps rebuilt) is this maze. I did not go in but Zoe and Craig went in and found the middle and then came successfully out again! This is 2 Chinese girls inside the maze. As I was researching this, I noted that the person in charge of the burning and looting was Lord Elgin. He was a Scottish nobleman and his enduring claim to fame is that he appropriated a complete set of marbles from the Parthenon in Athens in about 1801. These marbles are on display in the British Museum (I’ve seen them) and to this day their removal and the legality of it remains an ongoing dispute between the British Museum and the Greek Government. The museum maintains the marbles are safer housed there from possible looting, environmental degradation etc. What the museum pretends not to remember is that the museum was nearly destroyed in the bombing during WWII. The Greek Government included a clause in the Brexit agreement demanding the return of all stolen antiquities. There are many other items from all over the world that are housed in the British Museum that were illegally obtained. And this is not just the British, many other countries including the US have appropriated items for museums and private collections. Tomorrow we visit the Temple of Heaven and Craig gives the keynote address to open the World History Conference. �My placard reads; Stay Far Away From Me and Wear Your Mask! � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. 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Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/6fa4680ef5b20a7824271a6dc316cb42.pdf 8f8cae8d6f00358bdc8de8947e812142 PDF Text Text Day 51 by windoworks Well its a big day today. Yes, this is the day that the last vestige of my preCOVID-19 life disappears. I’m going to have to cut my own toenails and take the nail polish off. I can’t delay it any longer. Then I’ll be the complete COVID-19 me: long, shaggy hair with slowly increasing grey (hopefully silver) roots, extraordinarily short fingernails, days when I can’t be bothered to put on any makeup - although I have managed to shower and dress in street clothes every day for 52 days. Staying in bed writing my blogpost until oh, somewhere around 10:30ish. Walking somewhere that lets me be far away from most people with my mask ALWAYS on. And spending a part of each day planning comforting and delicious meals because there’s got to be something nice to think about each day. So how’s it going for you? The sleeping part’s not so good for me. I dreamt all night about people catching me by the arm or coming into the house! It’s funny what turns into a nightmare now. To other news. Governor Whitmer has extended the Stay Home, Stay Safe executive order to May 28. Well, we weren’t going anywhere, anyway. And yesterday a group of male protestors, in camo gear armed with assault rifles forced their way to the gallery in the Michigan legislature. My two friends, David Le Grand, a State Representative and Winnie Brinks, a State Senator posted FaceBook accounts of the day. The protestors were threatening the House and David said that he thought he might be shot. Ahhh Michigan, home to Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma bombing), the Ku Klux Klan, anti-vaxxers, religious fundamentalists, Michigan Proud Boys - I could go on. We are home to them all, although I have to say there were a lot less of them yesterday. Could it be that half of them are sick? Moving on. Stats: as of yesterday afternoon Michigan had 41,379 confirmed cases (new word being used) and 3,789 deaths. That total includes Kent County which has 1,479 confirmed cases and still 33 deaths. This is because our hospitals were primed and ready for the onslaught and they have not been overwhelmed like the Detroit area hospitals have. But more scarily, Dr London said 2 days ago that he has directed his teams to actively seek out the virus and they have tested many people who did not know they were asymptomatic and had been disregarding the distancing rule. Yesterday Craig and I read 2 excellent articles. The first was an interview by Peter Bergen (CNN National Security Analyst) of Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert, on “We’re Only In the Second Innings of the Pandemic”. It’s long but well worth the read as it is applicable everywhere in the world. The second article was in The Atlantic. I can’t remember the author but the title is: The Pandemic will change American Retail Forever. The writer talks about big box stores, fine dining restaurants and malls. It’s worth a read. Amazingly enough, later yesterday evening I read that Grove, a local fine dining restaurant within walking distance of our house has closed. The management, understanding that fine dining days are over, are refurbishing and transforming it into a chicken shack with an emphasis on mainly take out. �In New Zealand, three days after being lowered to Level 3 lockdown from Level 4, apparently air pollution levels have risen back to pre-virus days. In British Columbia virus counts have stayed lower than anywhere else in Canada and no one really understands why. Airlines continue to bombard me with ‘come back and fly’ emails while at the same time there is disturbing evidence that their much touted air filtration system, while filtering out various chemicals, does a crap job of filtering out viruses. Little is said about the hundreds of crew including captains who have caught the virus and the at least 7 crew members have died. That’s probably enough for today. Some light relief: ��My sister-in-law Bernie trying valiantly to work from home when Archie the cat (Oliver’s favorite) decided to sit on her laptop. I think its hard enough for me living with a large dog who can’t understand any of the new rules for her life and has become very needy in response. And one of Oliver, just because. �If I could just reach through the iPad and blow raspberries on his tummy...... �The next day in Beijing. This is the Summer Palace. This palace and the lakes (Lake Kunming is the main one) were built over a long period of time by several dynasties. The whole are is a collection of lakes, gardens, temples and covered walkways built for the pleasure of the Imperial Family. The boat behind Zoe and I is a famous feature known as the Marble Boat. It is actually wood painted to look like marble. Dowager Ci Xi, the real power behind the throne in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, diverted funds meant to modernize the Chinese navy, to build this boat and improve other features of the park. She had her nephew Emperor Guan Xi poisoned (arsenic in yoghurt) to try to stop the modernization process he was attempting. How’s that for a loving Aunt? Amazingly, she died the very next day after her nephew. Karma’s a bitch. �We took a boat trip on Kunming Lake to an island in the lake, and Zoe and Craig went off to listen to a band and choir performing revolutionary Communist songs. This is Zoe with the Band Director and some of the musicians. She didn’t get to keep the fan, sadly. �Here is a view of the lake looking back at some of the temples and hills surrounding the lakes. The lakes were man made with the intention of providing clean water for Beijing but then the ruling families had other ideas. Another hot day! It isn’t over yet, so please stay safe. Stay 6 feet apart, wash your hands and wear your mask. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2a06e61d54585b66c3173f61e5499d09.pdf 5550dc1f8b67d1cdb4ba41f1ea96c9a4 PDF Text Text Day 50 (good grief) by windoworks This morning on FaceBook a friend asked if it was Wednesday yesterday. I only know how long we’ve been at home by the numbered days of this post. Then I looked at my calendar - 7 weeks! And today we enter our 8th week at home. It is odd how every day becomes just like the day before and just the same as the following day. Outside spring has returned which is comforting to know that the seasons are not affected by any pandemic. We can buy seedlings from our local nursery. Given our newly defined negative status we won’t be wandering around inside the greenhouses but ordering curbside pickup. And just to backtrack for a moment. I was overwhelmed by the care and loving responses that yesterday’s post received. Firstly because you’re reading my blog!Secondly, because so many of you let me know how relieved you were that we were well and that we survived the test. I thought about that post for a while before I wrote that section. As the weeks roll by there is a tendency to relax the rules a a little and think: well I wasn’t sick yesterday so I won’t be sick today. That comfort was stripped away from Craig and I in our 7th week of isolation and I wanted to share that warning with you. One of the responses I received was from my dear friend Merrilyn in Perth Australia. �This is a Bear Hug from Merrilyn to Craig and I. I cannot tell you how touched I am by this. What an unexpected silver lining to this dreadful situation. To realize just how very important family and friends are, and to have the unlimited time to reconnect and deepen those relationships further. Yesterday my 87 year old mother-in-law (soon to be 88) sent me a video clip of a British comedy show to cheer me up. I am so impressed. Ten years ago or so when my father-in-law died, she said: I just need to know how to turn on the computer so I can play card games. Now we can FaceTime her and she always joins into the family email threads with funny, on point responses. I am so grateful for the technology that allows us all to keep in close contact. �Also yesterday, my very dear friend Wendy came to my neighbors house to pick up some masks for herself and her husband. She had called me to let me know she was on the way. So, in my jammies and a cardigan hastily pulled on, I waited patiently in the window of the tv room. And there she was, raincoat hood over her head, mask obscuring her face and she stood near my window, in the rain and blew me a kiss. I get teary thinking about it. In the I Have To Share This category; my neighbor has been making masks. In the beginning they were a uniform cream color and just one layer. Now his masks are multicolored, 2 layers and with a pocket for a filter. Two days ago he posted a selection on FaceBook with the heading New Spring Shades. The masks were soft pinks and blues. But what really made me laugh was this: stay tuned for evening wear masks for that glam event! Oh I want one of those! I believe he has made hundreds and he has shipped them to various places in the States. And every day his porch swing is full of masks in paper bags with names attached and there is a line of people walking or driving up to collect their masks. Outside the tv window is the double bird feeder. We have seen cardinals, purple finches, sparrows (of course), nuthatches and these two yesterday. I apologize for the quality of the photo, I was trying to capture them before they flew away. ��I think this is a pair of woodpeckers because only one had the red patch. Let me know if its not. Today’s Oliver photo. His great uncle Drew took him to the front entrance to help clean out the shed next to the carport. I can’t say he’s helping much. ��For those who follow the stats: Kent County: 1,402 cases, almost 100 more since yesterday but no more deaths. If you look at the daily graph for Kent County it just continues to rise steadily. Michigan - 40,399 cases, 3,670 deaths. That’s 1.137 new cases and 103 deaths since yesterday. In the US we had 1.06 million cases and 61, 504 deaths in total. They are telling us that the number of deaths is greater than all the American lives lost in the Vietnam War. That’s confronting. I could tell you many other things happening at a national governmental level as each day brings a new, mostly depressing, inept or malicious development, but its my choice to read them and you can look them up for yourself. So back to much happier times! Before visiting the Great Wall, we had visited the Forbidden City. This is a palace complex in the middle of Beijing and it was the former Chinese imperial palace and state residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming Dynasty (1420) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1924). The Ming drove the Mongols out of China and built the Forbidden City on the top of the destroyed Mongol Palace. There’s 980 buildings and it covers over 180 acres. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987. It is enormous and while I don’t think we covered the 180 acres, we certainly walked for a very long time in the heat around various parts of it. Part of the reason for it being so big was ceremonial. My resident Historical Advisor (HA) tells me that the emperors (all 24 of them) lived in virtual seclusion, shut away from the real world and surrounded by eunuchs who became the principal advisors to each emperor. They were so isolated that the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn’t realize that revolt had broken out all over China until he looked out his window and saw rebels climbing over the palace walls. �This is one of the first main entry courtyards - and there are more and more courtyards ahead until you reach the heart of the city where the emperor lived. ��From one building through another courtyard to the next, and so on. �Again, I’m glad I saw it and if I visited again, I’d rather it was a cooler day and I’d bring a folding stool with me - there was absolutely nowhere to sit! Put on a happy face. See you back here tomorrow. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. 