The UNW COVID-19 Resurgence Plan has indicated based on the number of students with confirmed cases of COVID and those in quarantine due to contact tracing have caused for Northwestern to advance into Phase 2: Yellow of the plan.
Some of the causes that have been identified for the resurgence in our campus have been:
- Students participating in off-campus activities without proper distancing. (This has driven the vast majority of cases).
- Other cases have resulted from students attending classes or events while experiencing mild symptoms that they did not believe were related to COVID-19.
What you can do:
- Physical distancing, wearing face coverings, and hand sanitizing.
- Limiting how often you ride in a car with another person or visit in close quarters, such as dorm rooms.
- If you choose to participate in study groups, please remain at least six feet apart from others.
- If you have been tested for COVID-19 off-campus and are awaiting results, please inform Health Services and do not return to normal activities until told to do so.
To stay updated with the cases on campus check out the UNW COVID-19 Dashboard.
Also if you missed the "Words of Encouragement" message from President Cureton and the Student Body President Qashr Middleton. Make sure to check it out here.
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Public Relations major, Olivia Raun ('21), recently landed a job at U.S. Bank headquarters as a Corporate Affairs Communications Representative. Olivia will be joining U.S. Bank after graduation this December.
Congratulations, Olivia!
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Alumna Kimberly Mills ('13), Digital Media Arts major, recently landed a job as a Storyboard Director for Nickelodeon Animation. Kimberly helped create Trash Truck, which premieres November 10th on Netflix!
While at Northwestern, Kimberly's film Digg'r won Best Animation AND Audience Choice at the Five16 Film Festival!
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Covid funk. Covid fatigue. Covid burnout. Covid blues.
Whatever we want to call it, we’ve all experienced it to some degree this year. Whether it’s a fear of the future, an overwhelming sense of loss, a general malaise that seeps into every area of our lives, or a variety of other manifestations that are outside our normal experiences.
The effects of this condition can be barely noticeable for some or debilitating for others. And somewhere in between for most of us.
I’ve had my own version of Covid blues. A sense of loss blanketed my emotions and motivations. Looking to the future with any semblance of hope took effort that many days seemed out of reach.
But during these Covid blues days, I kept coming back to one word.
When I saw something on the news that made me question when we would ever see the end of these days. Gratitude.
When I couldn’t do the things I’d normally do because of restrictions or health concerns. Gratitude.
And when my daughter graduated high school, and we wanted to invite family and friends over for a party—but couldn’t. Gratitude.
Gratitude for what we have or are promised.
Gratitude—or more precisely, Christ—taught me to reorient my thoughts and attitudes. It was a new way to look at my surroundings and circumstances. This looks different depending on the scenarios, but here is what I found myself doing:
Feeling frustrated with the zillionth Zoom meeting, I caught myself before I complained and said (or prayed): “I’m grateful for the job that I have, which allows me to have Zoom meetings.”
Tired of remembering to put on my mask before I entered the grocery store, I caught myself and said (or prayed): “I’m thankful I can physically go to the grocery store and have the means to purchase groceries.”
Downcast over the future and when we will again see things back to normal, I’d say (or pray): “God holds the future in His hands. We have hope in Him. Let it sink into my heart the hopelessness that so many others experience on a daily basis, so that I might be more aware of their burdens.”
The Apostle Paul, who as we know experienced much hardship and even imprisonment, said, “… Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things” (Philippians 4:8, NIV).
And that verse sticks in my mind every time I want to slide again into the Covid blues.
I’m certainly nowhere near perfect in this reorienting of my thoughts. I still get frustrated, anxious and sad. But then those words from Paul spring to my mind. They encourage me to “think about such things” that are good, that we are thankful for, that we have hope in. That as believers we can live in.
And as professional communicators—writers, filmmakers, designers, media experts, announcers—what better way to serve Christ, our students and the world than to offer them this same gratitude and hope.
Professor Scott Noble, M.S.
Adjunct Professor of Communication
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