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On March 13, 2020 President Alan Marble holds a press conference in his 2nd floor Hearnes Hall office announcing that the MSSU campus will be closing and students will be moved to online classes only due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak that originated in Wuhan China. 

Footage captured around Joplin, MO; two interviews captured over Skype regarding job loss due to COVID-19; video made as an assignment for MSSU's broadcast news reporting course to show the effects the pandemic has had on workers; voiceover done by myself, Liz Chandler.

Featuring: Liz Chandler, Quentin Cooper, and Leah Collins

Senior Video created by the COMM 492 Communication Issues class.

Featuring: Abby S. Bishop, William F. Braun, Mitchell J. Carney, Cally L. Chisholm, Zachary R. Dobbs, Dexter J. Frisbie, Raeann M. Garrison, Dillon L. Noblett, Parker J. Jennings, Shea K. Schrader, Ryenn P. Story, and Valeriya Yusupova

Working from home and/or office during the COVID Pandemic:
I thought these were funny pictures of the Office of the Registrar’s first Zoom staff meeting. Pictured: Collectively (Meghan Henson, Mariah Callari, and Stephanie Workman) and individually: Mariah Callari with her dog, Cheryl Dobson, and Meghan Henson.
My dogs when they discovered me working in an office upstairs. Titled, “Why are you hiding from us?”
Me headed to the Post Office to mail some of the regalia for the virtual commencement celebration. I will send additional pictures of the drive-up regalia distribution on Thursday.

Here are a few additional pictures of our regalia pick up “COVID-19 drive-through” style!
Pictured:
1: Cheryl Dobson, Meghan Henson, Roary, Stephanie Workman and Tina Tracy
2: Tina Tracy delivering a pick up order.
3: Meghan Henson delivering to a student.

From Jeanette Hughes:
Mural I completed as a project for mural class at MSSU and used it as a timely message during the current crisis.

The following is in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. As I was sent home from MSSU, I began to reminisce about things used to be when I was younger. When things weren't as chaotic as what they are today. The following paintings capture some of the things from my early childhood and how they affected then and now.

From Sarah Leblanc:
My testimony as a foreign exchange student on my way back home (France) due to the pandemic and the closure of campus.

From Natalie Staib:
An essay about my experience with COVID-19.

This is a video I produced myself that I uploaded to my course sites when the announcement was made that we were suspending on ground classes and moving to all online classes. I really wanted to let my students know as personally as I could what the plan was moving forward and expressing my disappointment with the need to make this move. I was hoping this would help ease some of the stress that students were likely feeling when they heard the news. This was a video that was only uploaded to my classes for the Spring 2020 semester and will not be used in future classes.