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Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/de090319ab84f0861f30d0626462ceb3.pdf c7136f017c06455797a3838906827db4 PDF Text Text Day 49 by windoworks It is 8am on a wet Wednesday morning and the rain is predicted to last all day with the chance of thunderstorms. Yesterday was warm and sunny and we actually sat on the front porch for a while in the fresh air. So today’s roundup: Kent County’s case total rose to 1,317 yesterday. Thats a 24 hour jump of 200+ new cases. I have a correction to the death total, its 33 not 34. It’s confusing because it depends on the time of day that you look up the stats. Michigan state posts mid afternoon but Kent County is late afternoon or early evening. This morning Craig was reading parts of a Science Report aloud to me. The scientists have found that the virus can attack every part of the human body. There is such a lot of talk that its only the 65 and older population who are at risk or the younger group that suffer from a precondition such as diabetes, hypertension, heart problems etc. They are now discovering that this is not so. The virus is able to get into the heart tissue of young, fit, healthy people and cause huge problems. And 30-40 year olds are having strokes because its attacking the lining of the veins and arteries and it is the cells in the lining of these veins and arteries that prevent clotting. I have heard this likened to wack-a-mole - as soon as you hit one mole, another pops up. On Monday Dr London said many people have been asking him when will my life be normal again? His answer: we just don’t know. The last 2 days were dreadful for me (and probably Craig, although he is more pragmatic). On Monday morning he came back from walking Murphy and said: I don’t feel very well. Upon questioning he said he felt dizzy, hot, tired with a little cough. He climbed back into bed (which is really unlike Craig), took his temperature which was a little raised, and we discussed next steps. This involved calling our doctor and the nurse organized a televisit (which is the new big thing which keeps everyone safe). Jamie our Nurse Practitioner, said she thought we both should be tested as he met some of the symptom criteria. At 1:15pm after a struggle to eat lunch, we drove to our surgery where the nurse handed Craig the forms out the back door. Our doctor had gotten test permission from the Kent County Health Dept and and then the practice had faxed the forms to Mercy Health, but they though we should take a hard copy just in case. So then we drove to the back of St Marys Hospital and then lined up beside the parking ramp. ��Each carload had to wait for the previous car to exit the building. At this point I was very scared. So the car in front of us entered the ramp and drove to the testing tent. ��You can see that there was a nurse or doctor in the blue scrubs and gown walking next to the car. This car had a mother driving and a child in a car seat in the back. They were both tested. Then the car drove around and out and it was our turn. I did not take any photos so you’ll have to imagine it for yourself. There were 2 nurses/doctors and the man tested Craig and the woman tested me. You roll down your window , turn off the engine, pull down your mask and tilt your head back against the seat headrest. They hand you tissues and say: this will make your eyes water. Then they open a packet and take out a Q-tip 3 times longer than any Q-tip I’ve ever seen. Telling you to breathe through your nose they insert the Q-tip up the first nostril, right up into your sinuses and turn it around to a count of 4. Then they take it out and repeat it in the other nostril. I can’t tell you how much that hurt. I cried all the way home. They had said we would hear the results in 24-48 hours. So we spent the rest of the day and the next morning distancing from each other. I had texted the children when we got home and they were worried but feeling helpless as they are locked down and so far away. We made contingency plans for one of us being positive or both of us being positive. It was a long 24 hours+. Then yesterday afternoon Craig called our doctors office and our nurse had just received the results. She opened them while he was on the phone and luckily, fortuitously, bloody marvelously, we are both negative. She did add “so far”, but with even more careful isolating, we hope to stay negative. I can’t tell you how graphically and sharply this brought the whole virus and self isolation thing into focus. I do not understand people who do not see the seriousness of this. But when you talk to your son who has stayed up till 11:15pm to talk to you both and he says that you realize that if one of you goes to hospital for treatment , there is no way the other can be there and if the worst happens you might never see each other again. Now you may scoff and say wasn’t he being overly dramatic? But think about a family member not knowing the test results and being very worried that the worst might happen and they could do nothing to help. I may stay inside my house for the rest of my life. People seem to think this will just vanish suddenly overnight. And if that happens, no one will be more thrilled and relieved than me, but honestly I don’t believe in fairies or Santa Claus either. The family has been writing emails on a thread and yesterday my nephews significant other chimed in. She is attending university online. I think she’s studying to be a school teacher and for some reason a new group project was to act out the life cycle of a frog. She is playing the role of a grandmother frog who is reflecting on her life through photos. Here is her photo. ��I’m really impressed. I hope her group gets good marks. Before I begin todays Beijing flashback, Craig remembered we bought a ink drawing at the calligraphers house. This is it. It’s been up in our upstairs hallway. I see it every day but I had forgotten where it came from. ��And my friend Merrilyn wrote and said that she and Keith might have visited the same calligrapher on their trip. One of the photos she sent me was of a house in the Hutong area. You can see how old the area is. One of our next excursions was to the Great Wall. It has a total length of 13,170.70 miles which is half the length of the equator. The average height of the wall is 20-30 feet and its highest point is 46 feet. It is about 2,700 years old. It was built as a fortification system across the then northern borders of China to protect the chinese states and empires against the nomadic groups of the steppe. I believe it is visible from space. �We drove out of Beijing in a comfortable coach. In those days I had blonde hair as my then hairdresser kept trying to turn me into a little Dutch woman. �It’s a steep climb from the parking lot, past lots of vendors selling fans, clothing etc. , and then you get into a gondola to reach the wall itself. �Parts of the wall are unbelievably steep. Zoe said at one point she crawled up on her hands and knees. �Here they are about to climb further. I stayed behind and sat on the stairs in a shaded spot, contemplating life. �You can see the series of gatehouses stretching off into the distance. Of course the Great Wall is closed to visitors now and who knows how many people will visit China in the near future. Again, I am truly glad I saw it and stood on it. Next Beijing tour day tomorrow. ��The continuing saga of Oliver trying to win Archie the cat over. Good luck! So take this virus seriously. That’s all. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. 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By far the largest number of confirmed cases are in the city itself and until this week it was virtually impossible to be tested unless the CDC considered you a person at risk. So at a rough guesstimate the true number of positive cases in any degree of illness is probably 10 times that number. In the US the cases have topped 1.01 million and the deaths stand at 56,634 but they are beginning to realize that there was about 15,000 more deaths than usual in March that weren’t counted as COVID-19, but they were unexplained and the number was way above normal for the month. The earliest death here has been adjusted back to early February. Also this week the CDC has put out a note of 6 new symptoms , and doctors in the ER and ICU are noticing a new problem: the virus is crossing the blood/brain barrier. This has huge implications and although I read the articles and understood them (thank you to all my professors in Psychology) I am not going to discuss it here. It is very easy to look up online if you’re interested. In this blogpost, I try to tell you all the things that I’m reading and processing and some of how I feel. I wonder what I will think in years to come when I reread these posts. On that note: I was invited to submit my Pandemic Diary blogposts to the Grand Valley State University Archives where they will reside in a special Pandemic Section and be available to any researchers in the future. What will those researchers conclude about the Pandemic in general? History will not be kind to those at the very top, especially at the Federal level in the US. I have decided to follow a post of FaceBook: I’m not coming out of the house until the hospitals allow visitors. Right? Think about that. I see this morning that JetBlue is going to insist that all passengers wear face masks. I would like to see airlines reconfigure their airplanes to allow wider seats. When I was much younger, flying (and especially internationally) always seemed like such an exciting treat. Now it has become an endurance test unless you have the funds to travel business class. It always amazes me that I am paying a lot of money to be jammed into a seat for up to 17 hours at a time (to New Zealand) with no way to sleep comfortably unless medically induced and no way to stop the person in front of you reclining their seat - or the child behind you kicking the back of your seat. I don’t believe any airline upper management people have ever traveled economy class on a long haul and I absolutely think they should regularly and incognito. And thats not even mentioning that I am an anxious flyer. �Here’s a photo to cheer you all up: This is in Boston in the Public Gardens near the corner of Beacon Street and Charles Street. This is based on a children’s book called: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. It’s about a mother duck and her 8 ducklings who make their home in Boston’s Public Gardens. At one point in the story, a policeman stops the traffic so the mother and her babies can safely cross the road. It was such a popular book that an artist called Nancy Schon created these famous bronze ducks and it is a great tourist attraction. I visited them some years ago and as a teacher of small children, I loved reading the book to my class. There is even an annual Duckling Day Parade in Boston in May - although not this year I am sure. How appropriate that they have masks on! �Today’s flashback: more of Beijing. Craig and I in a rickshaw off to visit the Old Beijing Hutong District. �And look, Zoe is here, sharing a rickshaw with our dear friend Cynthia. There was a long line of rickshaws. We did visit some traditional houses dating from the Yuan Dynasty in the 14th and 15th centuries (it is so handy to be married to an Ancient Historian with a speciality in Eastern Central Asia history!), but I can’t find any photos. The house we visited was an artists home and he taught us some basic calligraphy. I think I just watched some others trying it out. �After this we went out in a boat on an artificial lake in the same district. The lake dated from the Ming Dynasty, which followed the Yuan Dynasty. Not your usual lake boat! �This is 2 young women praying at a Buddhist temple at a one of the oldest Buddhist Temples in Beijing. ��In Tiananmen Square we were overrun by enthusiastic Chinese high school students on an excursion. Tiananmen Square is enormous (109 acres) and there is absolutely no shelter and it was swelteringly hot. But once again, I’m glad I saw it. As ever - stay safe, wash your hands, wear your mask and draw yourself up to your full height and carry on. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-28_BenjaminPamela_PD-Day-48 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin, Pamela Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-28 Title A name given to the resource Day 48 Description An account of the resource Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids (Mich.) Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/13938f5eb8578425b5dc072f85a0f43e.pdf 92b743fd7e508c5c01b14aaf84296941 PDF Text Text Day 47 by windoworks Here are some interesting stats for today in Kent County: Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young gave an update on the Sheriff's Department last Wednesday • Overtime hours are less than usual except in the Emergency Management department. • They are getting around 43 calls a day, mostly regarding violations of Executive Orders. Their policy is "educate and warn", rather than arrest. No citations have been issued so far. • Domestic abuse calls are up 35%. • Due to collaborative efforts with the courts to release vulnerable populations that present a low public safety risk, the jail is at less than 50% capacity. This provides needed space for physical separation and potential quarantining. And here in Kent County, as of yesterday (and the stats are not collated during the weekends) we have 1,031 cases and 32 deaths. In Southern California people flocked to the beaches, while in Georgia and some other states, dine in restaurants can open again, along with nail salons, hairdressers, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys. The problem is, once your governor opens up the state like this, if you’ve applied for unemployment benefits, you will no longer receive it. So you have no choice but to open up your business. I guess we’re all waiting to see what the consequences will be. Does this remind anyone of Russian Roulette? Hhere is something spotted by Craig when walking Murphy. ��Over the weekend trump said at a press conference (which pop up on my news feed but I cannot bring myself to watch them) that you could use UV light internally to combat the virus or even ingest or inject disinfectant to clear the virus up quickly. Now I know, and you know, that every bottle of disinfectant or cleaner comes with visible warnings plastered all over it, and the CDC and companies such as Lysol and Dettol immediately put out statements basically saying DON’T DO IT! But even then, state governments and city managements have received many calls asking if it works and should they do it. What appals me is that not only did no one present at the press conference say NOOOOO! But an aid said (just out of earshot but Anderson Cooper increased the sound and then wrote it on the screen and I’ve forgotten the exact words) We’ll get someone on that right away. Wait! What? Get someone to inject a COVID-19 sufferer with bleach to see if that clears their lungs up?? What alternative universe am I living in and could I please go home now? So after that I need some light relief and probably you do too. Here’s my adorable grandson Oliver to offer that. �Wearing his big boy jeans. �And making himself stand up to try and reach Archie the cat. �Yesterday Craig spent most of the day outside in our garden because it was a gorgeous warm day and he completed the second raised vegetable bed and planted some (hopefully) hardy seeds. We’re aiming for self sufficiency here. Now, perhaps some chickens? Murphy spent all afternoon outside with him and slept like a log last night due to all the fresh air. As of this morning, there are 18 more days until Governor Whitmer either eases the restrictions a little more or takes us back to stricker ones depending on the continued increase of the virus spread. I can’t believe we’ve been doing this for 48 days (my first Pandemic Diary didn’t have a day number). I suppose you get used to anything in the long run. Flashback. In 2011 we went to China for a World History Conference in Beijing. We got there 3 days before the conference began and we had the added bonus of our daughter Zoe joining us. On the first day after we arrived and before Zoe flew in, Craig and I visited the Beijing Zoo. It was an odd experience partly because having blonde hair, all the Chinese tourists wanted their photo taken with me. I guess when they went home they could proudly show the photo of themselves with the foreigner with the blonde hair. �This was the sign at the entrance to the zoo. My favorite item was: no trumpet playing. �China used pandas as diplomatic gifts for many centuries, but now China has panda loans around the world. The zoos can have the pandas for an agreed period of time (and I think they pay China for the privilege). They are allowed to breed them, but all pandas must return to China after several years, even the ones bred at each zoo. During the coronavirus lockdown 2 pandas in Ocean Park Zoo in Hong Kong finally mated after 10 years. Perhaps they just needed privacy. The panda exhibit at the Beijing Zoo was the focal point of the zoo. �This was a giant stone cat in the middle of the zoo. We were the only Westerners in the zoo that day and everyone pointed and giggled behind their hands at us. It was a little disconcerting! More Beijing tomorrow. Wear your mask, wash your hands and keep smiling. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-27_BenjaminPamela_PD-Day-47 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin, Pamela Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-27 Title A name given to the resource Day 47 Description An account of the resource Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids (Mich.) Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/ed45026bf1d50b2cb9f324518f413f01.pdf e8ec2f26be8fa1f0d9f2f78dd14f9c5f PDF Text Text Day 46 by windoworks Another morning where I’ve started this post 3 times. Thinking.....oh yes. Apparently the Republican State Senate majority have decided that a Recall Whitmer would be the perfect thing to do at this moment. Never mind that she won the vote by 53.3% and she’s doing an awesome job and meeting each new problem head on. But these signs are starting to pop up and I’m trying to think if I have stuff to make one myself. Yesterday was a busy day. Craig cleaned the front porch and then brought out all the porch furniture. In the back yard he put out the grill and the chairs at the table on the back deck. I had read reports that meat processing plants are being closed down due to covid-19 infections. Disturbingly some workers were being forced to come to work even when ill. This may lead to some shortages so I thought perhaps we should buy a little more meat to freeze. Theoretically I would like to be a vegetarian and I quite like an occasional meat free meal, but truthfully I am a carnivore - and I really do believe bacon makes everything better (I can’t believe I said that out loud). �So we went to Fresh Thyme. And I know, I know, I said Craig would be the designated shopper after a previous shopping experience but after our foray to Trader Joe’s where I felt so much safer and less anxious, I thought we could try Fresh Thyme. I had forgotten that Meijer owns Fresh Thyme through a subsidiary, and I swore I would never set foot in a Meijer store until this was well and truly over (or contained or vaccinated or whatever). Well we got everything on the list and I got to have an almost meltdown in the store at the sheer numbers of people and people without masks and the poor social distancing, and so this time, I am going to resist actual shopping in stores and send Craig with a list instead. Craig is beginning work on several projects around the house and he had ordered online from Home Depot. He also visited Rileys Ace Hardware. In both stores you lined up outside (hopefully wearing a mask) and waited to be let into the store. At both stores the line was long and the wait also long, but no one complained and the overall feeling was confidence in the company’s ability to follow the rules and do their best to keep people safe. Yesterday morning Craig and Murphy saw these signs outside Blodgett Hospital in East Grand Rapids (Blodgett is our local hospital). �We are so grateful for our medical workers as well as everyone else working at a job that keeps us safely in our homes. And just to make you laugh, here is our grandson Oliver, practicing social distancing. ��From my friend Merrilyn in Perth Australia, here is the view from her garden, looking into a regional park behind them. Those amazing looking grass trees are called Zanthorrea - just in case you wondered. And here is a photo taken a 30 second walk from their driveway - and yes that is a kookaburra sitting on the sign, �And this last photo from Merrilyn. Saturday was ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand. The initials stand for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps and this day commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. It also commemorates the first landing of the Anzacs at Gallipoli. It begins with a dawn service at 6am and then a march midday and remembrance services. This year there were no dawn services, no marches, no remembrances and no ending the day at the pub with comrades. It is a huge event annually in both countries and it was extremely hard for old soldiers to have to miss. Many of them must be wondering if they’ll still be here to celebrate next year. Anyway, this is an old Digger bear (private soldier), exhausted by the day’s revelries. �One more photo just to cheer us all up. This is Oliver’s Dad, Christian and his 2 dogs visiting with Oliver. I love the way the dogs and Oliver are ignoring each other. �So to Rome and the day’s flashback. We had been in Italy for over 2 weeks. We were all tired, a little sunburned and sort of ready to go home, but we still had enough energy to visit some famous Roman landmarks. �This is the Colosseum where the Games took place. Thats the floor of the Colosseum in the foreground. The floor is actually gone and what you can see are the tunnels and room underneath where the felons, gladiators and wild animals were kept. The floor was able to be flooded with water so they could stage water battles - I have no idea how they did that. What really amazes me is that after the Roman Empire crumbled away, most of their amazing and almost modern technology was lost and a large part of buildings such as these were vandalized by locals for building materials. �Here are some of us in the Forum. This was a rectangular plaza surrounded by several important government buildings, which were at the center of Ancient Rome. This was where all the good stuff happened: speeches, trials, marches - in other words, the center of day- to-day life. I remember it was hot, there were lots of steps and you had to watch where you were walking as there were bits of stone poking up unexpectedly. �This frieze appealed to me. Gladiators? �Guess where we are and what we are doing. Yes! You’re right. We are throwing a coin over our left shoulders into the Trevi Fountain so that we will return to Rome. It was so crowded that we had to wait our turn to sit on the fountains edge. If you look at photos of Rome now, there is barely a soul abroad and the Trevi Fountain is turned off. �Flying home we passed over Mt Blanc. Chamonix would be about where the pointy end of the engine is. As ever, stay safe, well and at home. Wear your mask outside and be mindful of the distance between yourself and others. It’s not over yet, sadly. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. 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Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f0786ed1f377ab56cfd0c56c8df409ed.pdf ac96f835d616fa8f9a4c96836daee316 PDF Text Text Day 45 by windoworks I’m going to start off with the stats today. On Monday April 20 Kent County had recorded 550 positive cases and 24 deaths. Friday April 24 Kent County recorded 906 cases and 29 deaths - 4 days later. In the US as of yesterday we have 927K confirmed cases and 52,400 deaths. The US tops the world list. At the very bottom of the world list is Yemen with 1 case and 1 recovered. In Michigan, the south east side,( Detroit and surrounding counties) which has been the hardest hit, is slowly beginning to plateau. But here is Kent County, Dr London from the Kent County Health Dept thinks we are up to a month from peaking. Yesterday Governor Whitmer extended the Stay Home order to May 15 but at the same time she eased restrictions on landscaping companies, nurseries, golf courses (no golf cart use though) and gardening/lawn mowing companies. She did allow motor boating and opening up your cottage for the summer. But she also added the compulsory wearing of cloth masks inside any store and she emphasized strictly adhering to the 6 foot apart rule and continuing to wash your hands. Lastly she said we must be ready to be nimble and I think that meant if there is a new increase in positive cases - those lessened restrictions will be taken away. I don’t know about you but in some ways I’m happy to be safe at home. We had a Zoom meeting of the Enrichment Committee for the Women’s City Club yesterday. We are the committee that organizes all events and programs for the members. In life before the coronavirus (LBC) we had a weekly Thursday program and lunch at a nearby golf club. That’s practically every Thursday of the year which is a big job. Recently our board director of communications and our board president have been organizing a fun online activity every Wednesday and a virtual offering every Thursday. This week we watched the Boutique Emmanuel owner present an online fashion show, just for fun. At our meeting we discussed possible opportunities to physically get together again. We would really like to do this but the burning question is when? And thats the hardest thing about this virus. Nobody can say when a semblance of normal life will resume. That’s another disturbing thought - what will life look like in one or two years time? Because nobody in our lifetime has ever experienced a global pandemic, we just don’t know what will happen. I think this is the hardest thing for all of us to bear - the ongoing uncertainty. Added to this is the worrying realization that as fast as doctors and scientists think they have a handle on the virus, some new and disturbing element pops up. Even more disturbing is the experts saying: well at least we’ll be more prepared for the next pandemic. Thats similar to the captain of one of our cruise ships telling us visitors to the bridge that the Titanic sinking allowed the passenger shipping industry to be ready for the next maritime disaster. �Yesterday we found another section of our favorite trail. We only saw 4 other couples and three of them were wearing masks and carefully distancing. This part of the trail is wide and although its still within a residential area, the houses were far away. The amount of wildlife appearing everywhere in Grand Rapids and surrounds is just amazing. And yes, it was still fairly cold and I finally worked out that if I tucked the top of my mask under the bottom edge of my glasses, my glasses didn’t steam up. We also saw a plane fly overhead - a most unusual occurrence. Also, if you are wondering, Murphy has recovered from giardia but she doesn’t come on the daily walk with Craig and I. She gets plenty of other fast walks each day with Craig. Coldigioco flashback What an amazing week that was. It was important too as we formed the International Big History Association. �Here we all are at the first meeting to discuss Big History. Every day Sandro, the Director of the Geological Observatory based in Coldigioco, would drive to the local bakery and bring back breakfast. Some days we had meetings and other days we went on excursions to important geological sites. In either case, every day except one we went to a restaurant for lunch. That was when I discovered lunch was a very serious affair in rural Italy. It lasts 2 hours or more because all stores close from 12 to either 3 or 4pm. So actually there’s time for lunch and a nap. One lunch that stands out clearly in my memory was at a restaurant about 40 minutes drive away that specialized in truffles. Amazing. Then every night we drove somewhere about 8pmish to a different restaurant for dinner. On our last night we drove to a pizzeria quite close to our hamlet and had a large number of pizzas, each with one simple topping. Delicious! And then everyone got Tiramisu and it was to die for! I will never eat a Tiramisu like that again. One day we visited this �This is a charcoal burners stack. This is an ancient art. The wood is ignited and burns very slowly with low oxygen and what is left is, I think, lump charcoal. I can’t remember all the details and it is very hard to find a comprehensive description online. Once lit, it has to be constantly watched in case it burns out prematurely or burns too hot. �Our hamlet was in the middle of farmers fields and this was similar to the view out of our bottom floor window each morning. �There was a dam close by with a beach and it was hot enough to swim. �The last day just before we climbed into our cars and drove to Rome. More on that tomorrow. So, put on your mask when you leave the house. Wash your hands and stay safe. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-25_BenjaminPamela_PD-Day-45 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin, Pamela Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-25 Title A name given to the resource Day 45 Description An account of the resource Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids (Mich.) Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/a344125f83c08d9eac33fa9428a911b1.pdf 092d7b609ff4fc2f5ad48903e6c0845e PDF Text Text Day 44000. No, just day 44. by windoworks My oh my, where does the time go? On this 44th day, I realize that routine has become everything. There is comfort in knowing what you will be doing at a certain time each day. It makes things feel, dare I say it, normal. And perhaps some form of this daily routine and an accompanying degree of restrictions will persist for the next 18 months to 2 years. Surprisingly i feel okay about that now. I think we are all experiencing the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I might have missed bargaining and I feel as though I am just emerging from depression into acceptance. How about you? I am “seeing” my counselor on FaceTime once a week and I am grateful for her continued support. Speaking about our feelings in this time is enormously important. Otherwise, as my friend says, its way too easy to fall right down the rabbit hole. So make sure you look after your mental health as well as your physical health. By all accounts, Grand Rapids and Kent County is showing up on graphs as a possible next hotspot. I am confident that the city government and Kent County are doing their best to keep us all safe, in spite of the crazies out there. I can’t even talk about Georgia where they’re opening up all kinds of breeding grounds for the virus and causing unprecedented amounts of racial vitriol to be aired. I can’t imagine what it would be like to live in a state where the governor doesn’t have your back or best interests at heart. The Lieutenant-Governor of Texas continues to expound the ‘acceptable losses’ theory and as I seem to be included in the right age group for that, I’ll not be visiting Texas any time soon. Well, I won’t be visiting anywhere any time soon. Yesterday, on their morning walk, Craig and Murphy saw this: �In winter these stone lions wear red woolen scarves but their coronavirus masks are very cute. Then, when we drove to Trader Joe’s (first time in over 43 days) we saw this: �Well he’s free to recall Whitler whoever he is. Trader Joe’s was an eye opening experience and by far, the best run coronavirus adjusted grocery store we’ve been to. First this; ��Then we lined up, standing carefully on the designated mark. ��After about 20 minutes lining up in the frigidly cold wind, it was our turn at the head of the queue. The staffer at the door waited until a second shopper came out before letting us both inside. The doors were locked and you had to be let in and let out. They are working on the one out, one in, schedule. Almost everyone lining up had masks on and no one was popping in for a few items - everyone bought a lot of groceries. There is a limit of 25 customers in the store at once. The staffer at the door constantly disinfected the grocery carts and pointed to the one you could take. The checkout was very strictly regimented. They take your cart, run the groceries through, pack them in paper bags all while you wait 6 feet away behind a blue tape line on the floor. Then when you move forward to pay, the checker and the packer move right back away from the register. And then another staffer unlocked the door to let us out. I