Much like everyone, we experienced major transitions in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Agricultural Education and Communication faculty and students at the University of Florida moved from regular in-person classroom-based teaching and learning to fully online education and communication environments. However, undergraduate students in AEC 4035: Communication Practices for Agricultural and Natural Resources remained positive, adjusted several of their final projects, and found ways to document COVID-19’s impacts through photo essays from different perspectives.
Medical personnel are generally considered heroes but during the COVID-19 pandemic they were more heroic than normal. Medical staff worked countless hours and spent extended periods of time away from their own families to ensure patients were being cared for properly. Kayla Bashore, an agricultural education and communication student at the University of Florida, developed a photo essay dedicated to highlighting the work of medical personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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