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Coronavirus Update 5-8-20, The Coronavirus Planning Team May 2020

Coronavirus Update 5-8-20, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont came out with guidance for reopening colleges and universities. The good news is that the recommendations are in line with the discussions and planning that are already taking place among Sacred Heart’s task forces that are preparing for the fall semester and beyond in the wake of the coronavirus.


Professor Susan Goncalves Donates Plasma To Covid-19 Patients, Sacred Heart University May 2020

Professor Susan Goncalves Donates Plasma To Covid-19 Patients, Sacred Heart University

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Susan Goncalves, a professor in Sacred Heart University's Dr. Susan L. Davis, RN, & Richard Henley College of Nursing, has been a nurse at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport for 35 years. On March 23, when she began experiencing chills due to a fever, she knew she needed to be tested. Three days later, her results came in COVID-19 positive.


Experience During Covid-19, Anonymous May 2020

Experience During Covid-19, Anonymous

Community Reflections

This submission from Professor James Bartley was a class assignment from a student who maintained a journal describing her experience working at a hospital during the pandemic.


Coronavirus Update 5-1-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team May 2020

Coronavirus Update 5-1-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Our plan to offer a full on-campus program for both residential and commuter students (for the fall semeser) will not come without temporary changes to our typical way of campus life.


Separation Anxiety, Nisha Sidana May 2020

Separation Anxiety, Nisha Sidana

Community Reflections

I wrote this poem about a month and a half after we were sent home from SHU. A couple of my friends were talking to me one day, telling me how much they missed their boyfriends/girlfriends, everything they love about them, and their longing to see them, knowing they wouldn't be able to. I took inspiration from this, as well as the feeling of being suddenly separated from the people you love, and wrote it into a poem I titled "Separation Anxiety." I wanted to artistically express the feeling a person gets when they realize how much they have taken …


My Thoughts On Covid-19, Patrick Ferraro May 2020

My Thoughts On Covid-19, Patrick Ferraro

Community Reflections

I feel deeply sorry for the loved ones that were lost from the SHU community directly from COVID-19. The tragedy of death can feel even worse in a time like this where it’s almost as if we can feel it through all of the fear we are presented with.


Coronavirus Update 4-24-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team Apr 2020

Coronavirus Update 4-24-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Working behind the scenes on our responses to this pandemic and our plans to get back to campus are a group of task forces appointed by President Petillo. Each task force is appropriately populated with the University staff and faculty with the knowledge and experience to tackle the issues before them, and these leaders are bringing in others throughout campus as needed.


Coronavirus Update 4-17-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team Apr 2020

Coronavirus Update 4-17-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

A few updates: In response to an executive order from the City of Bridgeport and strong guidance from Governor Lamont, we are now requiring everyone to wear a mask. We will hold a virtual conferral ceremony on May 9 and 10 to acknowledge the earning of degrees. WSHU is launching a podcast to update listeners on the latest with the coronavirus outbreak in our region.


Don't Bug Me: Everything Young Kids Need To Know About Coronavirus--In Verse!, Rhea Paul Apr 2020

Don't Bug Me: Everything Young Kids Need To Know About Coronavirus--In Verse!, Rhea Paul

Community Reflections

A story in verse for young children (3-8) about coronavirus. Narrated by the author, Rhea Paul. Press the "Slide Show" button at the top of the screen, then in the menu that appears, hit "Play from Beginning" all the way to the left.


Campus Map: Online Learning Spaces For Commuters, Sacred Heart University Jan 2020

Campus Map: Online Learning Spaces For Commuters, Sacred Heart University

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Sacred Heart has numerous outdoor spaces and informal places to study in our buildings. However, to provide additional options for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have identified four areas throughout our campuses where students may choose to participate in online learning.