Three of IUP’s departments are teaming up to document the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
The project will be a collaboration of the IUP Special Collections and University Archives, and the English and History departments, and it will focus on how the pandemic affected not just the campus but the entire community. This partnership will expand the reach of this initiative through interviews with students, recent graduates, employees, civic leaders, business owners and health care professionals to document their experiences with Covid-19.
As the project moves forward, faculty and students will work together to collect, identify, organize and curate the artifacts and interviews that will be featured in pop-up exhibits in the IUP libraries on campus and in the community, while the oral history will be transcribed and collected resources about Covid-19 will be put on display as part of the University Museum’s upcoming exhibits to celebrate the 150th anniversary of IUP in the Fall of 2024.
Those who want to provide information related to the project can contact Harrison Wick at hwick@iup.edu for more information.
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