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Students also have access to Tiger Care Team, a platform for students to connect with during this stressful time. All students received an email asking about the safety, security and academic support available to them. If any student were to lack any of these, they can reach out to a member on the team for help.
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For those staying on campus, McMindes Hall is offering take-out meals. Students with dining dollars can choose from a selection of meals to pick up and take home with them. The campus is also allowing students who can\u2019t go home to stay on campus. The Hays community, along with the university, are ensuring everyone has the resources they need.
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Nationwide, hospitals lack gloves and masks. A photo from the New York Post even show nurses using trash bags as a means of defense. People are taking it upon themselves to sew masks for the nurses and doctors on the frontline. Doctors and nurses are risking their lives every day with this rapidly increasing pandemic. The demand for gloves and masks can\u2019t compete with the accelerated spread of the virus. According to the New York Times<\/a>, people with the ability to sew are coming together to utilize their talents to help doctors and nurses all over the world. \u201cThey are making masks for America, much as a previous generation manufactured ammunition and tended \u2018victory gardens\u2019 during World War II,\u201d the article said. \u201cLegions of sewers, called to duty in a matter of days via social media and word of mouth, their skills no longer taken for granted or dismissed as a mere hobby. They are working in living rooms, at kitchen tables and inside shuttered storefronts.\u201d The National Health Service in London issued a public service announcement for retired doctors and nurses to help at the hospitals. According to the London Economic<\/a> the government sent out a cry, \u201cYour NHS Needs You.\u201d Nearly 4,500 retired nurses and doctors answered the call within 48 hours. It was a great display of public support to tackle the virus. In a March article<\/a> from Syracuse University, Isaac Budmen and Stephanie Keefe, of Budmen Industries in Liverpool, N.Y., are using the means of their 3D printer company to help those at their local hospital. The couple is mass-producing face shields for coronavirus testing sites. These shields are vital for the workers there to eliminate their exposure to the virus. \u201cIt just sort of felt right to us to do what we could to help the situation,\u201d Budmen said. \u201cI just said we\u2019ll get it done. We\u2019re really not looking to make money off the county in this crisis. We\u2019re just sort of looking to get through it as fast as we can,\u201d they said in the article. People all over are using little free libraries to help others. These are public bookcases found in many cities where people can leave books for others to take for free. The goal is to promote paying it forward. In a recent article by Mental Floss<\/a>, people have begun to leave food, toilet paper and other necessities in these bookcases to lend a helping hand. \u201cMany of the makeshift pantries encourage people to pay it forward with handwritten messages like, \u2018Take what you need, share what you can,\u2019 and other similar adaptations of Little Free Library\u2019s \u2018Take a book, leave a book\u2019 motto,\u201d Ellen Gutoskey of Mental Floss said in the article. This is a great way to help those who can\u2019t make it to the grocery store or can\u2019t afford the necessities to survive this trying time. Schools and universities nationwide have switched classes to online. The world could use a daily dose of happiness. Yale University is offering a free class, The Science of Well-Being. The class discusses and teaches how to be happy. You can enroll in the class here<\/a>. Professor Laurie Santo\u2019s course description<\/a> says class topics will cover misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. \u201cYou will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life,\u201d Santo said. China is slowly but surely returning back to normal life. In a recent New York Times article<\/a>, the Chinese government reports no new local infections. Citizens can now walk around with their masks on and slowly return to normal life. We can look to China with hope that we can and will get through this. \u201cAs life in China returns to a semblance of normality, many people are moving on,\u201d the article states. China is now using its knowledge and resources for controlling the virus to help other countries.
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