don’t know when I will ever feel comfortable shopping anywhere again, but Trader Joe’s made me feel safer and much more comfortable than other stores. We’ll shop there again. �We continue to shop online for a lot of items - clothes, shoes, toiletries, gluten free cookies, gluten free bread, seeds, seedlings, makeup etc. Some other items we order and pay for online and then do a curbside pickup. What a new life we’re living! I wanted to add this story: in Pennsylvania at a factory, 43 workers worked and stayed in the factory for 28 days to stay healthy while manufacturing millions of pounds of the raw materials that will end up in face masks and surgical gowns. They did 12 hours on, 12 hours off, sleeping and eating at the factory. Now thats an amazing team spirit, dedication and patriotism. On his late afternoon walk, Craig photographed these signs: ���And finally this one which really says it all: �And at last! Today’s flashback: After Bologna we drove into San Marino. This is a mountainous micro state inside north-central Italy that was founded in 301 AC. �It covers 23,63 square miles. This is the view from one of the 3 towers. It is a Republic and it is jointly ruled by 2 Captains Regent. �This is the view of the surrounding Italian countryside from the top of the tower. All I remember was how steep it was to walk up to the top and into the castle. I didn’t climb up any towers. �And lastly, here is the sign we found but which didn’t help us find the actual driveway in to Coldigioco. It was late in the afternoon and we went up and down the same stretch of road 3 times until David and Craig asked some workers in a walled graveyard. Of course they only spoke Italian and so after much gesticulating and miming we figured out where we were going wrong and we drove into the top of the hamlet, tired, hot and crabby and were greeted kindly by friends and colleagues and given very big glasses of wine with snacks to calm us down. It worked. And so began an extraordinary week, but more of that tomorrow. Graduate to acceptance, stay calm, stay safe and maintain a velociraptor distance from others when outside (wearing your mask). � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-24_BenjaminPamela_PD-Day-44 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin, Pamela Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-24 Title A name given to the resource Day 44000. No, just day 44. Description An account of the resource Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids (Mich.) Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/d606f25e89bf0d74728bbd8638d46212.pdf 3a40586ed7bb966ddd3b8dff43eeceba PDF Text Text Day 43 by windoworks So much information. At the top end (and I use that term loosely) the president has continued to sideline and replace scientists, doctors and researchers who appear to disagree with him. In an astonishing about face (well not really astonishing) first he loudly encouraged governors to reopen their states and when the governor of Georgia did just that, he decried the action as too soon. I just watched Trevor Noah interview Governor Cuomo of New York State. His state has been the hardest hit and he mentioned that the previous day (the interview was sometime this week) there had been over 400 deaths which was less than the previous days. When Trevor asked what you open first, Cuomo said that hair salons, barbershops and tattoo parlors were way at the end rather than the beginning. He said he would be interested to see the haircut after it was done following 6 foot isolating guidelines. But the most interesting thing he said was that the virus will always be with us so we have to wait until the infection rate is so low it is manageable. Cuomo also said if you go out tomorrow and shake hands with 3 people and you are asymptomatic , those 3 people will turn up sick 3 days later. Apparently its that quick. In Michigan we had a total of 33,966 cases yesterday and 2,813 deaths. In Kent County yesterday there were 757 confirmed cases and no new deaths over 25. It’s hard to know if the new cases are due to increased testing or just an increased spread. Thats well over 100 new cases in one day. Yesterday we were FaceTiming Zoe and Oliver (he’s still crawling as fast as he can after the cat - but the cat’s quicker) and Zoe is thinking of returning home in the next week or so. Oliver’s daycare is still in operation and they are keen to have him back. Zoe will probably continue to work from home for some time. In Sydney they are considering reopening the beaches but only for swimming and surfing. Sunbathing and sitting are prohibited and beaches will be policed and closed if people do not obey these rules. Australia has done some of the best contact tracing in the world and have flattened the curve fairly well. We then had a long conversation with Asher in Melbourne and he told us that his fashion company conglomerate, through their warehouse and individual “dark” stores (small staff, no customers in store) doing online shopping only, have reached at least half their normal revenue. Consequently he will be returning to work next week, still from home and 3 days a week to begin with - but a really positive step. He belongs to a rowing club and has spent the last week or so working on how they can safely resume training. Will it all be single sculls or eights with only 3 or 4 rowers? Difficult decisions. Here in Michigan Governor Whitmer hinted that she will extend the Stay Home order for a little longer. She told us that the Detroit hospitals are not as completely overwhelmed as they were and we have �enough PPEs for 2 weeks or more, compared to enough for a single day as was the case a couple of weeks ago. My guess is the order might be extended to May 15. I continue to receive postcards (remember them?) from some very kind Women’s City Club members, and they do cheer me up. And while I think of it I want to mention our family book club. If you belong to a book club (and I now belong to two) you’ll know the tension involved when the months book is your choice. You choose a book and then the rest of your club then reads it. And then you have the meeting (online at this time) in which you discuss the book and whether or not you enjoyed reading it. To my family book club members I want to say: if the book was challenging or hard to understand or raised many questions - thats a great book club choice. Some of the best discussions with my other book club have been about a book that I either didn’t understand or labored to read. Yesterday Craig and Murphy walked past our local synagogue where this was happening Not entirely sure what the line of cars was for. And then he saw this: �And lastly, Craig has begun trimming Murphys hair. He started around her eyes (she kept bumping into things), then around her jowls, then her ears and then the top of her head. Then yesterday afternoon he tried to trim her nails with a proper dog nail clipper. He got one front paw done and then 2 nails on the other front paw and then she ran away to the back of the garden and sat with her back to him. So he gave up. Zoe suggested wrapping his head in cling wrap and smearing peanut butter on his forehead to distract her while he trims the rest. I promise I’ll take a photo if he does it. Anyway here she is looking a little tidier and you can see her eyes. ��And today’s flashback. This is a photo of the University of Bologna. It was founded in 1088 by an organized group of students and it is the oldest university in the world. Today it is one of the most prestigious universities in Italy. It is historically notable for teaching canon and civil law. Over the centuries many famous people attended this university including a number of those who would go on to be Pope. �The center of the old city is famous for its colonnades. �We asked the man behind the desk in our hotel where he would take his family for dinner. He recommended a restaurant in the old part of the city, easily walkable from the hotel. When we entered the restaurant, the owner/chef asked us if he should feed us. We were surprised but we said yes. What a meal it was. I lost count of the courses, all with his choice of wine. Then at the end he gave us his house made limoncello, icy cold from the fridge, tart and deadly. I almost crawled back to the hotel on my hands and knees and I might have had a teensy headache the next morning. And yes. Spaghetti Bolognese did originate in Bologna but with tagliatelle noodles. Another cold windy day here. Stay safe, stay home, stay well. Tomorrow then. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-23_BenjaminPamela_PD-Day-43 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin, Pamela Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-23 Title A name given to the resource Day 43 Description An account of the resource Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids (Mich.) Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/fdbbf9e11be93ccfdaadb6179c4122e6.pdf fa67afda213249be7f12f2dafe06ea8d PDF Text Text Day 42 by windoworks It’s still snowing! And its freezing! Well the only good thing is that it makes social distancing a whole lot easier because no one is wandering about in the cold. And of course, the cold weather seems to really promote COVID-19. As of yesterday about 3pm, here in Kent County we had 639 cases and 25 deaths. Thats an increase of 80 cases in one day which is a bit confronting. Two days ago when we had 503 cases, Dr London, Chief Medical Officer for the Kent County Health Dept, broke that number down thus: approximately 300 recovered, 100 recovering at home and 100 in hospital. But the problem is that although doctors are mandated to notify the dept of any positive cases, they are not mandated to notify of those patients recovered. Also this morning, Craig read of three deaths in early February on the West Coast which have just been determined as COVID-19 deaths, AND none of the three people had traveled anywhere. This was before the first cluster at a nursing home in Washington State. Very interesting was the article I just read this morning asking CEOs in all types of businesses and enterprises what the future looks like after the virus subsides. The short answer is: more working remotely; a return to regular 9-5 hours with the evenings and weekends for fun and family; much closer manufacturing centers; redesigned workspaces in offices to accommodate social distancing and digitalized medical records that follow a patient for their lifetime. All those questioned saw this as a great opportunity for positive change. In one of those tidbits that I forgot yesterday: Virgin Australia airline has gone into receivership. I looked this up because its different to bankruptcy. I think someone is appointed as the receiver and they investigate ways of rescuing the company. Now if I’m wrong, thats okay but be gentle when you explain it to me. The other airline news is about Air New Zealand. The company is operating mainly as a domestic airline for the time being. And speaking of airlines, Boeing has begun manufacturing again at a couple of its West Coast factories. It’s being seen as a test case by authorities in D.C. but fewer workers turned up for their shift and those that did were apparently ‘deeply uneasy’. Why do I get the feeling this may not end well? Yesterday afternoon we drove to Millennium Park to walk. We had intended to find the other end of a trail that we like, and we did but there was absolutely nowhere to park, so we drove on to Millennium Park instead. The gates were open so we drove further in to another parking lot and set out walking. �Sometimes I wonder what I am doing and why I am doing it. If you think I look overdressed you’d be wrong. Five minutes after this photo was taken it snowed - straight into my face. It was so windy and cold that my glasses steamed up completely and the freezing cold wind blew inside my hood (and I’m wearing a wooly hat underneath the hood) and down my back. And yes, we walked all the way across that bridge in the background and a complete circle back to the car. This photo is about halfway round. I think I’m losing weight due to the daily walking - well I sincerely hope so. Last night we had two lovely online experiences. First we talked to some friends who usually go to Vinecroft on Tuesday nights for spaghetti dinners. My friend Fred set up Virtual Vinecroft on Zoom and we chatted with some Vinecroft regulars for a few minutes. And then Zoe called on FaceTime and Oliver was in a wonderful mood, right up to the moment Zoe accidentally tipped him over by pulling the play mat towards her. He did a face plant and he was shocked and outraged and screwed up his dear little face and yelled - with tears as well. So it was up to Grandad and Mimi to sing “If you’re happy and you know it” to cheer him up again. And it did. Flashback photo. Day 2 of our stay in Milan. �You have to laugh. ��As you can see this is a statue of Leonardo da Vinci. He lived in Milan for two periods,1482-1499 and 1506-1513. He lived at the Sforza Castle where he worked for Duke Ludovico il Moro. During his time in Milan he created The Last Supper. His statue is close to this building: The famous La Scala Opera House which was not open when we were there. �But Sforzesco Castle was open. It houses about 9 different collections or museums and from a castle it became a fort and changed hands many times throughout the centuries. I enjoyed Milan a great deal and would love to visit again. Tomorrow we’ll visit Bologna for our last stop before the Big History meeting. As I finish writing it is snowing a little more heavily than yesterday. Our neighbor TJ gets out in almost all weathers and sands, caulks, repairs and paints the side of his house. As the weather fluctuates, so do his clothing layers. Yesterday he looked even more wrapped up than I did. The south wall of his house is starting to look very smart. Craig’s thinking about painting some of our house - but I want the meadow started first. Stay well, stay home and keep on smiling. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-22_BenjaminPamela_PD-Day-42 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin, Pamela Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-22 Title A name given to the resource Day 42 Description An account of the resource Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids (Mich.) Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/abd80e2876a888ec1612534ed16b2241.pdf bda00b9e0b479bf1e34d89c39d343966 PDF Text Text Day 41 by windoworks Well where to start? I feel like a pack rat - all day long I tuck bits of news and information away for my blogpost the following day. Of course sometimes I finish the post and publish and then later I remember some tidbit I really wanted to include but forgot. So to today’s collection: first the stats. Michigan continues apace with 31,424 cases in total and 2,391 deaths. Kent County has a total of 559 cases and 24 deaths. I am not sure if the cases are people in hospital or people confirmed. I do know that I read of 3 critical patients here in Grand Rapids 2 days ago that they were trying plasma treatment on. Yesterday Governor Whitmer gave an announcement of where we are and she began with the news that a 5 year old girl, the daughter of 2 first responders, had died from the virus. She asked those considering protesting their lack of freedom to do as they wished, to consider whether they were that person. That person who wanted to be able to ride their jet ski even if it meant that others like that 5 year old might die because of their selfishness. She said she and her team would look at the situation in 10 days time and consider next steps, but If we wanted those next steps to be a cautious lifting of some restrictions, then Stay Home. and that’s how she said it, three times, with capital letters, looking straight into the camera. You know I have 3 friends that are making masks in the hundreds, and as soon as they are completed and put out on their front porch for collection they are whisked away - and yet when Craig and I are outside walking or at the grocery store, there don’t seem to be many people wearing them. Yesterday I read an article about how much virus floats near you when a runner or a cyclist passes you and apparently it’s negligible. So I feel much better about that and yes! Two days ago while we were walking on the Fred Meijer Trail, a cyclist passed us wearing a mask. We gave him the thumbs up. Yesterday was not my shining hour. You know the days when you wake up and think: how much longer can I stand this? I’m sure I can’t be the only one feeling like this. And then I feel guilty because I have food, shelter in a very comfortable house, plenty of clothes, a loving partner and a sweet dog. Anyhow, Craig asked me what would I like to do that would make me feel better and i said: can we go to the lake and look at the water please? Remember, I lived in Sydney, 10 minutes drive from the beach (all year round) for just under 30 years. Water in vast quantities calms me. Salt water is better but the lake, especially after strong winds, is easy to pretend that its the sea. So we drove out along Leonard which winds through farmland and we came across this: ��I’m pretty sure this is a scaled replica of Noah’s Ark. it is standing on the front lawn of a church. I’m not sure if this is a statement about the coronavirus or just a project constructed by a congregation member. And really, we haven’t had that much rain. Then on to Grand Haven and the lake which was much calmer than the last time we visited. ��Here I am, Pamela Grumpy Pants. That wind was way too fierce and cold for me to get out of the car. But we sat there and drank the coffee we had brought from home and then we drove home again. And I did feel better. My friend Merrilyn who lives in Perth Australia and is writing a Bear Hunt book for her grandchildren, sent me this gem. �This is a very patriotic bear! Also, Craig told me that there was a report of a kangaroo sighted hopping down one of the main streets of the city of Adelaide in South Australia. Thats a long way out of its natural habitat. This morning a friend who posts on FaceBook, anxiously asked what the symptoms of covid-19 were. She received many responses, some with charts of flu and coronavirus comparisons etc., but what surprised me was the 2 or 3 responses from people saying - well when I had it ....Until I read this, I had only heard of one person who had a confirmed case. I haven’t heard of anyone I know dying from it yet but I am worried that I might. �Now, today’s flashback: After leaving Chamonix we drove back down towards Milan in Italy and on the way we drove alongside Lake Maggiore. I remember there were huge houses along the lakeshore where I am sure the rich and famous live. If you look up Lake Maggiore online it has an interesting history from prehistoric times onwards, including a story about a Bugatti roadster that someone sank in the lake to avoid paying taxes on. �Milan’s duomo and town square. Milan is overrun in the summer by tourists. It is the fashion capital of Italy and perhaps the world. We stayed in a very modern hotel just off the edge of the main shopping area. This is a very interesting city with lots to see and we spent 2 nights here. We ate risotto and polenta because northern Italy is not so fond of pasta as the south. �This is the main shopping gallery. A very imposing edifice full of gorgeous but expensive boutiques and eateries. �And here we are inside. I know its a dark photo but you get the idea. �So tomorrow more Milan and then we move on to Bologna. Remember: stay home, wear your mask outside when shopping or walking and stay either a velociraptor or a regular sized refrigerator on its side apart. You choose. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-21_BenjaminPamela_PD-Day-41 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin, Pamela Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-21 Title A name given to the resource Day 41 Description An account of the resource Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids (Mich.) Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e7689c42646cb5a13b522963c5282639.pdf 78773b38a2d932847d93d1c18e71ec75 PDF Text Text Kristie DeVlieger 3/28/20 We were part of the way into Illinois, a few hours into our trip to San Antonio on the second, when my notifications began going off. It was the group of other attendees for AWP, upset about messages seen on twitter that the conference was maybe being cancelled. Since we were already enroute, we decided we would be attending either way; we had taken the time off, booked the hotel, and already driven through two states. It is exactly a two day drive to drive from Holland, MI to San Antonio, TX. The drive was exhausting, but uneventful. It was like many of the other road trips we had taken before. We’d take turns driving. The driver selects the radio selections. We gave in every early on Tuesday morning, sleeping in our VW Jetta on the side of the road. We arrived in San Antonio mid-morning on the third, noticing how many trees there were in Texas. Early in the morning through Arkansas I had counted almost 100 white tailed deer on the sides of the highway. We checked into our hotel at noon, a few hours later. We finally got some food, trying What-A-Burger. We walked along the Riverwalk several times over the week, quickly gaining knowledge of where our hotel was in relation to the conference center, the mall with the only liquor store downtown, and the Alamo. It was impossible to miss the loud, continuous noise of the birds in San Antonio. They sang and called to one another from dawn until late in the evenings. I’ve always thought of Texas as dry, like a desert, with trees dotting the landscape in the distance. So it was a surprise when it was more like Tennessee or Georgia. And there was water EVERYWHERE. Logical, considering the state’s proximity to the ocean, but baffling to my midwestern mind. As we walked along the Riverwalk, we discussed drinking in the bars. It seemed like it would be glamorous, drinks at the Hard Rock Café, right along the water. 3/29/20 On Wednesday, the fourth, we headed to the convention center at noon-ish. I had been advised that the registration could take a while, but when we arrived, the registration area was completely empty aside from the workers. In 5 minutes I had registered, picked up my badge, bag, and program. I peeked at the book fair, but there didn’t seem to be anyone setting up. Disappointed, we headed to the Alamo. It was the commemoration of the Battle of the Alamo, so admittance was free. I looked forward to this in advance and was both interested and disappointed to see that it was undergoing restoration. After all this time, the Alamo’s limestone substrate was dissolving. Placards around the interior detailed discoveries the restoration team had found, like Civil War soldiers’ inscriptions and the remains of windows that no longer existed. We ended up driving around San Antonio, looking for thrift stores. I needed a cardigan, it was colder than I had expected, and that was the only thing I hadn’t packed. The first one we found was only as wide as a hallway, but we were successful at the second one, picking up a gigantic grocery sack of vintage matchbooks from around the country for only $5. We had asked locals if they were concerned �Kristie DeVlieger about the state of emergency that had been declared, but no one was worried. When we went to the grocery store though, it was a mad house, filled with people frantically buying all of the boxed dinners they could find, shelves empty of certain items. 3/30/20 Thursday the fifth was when the conference properly began and I spent my time applying makeup before I headed to my first panel. The panel was headed by Dinty Moore, on persona. I found it enlightening and relatable; I too struggled with which persona to speak in. I then attended a panel on podcast creation. I don’t have an interest in podcasts, but as a quickly growing market and with my interest in digital humanities, I thought it may be something I would do someday. I walked away with many “reputable” examples of podcasts. My favorite panel of the conference was the NBCC’s panel on writing book reviews. I didn’t really think about how other people were doing it professionally—I had always just written mine to share my opinions on the books I was reading. While there were stations for hand sanitizer everywhere at AWP, nobody was wearing masks. I saw people that were afraid to shake hands, but that seemed to be the extent of the concern that attendees had regarding COVID-19. I felt like there were more people worried about it online than there were that had showed up. We rounded out the day by attending the first of our off-site readings at the Cherrity Bar, where we met the three other GVSU students who attended. As we showed up they were reading, and we caught only the end of the showcase. 3/31/20 Friday the sixth was a harder day to get up and face, but I did. I felt like I went from panel to panel, only to find that each was either cancelled or too full to attend. I attended an MfA panel and the Q & A with Louise Erdrich. Later that evening I attended the AWP dance party. We had gone downtown and finally had a drink down along the Riverwalk, checking out a basement bar that had a dedicated Ms. Pacman console. I couldn’t pass it up, and we slowly drank while I played a few rounds. Don had passed out early that evening, so I decided to check out the last hour of what was supposedly a pretty wild event. Attendance at the dance party was modest, small groups of people dancing to ‘90s dance hits. I ordered an $11 drink, then sat at an empty table and watched. As the dance closed, I stepped out and lit a cigarette before following the sidewalks back to my hotel alone, with the chirp of the Corvids. I was told the conference was smaller this year. All but two of the attending professors had cancelled. We sailed around the conference like ships, adrift. I watched people afraid to hold handrails, open doors. Amidst it all, spring had begun to bloom in SA, fragrant hyacinths blooming everywhere. 4/1/20 Saturday the seventh was a day of panic. Checkout appeared a day early, alarmingly so, as I was in bed. Quickly we packed our belongings into the car, racing towards the conference’s last day. We parked in the mall’s parking garage then registered for the public book fair. �Kristie DeVlieger Side-by-side we approached the moment I had waited a year for: the AWP Bookfair. It has such a large footprint- even this, the last day, when every third and fourth table seemed to be empty already. We tackled half of the fair, then stepped out for Jimmy Johns before returning. As we returned we could see booths beginning to pack up, offering free copies of their journals to anyone who wanted them. No one wanted to have to bring them home. we ended up collecting 4 bags of swag, literary journals, and information. While at the bookfair we had run into one of my former classmates, who was hosting an offsite reading that we later chose to attend. After we had left the bookfair we debated on whether to attend some of the other off-site readings or whether to just begin heading home, early. We decided to visit the Japanese tea gardens, a tourist attraction that wasn’t really nearby, but which had been recommended by another one of the attending students. We walked through its picturesque gardens, taking selfies just like the dozens of other couples and families. We went off the beaten path and climbed along a dirt trail to discover a feral cat colony, and I tried in vain to pet one. I hadn’t wanted to check out anymore readings. We had attended a few of them, nearly always ducking out of the bar after a few minutes and heading to the next one. I felt like readings were just as awkward as they always seemed at home; clumsily standing in front of others trying to pace yourself as you read your material. But this reading was different from the other ones. It was informally hosted, with just a small group of attendees, maybe 7 other people, who all read as well. I think that it was my favorite event of the entire week. 4/5/20 The transition from traditional format classes to remote learning was one that was difficult for me. I had just gotten back from AWP in Texas when the decision was made, so I was grateful for the brief break. In Texas it had seemed like the only people truly concerned with COVID were the organizers of the conference, so it was surprising to me when classes were so abruptly cancelled and then restructured. Initially I took the time to clear space in my home and set up a desk to work at. I had hoped that by collecting everything in one area and having a dedicated space it would help improve the chances of actually getting work done. At the least it would keep me from losing all of the files and notebooks that went with my coursework. Fortunately I had already picked up the books I needed from the library before break, so I had the research project materials I needed for finals. I didn’t realize how much I would miss seeing people who were not living with me but that was the first thing I missed about attending on campus. The second was the library itself; this time where I am forced to work at home has made me realize that my working style is very extroverted and I prefer to work in an environment with other 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 COVID-19 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-24_DeVliegerKristie Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeVlieger, Kristie Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-05-01 Title A name given to the resource AWP 2020 Description An account of the resource Journal of GVSU student Kristie DeVlieger's experiences attending the AWP 2020 amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in San Antonio. