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- WWU COVID story 49: Anonymous
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- 2021-03-11
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- I am a student in my senior year of my bachelors. The pandemic has changed my life dramatically during what I thought would be a really exciting time for me. I started my college journey in my hometown at a community college, and began going to Western already a ye... [open story for full text]
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- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
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- is empty, the campus is empty. I am tired of being home and I wish people would just wear masks and keep their social circles small, that way we could get this over with and I could maybe have a normal college experience, while I am still young. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 49 - Anonym
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- wwu:37687
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- WWU COVID story 23: Marie Eaton
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- 2020-06-08
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- I offer two songs written in the COVID time as personal reflections - one lighthearted and one more serious: No Yeast (https://youtu.be/eEndFeL87-0); This Great Pause (https://youtu.be/NJPFgCPh440). Additionally, Devyani Chandran, Director of the Palliative Care Institute, and I have been hosting an on-line support group for those caring for elders and seriously ill people in Whatcom County - in nursing homes...[open story for full text]
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- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19 Story ID: 23 Story date Monday, June 8, 2020 Name Marie Eaton Affiliation Faculty; Community Champion, Palliative Care Institute Story contribution I offer two songs written in the COVID time as personal reflections - one lighthearted and one
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- wwu:42689
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- WWU COVID story 61: Anonymous
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- 2021-11-17
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- When we left school the week before spring break to mitigate the spread of a new disease, we didn’t realize the ways it would affect our educations, careers, and livelihoods. We went online at the end of my first year and in many ways, I still feel like a Freshman ... [open story for full text]
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- , it is something I missed so much during Covid, and I am still doing it to myself, for one reason or another. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 61 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 11/17/2021 Page 1 of 1
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- wwu:40540
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- WWU COVID story 50: Sarah Hays
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- 2021-03-12
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- Throughout this Covid-19 pandemic I have seen and undergone several personal, societal, and academic changes. Everyone, including myself, wears masks when out in public to reduce viral spread, a distance of six feet is maintained between strangers now, and social g... [open story for full text]
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- and have to exert more mental energy than in previous years to pay attention in my classes. However, this is clearly an unavoidable necessity due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has led to the devastating loss of millions of lives. Thus, I am more than willing to do my part in preventing the spread o
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- wwu:42690
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- WWU COVID story 60: Anonymous
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- 2021-11-16
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- I must say, COVID-19 did give me a rare opportunity to live with my family again for a year. It felt as though I had taken an educational gap year, emphasis on the gap year. I got to eat the food they cooked, live under their roof, hang out with my siblings again a... [open story for full text]
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- is that this is almost finally over. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 60 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 11/17/2021 Page 1 of 1
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- wwu:40547
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- WWU COVID story 54: Anonymous
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- 2021-03-14
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- In August of 2020, my partner and I moved into our first home together. Honestly, I think this is the best thing I did to help myself succeed during the pandemic. Having a constant companion and support system has been incredibly helpful. I chose Western because it... [open story for full text]
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- in that environment, and some people will take a long time to adjust because they must completely restructure the way they learn. We’re all human, and a little grace will go a long way. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 54 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Li
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- wwu:40454
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- WWU COVID story 43: Khadija Krambo
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- 2021-02-24
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- 2020 was definitely a year I wished the pandemic didn’t occur in. The year I would become an adult, the year I would graduate high school with my Associates Degree, the year I would begin University. I managed to accomplish all three with the use of my laptop and s... [open story for full text]
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- and more. I’m hopeful that the vaccines will start to take effect and the pandemic can be truly over, but until then I’ll be trying to learn how to socially interact with humans again. ## End of contributed text from Khadija Krambo ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Pri
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- wwu:42691
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- WWU COVID story 59: Brandt Shelden
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- 2021-11-11
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- I have been lucky enough to financially survive the pandemic (thus far) and so my experience with the pandemic has been centered much more on the social and political aspects than on the economic aspects. I have never really been a social person; I've never gone ou... [open story for full text]
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- opportunities. ## End of contributed text from Brandt Shelden ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 11/17/2021 Page 1 of 1
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- wwu:40548
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- WWU COVID story 53: Anonymous
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- 2021-03-14
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- Often, I feel like I’m living in the Sims. Toward the beginning of the pandemic, I actually went out and got a job, having just been a student for the year before. While it was stressful to be working in a food service job in an area where not a lot of people wear ... [open story for full text]
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- through all of the struggles we’ve faced as a species until now, but with some resilience and elbow grease, we can make sure we walk to a better place on the other side. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 53 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed
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- wwu:40448
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- WWU COVID story 42: Anonymous
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- 2021-02-22
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- In Winter 2020, I agonized over Microbiology keeping me from attending office hours for Animal Behavior. Of course, since it was Microbiology, it was the first class to move online. I was sure that the rumors of the virus were exaggerated and that it was another ca... [open story for full text]
