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Articles 1 - 15 of 15
Full-Text Articles in Organisms
Parillo, Sophia - Covid-19 Journal, Sophia Parillo
Parillo, Sophia - Covid-19 Journal, Sophia Parillo
Personal Journals
Personal diary of EIU college student and junior Elementary Education major with a minor in orchestra. Her journal documents the holiday season of 2020 and includes documentation that illustrates life during the pandemic.
Arguelles, Ceci - Covid-19 Journal, Ceci Arguelles
Arguelles, Ceci - Covid-19 Journal, Ceci Arguelles
Personal Journals
Personal diary of EIU student Ceci Arguelles documenting her early experience with the Covid-19 pandemic. Submission includes photos and a description of the images.
Elliott, Santasia - Covid-19 Journal, Santasia Elliott
Elliott, Santasia - Covid-19 Journal, Santasia Elliott
Personal Journals
Personal journal of Santasia Elliot that includes images of business signs a snippets of social life in the Fall of 2020 as it relates to the effect of the pandemic on communities. In this instance, the documentation is from Danville, IL.
Tagtmeier, Daniel - Covid-19 Journal, Daniel Tagtmeier
Tagtmeier, Daniel - Covid-19 Journal, Daniel Tagtmeier
Personal Journals
EIU student, Daniel Tagtmeier writes about the effect of the pandemic on his learning and homelife, particularly his relationship with his grandmother and the inability to see her in the early stages of the pandemic.
Stutzman, Kelsi - Covid-19 Journal, Kelsi Stutzman
Stutzman, Kelsi - Covid-19 Journal, Kelsi Stutzman
Personal Journals
Personal journal of Kelsi Stutzman, a student in Dr. Laughlin-Schultz's HIS3810 History of Illinois course during Fall, 2020
Drake, Benjamin - Covid-19 Journal, Benjamin Drake
Drake, Benjamin - Covid-19 Journal, Benjamin Drake
Personal Journals
EIU student Benjamin Drake (freshman at the time of his journal writing in Spring, 2020), and History of Illinois (HIS 3810) student, reflects on the early months of the pandemic. He discusses the frustrations of the disruption of social life, not being on campus with friends, and also experiences with activities like playing virtual Dungeons and Dragons.
Zamora, Celeste - Covid-19 Journal, Celeste Zamora
Zamora, Celeste - Covid-19 Journal, Celeste Zamora
Personal Journals
EIU student Celeste Zamora recounts life while quarantining in Charleston, IL while maintaining her studies and also working at a local hotel. She details Covid policies as they develop, including hotel practices such as the constant wearing of gloves, putting in place a new glass window, and no admittance of out of state people.
Messer, Braden - Covid-19 Journal, Braden Messer
Messer, Braden - Covid-19 Journal, Braden Messer
Personal Journals
EIU student Braden Messer recounts the transition from Spring Break to online classes. He talks of quarantine life at home, and his stepmother's role as an attorney working with forced quarantine orders.
Osborne, Ethan - Covid-19 Journal, Ethan Osborne
Osborne, Ethan - Covid-19 Journal, Ethan Osborne
Personal Journals
EIU student Ethan Osborne recounts in detail the experience and frustration of living at home and working on his family farm in the early months of the pandemic, March-May 2020. He also details his observations of and feelings about the news coverage of the pandemic as well as the disregard (particularly by young people) for shelter in place mandates.
Klein, Will - Covid-19 Journal, Will Klein
Klein, Will - Covid-19 Journal, Will Klein
Personal Journals
EIU student and baseball player (drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 2020 draft) documents the upheaval of life in Charleston and at EIU in the early weeks of the pandemic. In particular he describes the distress of day he found out about the cancellation of the baseball season, while the EIU baseball team was travelling.
Mchale, Marguerite - Covid-19 Journal, Marguerite Mchale
Mchale, Marguerite - Covid-19 Journal, Marguerite Mchale
Personal Journals
Marguerite McHale, and EIU student in Professor Mark Dries' HIS 1595 class maintains an upbeat journal documenting the challenges of the pandemic. Of particular note, she describes the growing divide between those supportive of the social distancing and masking initiatives, as well as the impact on high school students who she maintains friendships with as one who graduated a year early from high school. She includes a number of pieces of high school student commentary as well as memes related to the pandemic, and links to news stories. She also describes her home life, and finding ways to keep busy …
Klepzig, Logan - Covid-19 Journal, Logan Klepzig
Klepzig, Logan - Covid-19 Journal, Logan Klepzig
Personal Journals
EIU student Logan Klepzig documents travel from Charleston, IL to Mohomet, IL (approximately 1 hour) to deliver groceries to, and visit his grandparents. He also describes the difficulty of not being able to celebrate birthdays, and see family. His journal also includes a number of links to regional and national news stories from the months of March and April of 2020, as well as images documenting pandemic restrictions around the EIU campus.
Spencer, Julia - Covid-19 Journal, Julia Spencer
Spencer, Julia - Covid-19 Journal, Julia Spencer
Personal Journals
EIU student Julia Spencer describes the challenges adjusting to the new normal of the pandemic as it sets in. In particular she writes about struggles staying motivated to keep up with her studies, and the oddity of having classes on zoom. Her experience is compounded by health scares involving her mother and a friend.
Cleveland, Alex - Covid-19 Journal, Alex Cleveland
Cleveland, Alex - Covid-19 Journal, Alex Cleveland
Personal Journals
In this journal, EIU student Alex Cleveland in the Spring 2020 History of Illinois (HIS 3810) documents the beginning period of the pandemic, including initial reactions to the shelter in place order.
Arjun Kukreja - Covid-19 Journal, Arjun Kukreja
Arjun Kukreja - Covid-19 Journal, Arjun Kukreja
Personal Journals
EIU History of Illinois (HIS 3810) student outlines personal impressions of the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.