{"id":90728,"date":"2020-07-08T11:25:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=90728"},"modified":"2020-07-08T11:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:25:18","slug":"student-publication-spreads-positivity-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/08\/student-publication-spreads-positivity-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Publication Spreads Positivity During Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Abruptly, in mid-March &ndash; as the coronavirus pandemic began its rampage &ndash; Cosette Veeder-Shave &rsquo;22 had to leave Mary Washington and return to her home in New York. She could no longer physically be with her professors or her classmates; she just saw tiny images of them on her computer screen as she continued her courses online.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_90732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90732\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/08\/student-publication-spreads-positivity-during-pandemic\/katrina-wright-ymg_smqforu-unsplash-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-90732 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Created by UMW students under the guidance of Writing Center Director Gwendolyn Hale, The Positivity Post spreads uplifting news and some much-needed cheer to the Mary Washington community. Photo by Katrina Wright on Unsplash. \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-768x768.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-600x600.jpg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/katrina-wright-yMg_SMqfoRU-unsplash-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Created by UMW students under the guidance of Writing Center Director Gwendolyn Hale, The Positivity Post spreads uplifting news and some much-needed cheer to the Mary Washington community. Photo by Katrina Wright on Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Meanwhile, sickness and death surrounded her. &ldquo;So many of my family and friends were in the hospital,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I felt so helpless.&rdquo;<\/p><p>So, she turned &ndash; virtually, of course &ndash; to three of her fellow staffers at UMW&rsquo;s Writing Center who also were experiencing anxiety and discouragement. One of them, Piper Giannini &rsquo;21, suggested they do something to &ldquo;bring smiles to people&rsquo;s faces, even if short-term.&rdquo;<\/p><p><em>The Positivity Post<\/em> was born. The first issue came out April 13, and it has faithfully landed in 100-plus subscribers&rsquo; inboxes each Monday since then. This weekly dose of glass-half-fullness is distributed as a Google document that lacks high-tech touches but brims with heartfelt material.<\/p><p>Each edition features an uplifting photograph, a day-brightening story (a recent one was about customizing creative face masks) and news from around Mary Washington in a section called &ldquo;Kindred Eagles.&rdquo; There&rsquo;s at least one highlighted pet, a faculty profile and &ldquo;POGOs,&rdquo; described by <em>The Positivity Post <\/em>as &ldquo;Positive Gossip &ndash; messages that members of the UMW community send [anonymously] to others to show appreciation or recognition.&rdquo;<\/p><p>One of the editors, Eli Keith &rsquo;23, described the newsletter as &ldquo;universally positive&rdquo; and a true team effort. To come up with content and delegate duties, he said, the four-member staff, which also includes Chloe Martin &rsquo;22 &ndash; is in &ldquo;nearly constant dialogue.&rdquo; Working on the newsletter has lifted their spirits, all four agree, and brought them closer together while cloistered in their homes.<\/p><p>&ldquo;<em>The Positivity Post<\/em> is just a little reminder that there is good in the world in spite of what we hear in the news most days,&rdquo; said Writing Center Director Gwendolyn Hale, who serves as the group&rsquo;s advisor and chief cheerleader. She is confident they will continue the newsletter after they return to campus.<\/p><div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":7,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/08\\\/student-publication-spreads-positivity-during-pandemic\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 338px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"338\"> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 254px; height: 338px;\" data-original-width=\"254\" data-original-height=\"338\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/08\/student-publication-spreads-positivity-during-pandemic\/piper-giannini\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"250\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"334\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90733\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Piper Giannini\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini-768x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini.jpeg?w=250&amp;h=334&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini-225x300.jpeg 225w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini-768x1024.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini-855x1140.jpeg 855w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Piper-Giannini-450x600.jpeg 450w\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"250\" data-original-height=\"334\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Piper Giannini\" alt=\"Senior Piper Giannini\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 334px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Senior Piper Giannini <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 254px; height: 338px;\" data-original-width=\"254\" data-original-height=\"338\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/08\/student-publication-spreads-positivity-during-pandemic\/chloe-martin\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"250\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"334\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90730\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Chloe Martin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-768x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-scaled.jpeg?w=250&amp;h=334&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-scaled.jpeg 1920w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-225x300.jpeg 225w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-768x1024.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-855x1140.jpeg 855w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Chloe-Martin-450x600.jpeg 450w\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"250\" data-original-height=\"334\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Chloe Martin\" alt=\"Junior Chloe Martin\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 334px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Junior Chloe Martin <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 338px; height: 338px;\" data-original-width=\"338\" data-original-height=\"338\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/08\/student-publication-spreads-positivity-during-pandemic\/cosette-veeder-shave\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"334\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"334\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90731\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"809,809\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"Cosette Veeder-Shave\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave-300x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave.jpeg?w=334&amp;h=334&amp;crop=1&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave.jpeg 809w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave-300x300.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave-150x150.jpeg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave-768x768.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave-600x600.jpeg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave-50x50.jpeg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cosette-Veeder-Shave-75x75.jpeg 75w\" width=\"334\" height=\"334\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"334\" data-original-height=\"334\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Cosette Veeder-Shave\" alt=\"Junior Cosette Veeder-Shave\" style=\"width: 334px; height: 334px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Junior Cosette Veeder-Shave <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 254px; height: 338px;\" data-original-width=\"254\" data-original-height=\"338\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/08\/student-publication-spreads-positivity-during-pandemic\/eli-keith\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"250\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"334\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90734\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Eli Keith\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-768x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-scaled.jpeg?w=250&amp;h=334&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-scaled.jpeg 1920w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-225x300.jpeg 225w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-768x1024.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-855x1140.jpeg 855w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Eli-Keith-450x600.jpeg 450w\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"250\" data-original-height=\"334\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Eli Keith\" alt=\"Sophomore Eli Keith\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 334px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Sophomore Eli Keith <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><p>One of the greatest outcomes, Hale said, is that the publication is &ldquo;shining light on people in the campus community who do such great things.&rdquo; She added, &ldquo;Whether it is a POGO to a staff member who smiled and helped you or a faculty\/staff highlight to showcase what people are doing on campus that is meaningful but may go unnoticed, there is genuine love and affection for the UMW community.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Take, for example, a sample of some recent POGOs, many of which have singled out <strong>President Troy Paino.<\/strong> <em>I know these are tough times, and you probably hear a lot of negatives. I often wonder if your feelings get hurt. I just want to thank you for leading the school during this time. You do not get enough credit.<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Registrar Rita Dunston.&nbsp;<\/strong><em>This woman may have the hardest job on campus. She really helped me with a registration disaster one semester. I will graduate on time because of her. <\/em><\/p><p><strong>UMW cleaning staff. <\/strong><em>Thank you from the bottom of my heart for cleaning up after us students (we are pigs!), especially during this scary time with the virus. I am not sure if people think about you all putting your health in danger for us. You deserve to be thanked a million times over. <\/em><\/p><p><strong>UMW. <\/strong><em>Stay strong. We are bigger than a virus. This school is made up of awesome people. I am so glad to attend and can&rsquo;t wait to come back. I miss you, UMW!!<\/em><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeS3ETDp2KGCJEX7kUjGbeTO1j7AgxRBiE7e12RJz_nvP03Xw\/viewform\">Subscribe to <em>The Positivity Post<\/em><\/a> to receive weekly issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abruptly, in mid-March &ndash; as the coronavirus pandemic began its rampage &ndash; Cosette Veeder-Shave &rsquo;22 had to leave Mary Washington and return to her home in New York. 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