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Attribution - Noncommercial - ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/bd2b50f9d752d8a3880fbcb12e349832.pdf 32bca5a6b3a1b52a522140933fa85501 PDF Text Text The Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life, locally and globally. The dilemma of closing the schools, colleges, and universities has interrupted teaching and student’s success. Classes have shifted to online learning, leading to changes in students’ schedules, lifestyles, and health. At this time, I have received numerous e-mails from my academic advisors, teachers, and the counseling center. As this is a particularly challenging time across our world, it is normal to experience stress, anxiety, and fear. The staff at Grand Valley State University has still been able to remain connected with their students. More specifically, even in the midst of uncertain times, GVSU offers enormous support and management tools to help students finish the rest of the semester. I have an apartment near the Grand Valley campus; although, I decided to come home for a couple of weeks. I did not get to have the proper goodbye to some of my close friends and it all felt so surreal. I should have had two months left of my sophomore year, instead I had to pick up everything and leave. Everything feels like it is changing so fast and I have no control. I can only control how I spend my time and having a positive outlook. I quickly packed my bags, not knowing what to bring home or how long I would be gone. I have been home for about a month now and I am still filled with uncertainty on when I will go back to my apartment. I am unable to do things that I would normally do, like visiting my grandma. Also, my cousin had to do have their baby gender reveal over a Zoom meeting. I am unable to do all the fun things that I had planned for the summer. Instead of my usual schedule, I spend most of my time catching up on schoolwork and going for walks with my parents. My older sister lives in Arizona, and my parents thought it would be safer if she stayed there. We facetime her almost every day and try to play fun family games over the phone. I have been trying to keep myself entertained, for example, I have been reading books and want to learn how to sew. On another note, my parents had me when they were older, they are now 63 and 73 years old. This makes me nervous because older adults are at a higher risk of developing the virus. Also, my dad’s elective surgery has been postponed and he experiences daily pain. �We try to limit going to the grocery store and out in public as much as we can; but when we need too, we wear gloves and masks. One day, my dad went to three stores and could not find toilet paper. This time of uncertainty and fear has people doing crazy things. It is hard for everyone at this time; however, we have to think that every single person is in the same situation. That should bring us comfort that we are not alone. Even though this is a scary and terrible time, we should always be looking at the bright side. People are using their creativity much more to think of fun things to keep them busy, and one of the most important is we are connecting and bonding with our family much more then what we would have if this pandemic would not have happened. To keep our spirits high, it is important to think in a positive light and try and cheer ourselves up rather than looking at the bad in this whole situation. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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 Pandemic Description An account of the resource Journal of an anonymous GVSU student's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Anonymous Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-27 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-27_ANON_028 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/50ceb6be8bdf7170d0a5d93975115ad8.pdf 0c7193d6f8bbc3d2728e413cdbe6e1b4 PDF Text Text The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone in individual ways. As a student at Grand Valley State University, I was not prepared to finish the semester online. I have taken online courses in the past, but only one or two at a time. Taking FOUR online classes at once has been extremely overwhelming. The hardest part of taking these online classes was the fact that these courses were not originally created to be virtual. Professors had to reconstruct their syllabi so that students were able to finish the semester. I found it hard to find the motivation to finish school because of distractions at home and the stress from courses moving online. While in-class sessions were still happening, I would usually go on campus to complete homework so that I could focus. At home I have a 1 ½-year-old dog who is incredibly energetic. As much as I love spending time with him, it is not always easy completing tasks with him around. Additionally, it was hard to keep track of assignment due dates because they constantly kept changing. Due to syllabi being changed, some assignments were added, others were canceled, and some professors added additional weekly assignments. To say the least, it was frustrating. Luckily, my professors were extremely understanding of everyone’s current state and worked well with us students to make sure we finished out the semester. In comparison, I had friends who are BMS majors and they did not receive the same support that I did from their professors. One of my friends mentioned to me during finals week that her schedule for exams was basically the same. She still had to wake up at 8a.m. to take an exam that was 92 questions long. I, on the other hand, was given a couple days to complete my exams online. I was also grateful to end the semester with my friends from Alpha Phi Omega. Everyone was supportive of each other and the president of the organization, Madison Cruz constantly checking up on us. Due to the pandemic, we were unable to hold elections for positions on �e-board. Since we are a service fraternity we were also unable to finish service events we had planned for the rest of the year. APO was able to find other ways to serve those in our community. A member in the organization posted a volunteering opportunity to make cards for essential medical workers at the hospitals, and another opportunity was helping deliver groceries to elders in Grand Rapids who were unable to leave their homes. It was amazing to see everyone still finding ways to help the community. Being at home was slightly stressful as things got a little tense among my roommates. I found it even more frustrating that one of my roommates was still traveling with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend and her started quarantining at our apartment, then went back to her hometown in Illinois, then came back, left again to go to his place in East Lansing, went back to IL, and then came back here. I found it completely disrespectful that she would put some many people at risk because of her own personal boredom. It amazed me to see the number of people at the grocery store when I went. During a pandemic you would think that people would be listening and staying home for their own safety, but when I went grocery shopping you would have never thought a pandemic was going on. I saw people just checking out with a few things and others with cartloads. One thing this event has taught me is that we can not get through this unless we stick together. I have seen some people showing their support for others, but also a great deal of people taking advantage of the situation. It is really disappointing to me to see so many people ignore Governor Whitmers’ Stay At Home order and get upset with her about it. I think a lot of people are unaware about how serious the virus is and why these policies are being put into place. Just like everyone else, I long for the day that I can go out and hang with my friends, but until then it is important that we stay safe and practice social distancing. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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 Journaling Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anonymous Description An account of the resource Journal of an anonymous GVSU student's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-26 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/cc-licenses/#by">Attribution (CC-BY 4.0)</a> Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-26_ANON_025 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/9cb8fa4e933e53a192bd1ba2694a094e.pdf e89ec4a6067aaa13c2c55cb54283356d PDF Text Text COVID-19 Journal Due to COVID-19 I did have to move off campus suddenly. The night we found out that school was closing for what at the time was a few weeks, I packed enough for the weekend and ended up going home. I went back to my sorority house the next week to pack the majority of my belongings. I still have some of my things at the house and will be getting them when it is safe for me to go get them. My classes ended up going pretty well. I managed to pull off some really good grades and actually had my best semester yet. However, this was definitely my hardest semester. I ended up having much more homework than I had when I was going to in-person classes, and I think most of it was to supplement lectures and what I was missing out on by being online. The bigger work load was very stressful for me and making sure I had all of my due dates straight for homework assignments, quizzes, tests, and projects was a lot to manage. I am really proud of myself for pushing through the rest of the semester and getting the grades I got, and truly feel like I worked hard to earn them. My professors were nothing but encouraging and helpful. They were very available for help and I really appreciate all their hard work and caring messages. I am involved in Greek Life on campus. I sit on the executive board for my sorority, and it has been an extremely difficult transition. I miss all my friends dearly and really feel sorry for our graduating seniors that they will not get to experience all of their lasts as a member of our chapter. We have been working hard to put small things together for our seniors so that they will still feel as though we are there to celebrate all of their accomplishments with them! I am really hoping we will be back in the fall so that I can be with my friends again. My daily life is obviously much different than it was a month ago. I talk to my friends on the phone a lot now because that is the only option I have. It’s been about five weeks since I �have seen my boyfriend which has been hard. I have spent most of my time doing school work but now that finals are over, I will have much more free time. I am hoping to get back into working out regularly and plan on cooking some new foods and baking more. I used to bake and cook a lot and so I want to get back into those hobbies while I have the time. It’s been nice spending time with my family, but I really miss my friends. I had a job at a daycare close to campus while I was at school. That is now closed until further notice. I am not sure when that will reopen and if we will have to limit the number of children we can care for once we are able to open again. I wouldn’t be working there over the summer because I do not live in Grand Rapids, but I am hoping that I still have my job when I come back to campus. If we have to make cuts to the number of students, I am sure they will have to cut staff which worries me. Two of my family members most likely had the virus. First my little sister, then my dad. My sister was able to get a test, but it came back negative. However, with the symptoms she was having she was told to quarantine for two weeks. My dad was not able to get a test because he was told there was not enough. Because of his symptoms, he was told to quarantine for two weeks as well. My sister had milder symptoms for an extended period of time. She had a lowgrade fever that lasted two weeks along with a cough, body aches and shortness of breath. While her symptoms were considered mild, she was still miserable. My dad had more severe symptoms. He had a higher fever that only lasted about three days but had a bad cough and a lot of trouble breathing along with body aches that lasted about two weeks. He is still recovering and coughs a bit but is doing much better. This past month has been a very scary time for my family. �Going to the store has been very different. One person from our family goes and when they come back, we wipe down all of the packaging and boxes with wipes. Our grocery store has been out of a lot including meat products, eggs, toilet paper and cleaning supplies. They are often out of a lot of frozen foods and canned or boxed food. There is now a limit on how much of one item you can take. Lots of people are using Shipt or doing curbside pickup, and it often times takes days or even weeks to get a delivery time. There are also hours for senior citizens or immunocompromised people to come and shop for groceries in the morning, and the store is closing early so that the employees and receive shipments and stock the shelves. I have heard a lot about people going out of their way to make sure the grocery store employees feel appreciated which makes me feel happy. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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 Journal Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bolda, Rachael Description An account of the resource Journal from GVSU student Rachael Bolda during the COVID-19 pandemic. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-24 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-24_BoldaRachael Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/9991d1b9462734bcb667b5d6eba7d3e3.pdf 2a096c628f237a27f493bb95ac87a679 PDF Text Text Journaling: Dear COVID-19 ���Monday, April 6, 2020 Temperature: 16 degC Laying down reading a book with the sun Studied the early afternoon Made breakfast of kiwi yoghurt tapioca �Snacking banana bread and oranges Just being healthy today and not overeating Encouraging myself to drink more water too and also at least one hour of movie/ tv series time Saturday, April 11 -made pancakes for bk -Start studying and taking notes for lecture 1 of the new material. -my eyes are getting so tired of the computer and it’s taking extra time to get to lectures, as I have to go back to listen to the slides pretty frequently. -made mashed sweet potatoes for dinner Sunday, April 12 -trying to finish the first lecture of the new material so I could move on to the next lecture related to my problem set and I did, and started the 2nd lecture to get enough info to do the problem. Monday, April 13 -woke up 5:30am and finished my problem set assignment this morning 5min before it’s due -only had 3hrs of sleep and less than an hour nap -just realized it’s the last week of classes and finals are next week -was a little stressed about finals being next week -plan to finish my physics hw tonight. At the end I had one problem wrong, it was a really small mistake and I can’t afford losing any more points. Tuesday, April 14 Found daily Haloha Frustrated w/ physics lab Watch lectures videos of physics and did some examples problem the morning-afternoon Lunch: wrap lettuce, tuna I baked some biscuits for the week Filed my taxes, it took about 1-2hrs -craving junk snack-> chocolate chip cookies Cooked dinner: finished cooking the butternut squash and pasta chicken Continued the evening w/ lectures and finished it Wednesday afternoon. Michigan Weather Moodswing: it started to snowflaked and 15min later the sun is nice and bright �Wednesday, April 15 -woke up and it was cold. Outside was covered with snow -biscuit for bk -finished the lecture 2 and BB discussion 1 -finished doing some BB discussion for physics -Lunch: wrap, lettuce, eggs and cheese -nice sunny for vitamin D and positive energy -snacked on ritz crackers -dinner: leftover stir fry pasta with butternut squash and chicken drumstick & rice crispy for dessert Thursday, April 16 -working on my lab report and also getting distracted by social media and amsa conference, emails -my roommate is stressing me out: first mail and water bill and then her stress eating ugh. -cooked rice and have my leftover butternut squash with chickpeas curry Dessert: rice crispy and has a thin slice of my roommate’s banana cake, more like banana bread -I was super distracted being on social media and didn’t get to finish the last page of my report -I slept around 3am Friday, April 15 Today I finish my physics lab report and I attended a few sessions of the conference and didn’t realize my