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OS SILVER LININGS
• Dean Anne Curzan took time away from her emergency planning to speak with
students about leading in a time of crisis in Dr. David Sweetman’s class OS 201
Leadership.
• Our faculty collaborated regularly about pedagogical approaches in the online
domain, celebrating their successes and sharing their mishaps with honesty and
humor.
• Our student leadership team embraced technology to reconfigure pathway
workshop sessions for newly admitted students, created a CupPong tournament
to replace the March Madness bracket games, offered online cross-cohort
mentoring sessions, and helped plan for a synchronous graduation event!
• Our staff learned more about one another personally via our more frequent
online meetings and Google chat sidebar conversations.
SOME STUDENTS SHARED THEIR OWN PERSONAL COVID SILVER LININGS WITH US
• MITCH HOFFMAN – “The ability to
share your perspectives of education
with those who may normally not have
the chance (family, friends, etc).”
• CHRISTIANA CROMER – “This is
a psychological case study for the
rest of time related to the unity in
suffering.”
• NATALIE CADOTTE – “It’s been fun to
reconnect with nature.”
• ANNA TOPPING – “I have a newfound
appreciation for relationships and
community.”
MELANIE MCKENNA – “I love seeing
the supportive community between
students and faculty.”
Winter term 2020 will surely remain one of the grimmest terms in history. OS
is looking forward to a fall term that brings us to a safe and new normal, where
we can apply those lessons learned during the winter to continue to enhance
our students’ learning and co-curricular experiences.