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- challenges. On a positive note, though, I haven’t had a single cold since the start of lockdown. I had frequent colds during in person classes. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 42 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 2/23/2021 Page 1 of 1
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- wwu:42687
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- WWU COVID story 63: Dom Bryan
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- 2021-11-17
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- It was the end of February in 2020, I was sitting on some concrete steps on a stranger’s stoop in North Carolina. The air around me was muggy, clinging to my clothes. Forming beads of sweat on my brow. Spring was coming quickly. It was ... [open story for full text]
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- overcome your own challenges as a result of today’s list of grievances. Thank you for sharing this space. Here’s to tomorrow being a little bit better tomorrow when we wake than it is today. ## End of contributed text from Dom Bryan ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Pr
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- wwu:42692
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- WWU COVID story 58: Michelle Kjolso
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- 2021-11-11
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- I’m here, in the middle of this mess we call a Pandemic. We are living in Covid times; it’s not great. We are ok. We are pressing on. We are strong, resilient, and fighting. We are also assholes. Selfish, selfish assholes. Science tells us how to be safe and we don... [open story for full text]
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- of contributed text from Michelle Kjolso ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 11/17/2021 Page 1 of 1
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- wwu:40449
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- WWU COVID story 41: Anonymous
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- 2021-02-22
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- Making the transition to online learning, for many, including myself, has been very difficult. Whilst the college atmosphere before the pandemic was not perfect, it allowed space to roam, and the ability to do classwork in places besides one's room. For me, the bed... [open story for full text]
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- the online environment, so I cannot fault anyone the harmless mistakes that occur. I believe that the faculty at WWU understands the immense pressure that its students are under, and are doing their best to provide a quality education while still allowing for some breathing room. ## End of contribu
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- wwu:40582
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- Tim DePoppe (he), custodian 1 (essential@Western project)
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- 2021-04-07
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- I appreciated the professionalism here at western at the beginning of and during the pandemic. I felt safe and very grateful to still have a job when so many were unemployed. Thank you to all of the supervisors and staff for keeping western going during difficult circumstances.
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- WWU COVID story 55: Hannah Durland
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- 2021-03-14
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- When COVID first started spreading in the US and was becoming an issue, I assumed it would be a somewhat more intense version of the flu and that it wasn’t really something to worry about. That changed pretty quickly when I got home after finals had all been cancel... [open story for full text]
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- they thought of the homework assignment. That’s how many of my friendships began and although I have joined clubs and attended meetings on zoom calls, it is still harder to make friends one-on-one when you’re always in a group. It’s sad to have lost that experience now and wonder who I could have b
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- wwu:40544
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- WWU COVID story 51: Anonymous
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- 2021-03-12
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- When the pandemic began, it took some time to realize that where others were suffering from the loss of frequent interactions with others and the ability to go out and socialize, not much had changed for me. Before the shelter orders I had occasionally visited tho... [open story for full text]
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- with vaccines. I hope to find a way out of this, a better person than I was before the pandemic, but I worry about the habits I’ll both need to break and form for that to happen. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 51 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries
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- wwu:40450
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- WWU COVID story 40: Anonymous
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- 2021-02-22
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- COVID-19 has certainly taken its toll on normal day to day life compared to how it was prior to the pandemic. As we have seen the pandemic spread and expand, our daily routines have been altered in order to fit the guidelines for our new norm. For me personally, th... [open story for full text]
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- . Although it hasnt been easy, it has been an opportunity to learn more about myself and my peers. With this pandemic occurring for about a year now, the information and tools are out there in order to help slow and stop the spread. It is up to us as individuals to do our part. ## End of contributed
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- wwu:40045
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- WWU COVID story 34: Anonymous
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- 2021-02-03
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- Covid-19 has had more of an impact than I initially thought. I remember when classes were first put online and we were sent home, back in March of 2020. My friends and I all felt that it would just be a few weeks. Cut to February 2021, almost an entire year later, ... [open story for full text]
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- hobbies, such as working out and learning new skills like nunchucks and juggling. I've also been able to focus on old hobbies, such as reading and playing instruments. While Covid has caused disorder and distressed, for me, it's also given me time to discover new things and indulge myself in the th
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- wwu:42695
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- WWU COVID story 64: Seda Foley
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- 2021-11-19
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- I don’t think I ever really realize when something big is happening around me, something that is bigger than myself. At least I didn’t really think much of it when we got the text that classes were going online, in fact I was a little excited. I assumed this whole ... [open story for full text]
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- contribution I don’t think I ever really realize when something big is happening around me, something that is bigger than myself. At least I didn’t really think much of it when we got the text that classes were going online, in fact I was a little excited. I assumed this whole mess would be over by
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- wwu:40468
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- WWU COVID story 44: Maggie Beton
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- 2021-02-25
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- I’ll never forget the night when my boyfriend first told me about the cases in China. It was December 2019 and I never could have predicted that it would ever reach the US. “This is going to get very bad if it spreads,” he said. I usually try to block out upsetting... [open story for full text]
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- will feel a bit safer. Until then, I will remain holed up in my little one-bedroom rental cottage with my boyfriend and his dog, obsessively wiping down everything that touches the outside world and washing my hands until they are raw. ## End of contributed text from Maggie Beton ## University Arch