poster presentation was this afternoon but I made it just in time and the presentation went well surprisingly I also had a meeting with my research cohort right before my presentation and it was nice to see how everybody’s doing and wrapping up the semester. I think I didn’t get as much done as I had planned on but I didn’t get to finish the discussion lecture so my plan for tomorrow is to do one lecture, finish it and then do some physics homework practice problem hopefully I can accomplish that while also attending a few conference sessions tomorrow. This evening I did talk to my siblings and my mom, they’re all doing well. This group of people didn’t work out but that’s OK just a lot going on, I was distracted, talking to friends. I had to keep the work going so I’m not behind yeah that’s it. One more thing, I did put a time limit for my social media apps so that it would help me for not for procrastination not getting distracted, so that’s good yeah Saturday, April 18 I am just realizing that I wrote Friday’s date wrong. I went back a day instead of writing it do you 17 I wrote the 15 that was funny. So today I had a very slow day: I got one lecture done, and I have one conversation that was very interesting and learn a few things about it and today is the last day two of the conference day I’m glad his sins I need more time to study and I couldn’t attend all of the session on the few that I really want that were interesting. But I feel like I �could’ve used my day a little bit more productive and I was hoping to get some physics problem practice but I didn’t so I think tomorrow I have to work harder trying to finish one lecture and then do some physics problem yeah. Later today to I talk to my sister and it was nice I just feel like wow, My energy is so dry today and I’m just like I want to get this lecture done and MoveOn so that by the time I get it done was already super late and I want to get up in the morning early so I can get more done which this morning I did get up a little bit early but then I didn’t really start my day until around noon so that was great yeah for a slow day. Sunday, April 20 I have been hanging out in my room these past few days trying to focus on study for finals. It’s really hard to get things done in my room and not being able to go anywhere besides just staying in my apartment and my roommate is here too, which she likes to talk about and I can’t stand any minute of that as I wanted to be left alone, so stuck in my room essentially for studying. And the weather has been nice so I’m not helped and I was able to get summer sun just sitting in my room by the window. I also try to look outside and see what animal I can Spohn lately I haven’t seen this rabbit and she was eating the grass so cute and adorable. I saw her for two days and then I saw a cat the other day walking by. I don’t know if there was a thing, maybe yesterday it was so windy. I am glad that my apartment side did not come off otherwise I would’ve gone outside and fixed that which is annoying but I am quite surprised about that. I finished my physiology lecture and I have one more to go and then. Later I had to do my take-home portion of the physics final and that took me like an hour or two just to get it and I have some miscalculations or just math errors and I miss interpreted the prompt so it took me some time to figure out the answer. I mean I was quite frustrated and but I’m glad I figure out yeah Monday, April 20 2020 I Managed to wake up earlier than the other days and I started my day by finishing my last lecture of my physiology class which I did. I am so happy about it. After that I almost forgot to submit my take-home problem for physics which was part of the final and I’m glad I checked my calendar otherwise it would’ve been bad. I also almost forgot my physics online homework if I hadn’t checked it online. So I was going to finish studying the non-came with the fart for my physiology final and do it that tonight but I had to do my online homework that was due tonight. So I spend the rest of the night finishing my online homework. Tonight for some reason was particularly windy and it was kind of scary because it was just blowing and I could feel it in my room while I was doing my homework. And I was praying that my apartment did not or will not fall apart. This afternoon to I was watching or I mean reading the news about About governor’s restriction and how our president is defending those plus protesters and I thought it was sad to have to come to this point as Americans were really not prepared for this pandemic and people are freaking out because the government has not been acting quickly and taking this virus seriously at first. Tuesday, April 21 �Woke up this morning a little bit earlier than yesterday which is good because I need it so I can get some studying done for physics finals this afternoon. After the final I felt so much better and happier us one class is taken care but it’s fuck me like three hours or more to get it done and I miss my other class presentation because of this but it was not in my control as I need to get the final Done and I did so it’s OK yeah. So after that I was so hungry my brain was hungry and needed food so I guess I wanna get some dinner and I was sitting eating in my room enjoying the sunshine else and then watching a short video about this girl talking in Cantonese and I thought it was funny because I don’t think I’ve ever heard people talk so much in Cantonese before so I thought I was intriguing. And I was just reading the news about how one lady protesting and got stopped by a nurse and she said that’s all she told the nurse to go back to China because we’re not communism here and I thought this is so sad and how racially discriminatory that was not just because of what’s going on and they also for all those first respondent responders putting your life out there to save people's life at the moment it was just heartbreaking hearing that. I finished another exam, I’m so happy and relieved. Although I didn’t do as well as I hoped to but I am still happy with the grade that I did. I’m so happy. Now I only have another take-home exam to work on and then I’ll be done with exams. After that I just have one more project I need to work on. If I can get it done by Friday that would be awesome in addition to work on putting this journal together as well. Wednesday, April 22 I took me a whole afternoon to understand on questions that was being asked. I emailed my professor about a question on the take-home exam and I don’t understand and I still feel like after the clarification it took me a while to understand what was being asked. And I just feel like that was not a very good use of my time and I feel dumb. So I took the whole afternoon trying to figure out the question and the answer that I need to put together and it wasn’t fun and I was like a lot of frustration because I didn’t know what I was looking for and I was only in my room trying to focus and get things done but I wasn’t really getting anything done and I don’t know what to do. I feel like online classes are definitely I don’t know harder maybe? but definitely mentally challenging for me and not being able to go out, socialize and just relax my brain. I feel like it’s a lot of mental strain and I need to unplug and get some social energy. Reflecting back, I definitely feel like that I’m online classes during quarantine made me work slower and I took a lot of time to get things done then necessary. Usually, I would’ve gotten a lot of things done quicker but being stuck in my room does not help me or stimulate me to be productive. Last night, when I finished my exam for physiology I noticed that I was missing on set of the noncumulative questions and this early afternoon, I received an email from my prof saying that that one had closed down earlier and is available until tonight. My heart was crushed thinking that I finished last night and now I still have one more ToT.. Thursday, April 23 �I don’t remember if I answered the prompt question but let me do that right now. I didn't not move away from my apartment, but some of my roommates did and it was a scary and stressful time to experience that. I know it causes a lot of anxiety for my roommates and it makes me feel anxious too and start to worry about things too. Online classes are flexible for sure but not all professors are flexible. One of my classes my professor would post at the last minute and it made things difficult. Luckily other of my classes have recorded notes or lectures which is nice so I can go back and rewatch them at my pace. I know for one of my discussion classes we have to like responding to our classmates' discussion to get participation points and I like that but it can also be hard if we are not doing the work and getting solution problems work out normally in class, so it was discouraging. I feel like a lot of us are just posting questions to get discussion points and that’s it. Interns or do you want organization involvement? I know my club has been quiet since I stayed home with her and some of the other gloves that I participate too are running but more like emails base I don’t I don’t think that they have done anything virtually meeting. I don’t have an on campus job as a front desk assistant. And so after the school cancelled, I could still work the next 3 days and then I was sent home. My housemate’s boyfriend coworker girlfriend was infected with covid19 and my roommate and I were paranoid about it. But they were not at first. I’m not sure how they handled it, she probably got tested before they announced it. My approach to learning as class moves from and seats online was based off of what was going on for next week and I will make like a weekly to do list and make sure to try to get most of the things done better than doing a weekly schedule or any strictly weekly schedule but I still do a weekly schedule but that it’s less strict and I think that has been working for me. But the con was that sometimes I will push off work and then that builds up my weekly to do list and it’s a lot of stress there. And then I feel like I'm always behind. I feel like online classes have definitely been interesting and a learning experience. It was not all bad but it was not easy to adjust especially when we had to adjust like right away it was not like that choice. Friday, April 24 I pulled an all nighter to finish my class and take home problems and by the due time this morning, I ended writing over 8 pages which over 2 more pages. I was so stressed out trying to simplify everything in that short amount of time with no sleep so far. I also had an interview early this afternoon and it was super nerve wracking, but I did it. I think I’m officially done with this semester, cheers! � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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 Dear COVID-19 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anonymous Description An account of the resource Journal from an anonymous GVSU student during the COVID-19 pandemic. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-24 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/cc-licenses/#by-nc-sa">Attribution - Noncommercial - ShreAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)</a> Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-24_ANON_019 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/41f80e9021b1accc76a6ea251d64dadf.pdf 82ae7ec7c093072495d91502318760f8 PDF Text Text Happy Birthday to … by windoworks I don’t know about you but I’m exhausted. I was washing my hands singing Happy Birthday to Me through twice but it was embarrassing. My birthday isn’t until November and it felt weird singing it to myself about 12 times a day, so now I count to 30 because that’s roughly the same as 20 seconds, right? And also, 12 times a day or more? Should I be keeping a tally? Do I have to fit a couple more hand washes in late at night if I haven’t reached my goal? What about the mailbox? The mail deliverer has to open the box to put the mail in. Should I disinfect the latch daily? Oh and what about the mail sorters? Do they wear gloves? CB came home from school yesterday and told me that his class had a long discussion of the virus. Because all professors had been told that they needed to be ready to conduct classes online should the university close, he felt he should discuss preventative measures. The ramifications slowly dawned on his students especially because while their discussion was going on, one student told him that as she was watching alerts on her phone, 4 universities closed in Ohio in the space of 45 minutes. Last night Governor Whitmer declared a State of Emergency with 2 confirmed cases in Michigan. She said our main objective is to slow the spread of the virus down. At the Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit on Saturday I attended a breakout session on climate change and disaster readiness. I was heartened to realize that we have every emergency supply except a generator and a wind up radio. I do know that as long as the gas lines remain intact, I can cook by lighting my stove with matches. In Sydney Australia there is no toilet paper left. There’s no hand sanitizer, no sanitizing wipes and no antiseptic sprays. They’ve even begun panic buying baby wipes which is driving my daughter ZB crazy. There’s no alcohol in baby wipes so they won’t kill a virus but they will clean a baby’s bottom without hurting it. In New Zealand for the 4th consecutive day, there has been no new cases of Coronavirus – and their stockpile of emergency masks in 18 million. Their population is almost 5 million. I think they’ve got it covered, don’t you? Meanwhile in Michigan we have 300 test kits. Our population is at least 10 million. I”ll just leave that there. So its back to hand washing, coughing and sneezing into your elbow, not touching your face (good luck with that), maintaining a respectful (and safe) distance from others, elbow bumping others or waving (no handshakes or fist bumps), and staying home if you’re sick. �It’s hard to conduct life as usual under these circumstances. Many things seem up in the air. The best we can do is remain careful but cheerful. As someone once said: All things pass – both good and bad. And as my friend RA says: that is all, carry on. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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 Happy birthday to... Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin, Pamela Description An account of the resource Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-03-11 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids (Mich.) Personal narratives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-03-11_BenjaminPamela_PD-Day-00_Prelude Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/0de800d7c288b26e9261fd2d9139be52.pdf f5de962f432dfa52e3cdfdfc84efd64c PDF Text Text Sydney Hayward COVID-19 Journal Entry Being a senior in college my friends and I were really looking forward to our last couple months of being college students. We had plans set as well as plans to celebrate graduating. COVID-19 changed all those plans and memories. We have not got to see eachother even though we are still all at our apartments near campus. It has been hard adjusting to these changes and disappointing not being able to create final memories. It has also been hard to adjust to online classes. Also as a senior with the last set of finals and classes my roommates and mine motivation has been low to excel in our classes. Online classes have not helped with this and have hindered my learning. I was going to finish out my lease and stay in Allendale for the summer but with everything going on in May move home and try to find a job there. It has been hard with everything being so up in the air and not having any set plans. It has been exciting not knowing exactly what lies ahead but also caused some anxiety. All in all it has been nice to step back from the stresses of daily tasks but has added a different stress of uncertainty and missing out on experiences. