We look at the who’s, how’s, and why’s of the transition of universities, including Olivet Nazarene University, to a remote format during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current state of affairs has greatly affected millions of students and collegiate staff alike, stranding them on unfamiliar shores. Starting as a “domino effect”, every American university has made the move to an “at-home” online format.
Below is a collection of articles concerning who made the life-changing decisions, how those decisions came to be, and where it all started.
Safety First: How the Olivet EOC Saved the Semester
The threat was rising fast, this was not the Spring Break everyone had planned. A decision had to be made quickly. How was Olivet Nazarene University going to respond? Generating the EOC This response fell to the emergency management team, directed by systems librarian Kyle Olney. This team was created to handle any and all…
The Digital Dominoes Fall
Once the effects of COVID-19 had been fully determined, it was only a matter of time until the country’s universities, which are often filled to the brim with close-quarters and lowered immune systems, were necessarily altered from the fashion they previously existed. Beginning with the University of Washington, education establishments all over the country found…
COVID-19: How Olivet Made The Decision and its Immediate Impact
“At that time, and until further notice, classes will be offered online.” These are the words that finished out the first paragraph of Olivet Nazarene University’s email to all students and faculty on March 13, less than 48 hours after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. This update shocked students as it came…
EOC’s.What they are.What they do.
The world has paused. We are all well aware. But who pressed the button? College and universities all across the United States have had to make a full transition to online schooling for the remainder of the spring semester, due to the coronavirus outbreak. Because of the rapid spread of the disease, it has deemed…
About this project
This project was created by Andrew McBurnie, Lucas White, Hannah Young, and Graham Hughes as part of a final project for the multimedia storytelling class at Olivet Nazarene University.
