COVID-19 Special Collection: Documenting the MSU Experience

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The COVID-19 pandemic universally upended daily life beginning in March 2020 in both expected and unexpected ways. Members of the Montana State University (MSU) community reacted and adapted as needed in our personal, professional, and scholastic lives. MSU Library’s Archives and Special Collections documented this new reality by soliciting written reflections and other records of life during the 2020 pandemic from MSU students, staff, and faculty. The materials in this collection represent the range of the MSU community’s response to the pandemic, from the very personal to the administrative. The bulk of the collection consists of student responses to COVID-19 related assignments in courses across disciplines beginning in Spring 2020. Together these records constitute an archive of lived experiences during this time.

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    CLS 101 COVID-19 Assignment
    (Montana State University, 2020-05) Grether, Holly; Abbott, Matthew; Crounse, Emily; Lambeth, Tanner
    Using the Kolbert book (Sixth Extinction), find THREE specific points of data (quotes) from throughout the book (any chapter/include pg#) that you think could somehow be applied to our current situation. For each, please first explain Kolbert's point and the larger context of what she was discussing. Please teach us something from the book that we may not have read ourselves. (*note: you can use the index and search for key words or you can skim through the book to find your three points).Then, do a bit of online research. Find an article that connects COVID-19 to the topic of climate change. Put a link to the article in your discussion thread and write a paragraph giving us a synopsis.Finally, write your own thoughts on the topic as a whole.
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    RLST203D Spring 2020 COVID Responses
    (Montana State University, 2020-05) Grether, Holly; Brunel, Lucas; Clinch, Jessy; Delaney, Joshua; Dittrich, Jack; Hancey, River; Johnson, Eric; McCoid, Kacey; Patterson, Jon C.; Preszler, Emily; Reimann, Emma
    Final discussion prompt: Please take a few minutes to reflect on the course. Write a post that discusses what you learned this session. If a friend were to ask what *they* should know about Buddhism, how would your respond? Finally, what advice might Buddhism help you deal with our current situation? Use at least three Buddhist terms in your answer. Respond to some of your classmates.
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    RLST321 Spring 2020 Final Discussion
    (Montana State University, 2020-05) Grether, Holly; Angarone, Colleen; Bruzdzinski, Elyse; Goulet, Shayne; Hill, Libby; Hill, Meghan; Prater, Emily; Wilson, Frank William Jr.
    Write a final discussion post that addresses our current global pandemic and the experience of social distancing. Specifically, how do you think some of the women or concepts in Christianity/Buddhism could help us approach this. What might be the role of women and/or religion in addressing the global crisis OR your own individual experience with social distancing.Please write freely and incorporate thoughtful points from ANY of our course readings this semester. You should use 6-8 short quotes from at least 3 of our different sources.
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    Myth and Belief COVID-19 Responses
    (Montana State University, 2020-05) Grether, Holly; Bergstrom, Stevie; Fielding, Payton; Kleppelid, Breana; Lozano, Serena; McFarlane, Liam; Springer, Stephanie; Werdel, Grace
    Final Discussion prompt: Please take a few minutes to update us about your thoughts about, or your individual experience with, the current global pandemic and social distancing. Speculate about final wisdom that you think at least two of our founders could offer. Finally, what do you think will stick with you most about this class? What will you likely remember; did you change your mind about anything, etc.
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    Gender in America - COVID-19 Journal Assignment
    (Montana State University, 2020-05) Murphy, Mary P.; Bergin, Conor J.; Bernard, Abigail L.; Bodden, Sydney N.; Bucher, Kady H.; Cerkovnik, Cade R.; Davis, Alexandria B.; Frank, Jeffrey W.; Gilbert, Elizabeth K.; Green, Chisum T.; Grijalba, Katherine A.; Grissom, Conor M.; Hill, Libby R.; Horn, Forest S.; Kidd, Hannah L.; Leary, Courtney L.; Moore, Ashley E.; Regimbal, Tyson A.; Shipp, Abigail M.; Tilton, Rachel E.; Whited, Bryson C.
    We are living in a unique historic moment and it seemed to me that some of you might want to create your own historic record of your experiences. Having just read Matilda Rabinowitz’s memoir with her granddaughter’s commentary & illustrations, you have one model of what a personal record addressing larger historical themes might be like. But there are many ways you can go about this. Some of you may already be keeping a journal and you can use it—or parts of it—for this project.
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    HSTR 416 COVID Food Journal Assignment
    (Montana State University, 2020-05) Murphy, Mary P.; Graves, Cameron; Green, Chisum T.; Greenfield, Valerie J.; Grijalba, Katherine A.; Kidd, Hannah L.; Peterson, William W.; Phelan, Kaidin R.
    There are so many food issues connected to living through this pandemic: what food is available where; the anxiety of shopping; the impact on the restaurant business & workforce; the surge in baking, in the availability of recipes and cooking tips in various media; how people are cooking and eating or not; feeding the hungry.
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    RLST206IH (ORIGINS OF GOD) COVID Responses
    (Montana State University, 2020-04) Guthrie, Jack; Branson, Karlee; Ortiz-Martinez, Marlene; Rordam, Sarah; Stumne, Mckenzie; Utter, Shayne; Grether, Holly
    Discussion prompt: View the Buddhist dharma lecture and the Taoism lecture. Discuss at least 4 concepts (two from each) . For each concept, discuss EITHER how it compares or contrasts to earlier material we have covered in this class OR how it could be applied to help explain or deal with our current global pandemic; or the experience of social distancing. Please write freely and be as creative as you want. Then, pose a question for further discussion and respond to at least two classmates.
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