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-26_HaywardSydney Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hayward, Sydney Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-26 Title A name given to the resource Covid Journal Description An account of the resource Journal of GVSU student Sydney Hayward's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/669762fc78204303d0656f8d80cf4af6.pdf d5e9453d63511f19f4223accc2c60f9e PDF Text Text COVID-19 Journal Entry 04/25/2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is something honestly pretty hard to wrap my mind around. The fact that I had to leave college March 17th because of an invisible disease that at that point had not necessarily shut down the entire state let alone the entire country. I remember hearing about it at the beginning when stuff happened in Italy and Spain and was honestly shocked but also thought to myself thinking it would never get that bad here in our country and did not ever think things would get like this in Michigan. I did move off campus suddenly and it was honestly ok at first. I had been wanting to go home for a long time as I had not been home for a while and at first I thought I was just going home for 2 weeks and so I was like ok that should be fine. But then we got the news we had to move everything out of our on-campus housing because classes were going online and that was a shocker. It was difficult because I did not want to do online classes nor move back home for the rest of the semester. I was looking forward to so many different things and to hang out with my friends and to end the semester strong. I currently don’t have belongings still on campus. The semester just ended and I honestly did much better on online classes as I thought they were generally easier than my in person classes as they required a lot less work than they would have if we had been on campus and having in person classes. I have received many positive and encouraging messages from professors which has helped me during this time. Everyone is having a difficult time in one way or another and to remember that we are not alone and everyone really is in this together is quite helpful. Other students seems to be handling the changes similar to me as everyone is overwhelmed at times and frustrated with the ways things are but also I think in a way there is some contentment because we can’t change what happens besides following the guidelines and just have to be patient with things and know everything will be okay. In all honesty, part of me likes this time as I like not being busy. It has been a time of reflection, anxiety, as well as calm because I have taken each day quite literally day by day. At GVSU, I am involved in campus ministry. Thankfully, I still had the chance to go on my spring break trip with CM however the well and lifegroups came to a halt at the beginning of the shutdown. The Well and Lifegroups still met virtually however it was more difficult for me to want to keep up with them because they are not in person and I have had lots of interactions during this time that sometimes more is hard for me. At home, every day is a different day. I just started a job at Home Depot which I am excited because I can keep busy however it still makes me anxious because I don’t want to get sick and definetly do not want to be a carrier of the virus. I spend a lot of time outside when it is nice or I stay inside and watch tv/movies. I have also been exercising regularly as my family set up a April fitness challenge while in quarantine to see who works out the most. It has been fun to stay active in a time when a lot of stuff is sedentary. My parents are doing ok. My mom is extremely unhappy with losing her freedom and has been contacting her state representatives, the governor, and senators to express her opinion. My dad has been working from home all the time although I believe he will be going back to the office on Monday. It has been hard having him work at home because he is on the phone all day. My brother and sister are both in high �school and honestly have not really been doing any of their online schooling work. My brother works at home depot and has been for a little while. He has been staying busy which is good. My sister has been making lots of tik toks and watching lots of tv and studying for the SAT. My brother is a senior and has missed out on a lot of fun senior festivities sadly. I feel bad for him although he says that he doesn’t really care. He has hung out with his friends a couple times while following the social distancing guidelines. I have hung out with my friends as well and that is a good thing because it helps me get out of the house as well as other human interaction besides just my family. Getting groceries and everyday supplies has been interesting. I remember at the beginning when I went to move out all my stuff, my mom asked me to look for toilet paper in Allendale because there wasn’t any on the east side. I didn’t even look because I was like there will be toilet paper before we know it but there honestly has not. The one day my mom and dad went to go get toilet paper, it was the one-ply which was honestly the worst toilet paper I have ever used. Now, it doesn’t seem to be a problem at my house however target always has empty shelves whenever I go. You have to go at the crack of dawn in order to get the good kind. People stocked up on food and there have always been empty shelves when I have gone of good items like bread, peanut butter, meats, tortilla shells, and other products. However, there have always been lots of fruits and veggies which has been great. It has been interesting at the grocery stores with the plastic shields in front of the cashiers. Everyone keeps such a far distance and at times it makes me sad. This whole pandemic has been such an interesting situation. I am so thankful the I nor anyone in my family is sick however my aunt is a nurse and it has been so shocking to see what she has gone through and hearing just how severe it is in our area. I am thankful for the front line workers and government officials. I feel as though this pandemic has been handled the best way we know how considering the circumstances and that no one has ever seen something like this. I hope for the economy to be open soon and for people to have jobs because I don’t like everything closed like this. America was not meant to be this way and I really do hope it opens up soon. I believe this time has the ability to help people reprioritize and see what is truly important. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-26_ANON_027 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anonymous Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-26 Title A name given to the resource COVID-19 Response Description An account of the resource Journal of an anonymous GVSU student's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/a23b658c64a021b39c20f9f641364147.pdf 940eea15888aed8fd3e6297bf6bc78d7 PDF Text Text COVID 19 Journal Entry This whole COVID-19 situation has been a very interesting. When this whole thing got announced and school was moved to online, I did not think I was going to have to go home. However, when the stay in place was on the verge of being announced, I decided that it was best to move from my off-campus apartment back to my hometown. I only packed a little bit of stuff, because I was not expecting it go on for this long. It has been good to be around family, but I miss school and being around my friends. Online classes have been an adjustment as well. The workload was a little more than actual in person classes, but with time management it was not bad at all. A lot of professors have been really understanding and helpful. Giving adequate time to complete assignments and realizing that technical difficulties happen. Most professors have been stressing the importance of staying safe and healthy over everything, and to make sure that we are taking care of our minds and bodies. I have really appreciated the support from all of my professors. I am in the pre-Pa club on campus. The CVOID-19 situation pretty much shut the club down and moved all communication and mock elections for next year to online. I was also supposed to be going on a Physician Assistant club trip to do service work in Mexico. It was going to be a really cool experience and help with grad school applications; however, the trip was cancelled. Originally, I was very bummed about this. I know It is for the best though, and they provided trip vouchers and are working on getting refunds so hopefully in the future I can participate in this trip. My daily life has been a challenge. It is really hard to stay active during this time, but I am trying my best. Whenever it is nice outside, I try and get some fresh air because that seems to help a lot with being stuck in one place. I also try and workout every other day or so. I have been playing video games super late into the night because it seems to be the only time that I can communicate with all of my friends and seems somewhat normal. Thankfully, I do not know anybody who has been affected by COVID. I do work in a nursing home. Ever since going back to my hometown I have been unable to work, but I am hoping to be able to get back to work soon. There have been zoom meetings for my work every single week, and new guidelines being sent out every few days to keep residents safe. Hopefully, things continue to get better and everyone stays safe and healthy. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-26_ANON_026 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anonymous Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-26 Title A name given to the resource Crazy times Description An account of the resource Journal of an anonymous GVSU student's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/cc-licenses/#by-nc-nd">Attribution - NoDerivatives - Noncommercial (CC-BY-ND-NC 4.0)</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/cff294a853b69bddaf3b2d49d4409914.pdf 42474b66a177d60c755f47bf8bbed748 PDF Text Text Trevor Vance 04/26/2020 COVID-19 Journaling As a student at Grand Valley State University I remember getting an email in the afternoon the Thursday we got back from Spring Break. It said that the school will be temporarily closing and that we should all go home. I was at the gym and everyone there was shocked. No one thought that it would have come to that, but I am thankful it did. I think the university to the necessary steps to keep everyone safe. I lived in an apartment with friends and we all started packing the next day to had home. It was a wild experience. It almost felt like I was dreaming. I was taking a sociology class at the time and the first day of class we discussed COVID-19 and none of us thought it would have got this big. We tracked it everyday until we eventually got sent home. I was able to pack up all my belongings and bring them home, but I did not have much down at my apartment. I did it by myself and headed back up north to my parents’ house. Before we got sent home, I had all A’s in my classes and I still currently have all A’s after several weeks of turning online. All my professors did a great job transitioning to online and still giving us the material, we needed to succeed. My professors sent out little motivational and “Stay safe” emails every now and then. They also checked up on us and make sure we had everything we needed to succeed so that was amazing. It was nice knowing that they had our backs if we needed anything. I believe that both the professors and myself handles the situation very well. The one thing I did not like about being sent home is that I didn’t have a gym. The gym is a huge part of my life and being without it for so long has mentally and physically worn me down. I personally believe that gyms should be able to stay open because for a lot of people that is their safe haven. In order to be myself I need workout and I haven’t been able to do that. That has been the hardest part about the whole situation in my opinion. My daily life consists of doing online work, working around the house, getting stuff ready for my graduate school application, and other little things. There is not much to do because you technically aren’t supposed to leave the house unless you need something. My family has been very supportive, and we are getting through this situation together. We play board games, do stuff outside, watch movies together, etc. One thing that I love is that we eat dinner around the table again. We haven’t done this in over a decade so it is nice to have this back again. I do not have a job off of campus so I can not speak on that matter. Getting everyday items like groceries and household items is a wild experience. Everyone avoids everyone and wears masks and gloves and you could see real concern in their eyes. There has not been shortages of supplies from where I am from (northern Michigan). People just stay to themselves and get in and out of the store. You don’t see any friendly conversations going on. � 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 Journals Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Libraries Description An account of the resource This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic. During this unprecedented crisis the university closed suddenly, following federal and state guidelines of social distancing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university closed its campuses on March 12, 2020, and quickly moved students out of campus housing. Faculty swiftly transitioned to fully-online teaching for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, and all campus events, including commencement, were cancelled. The purpose of the COVID-19 Journaling Project was to document the individual and personal experiences of GVSU’s students, staff, faculty, and the wider community during this time of international crisis. Some project participants were university student employees who were compensated for their journaling. Other participants were granted stipends or extra credit for submitting entries to the archives. Still others participated without any compensation or credit. The University Archives remains grateful to all who submitted journals, for helping us to understand the impact of this crisis on our community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Subject The topic of the resource Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context COVID-19_2020-04-26_VanceTrevor Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vance, Trevor Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-04-26 Title A name given to the resource COVID-19 Journal Description An account of the resource Journal of GVSU student Trevor Vance's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 Epidemics Grand Valley State University College students Personal narratives Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng