[phas-faculty_staff_others] Willing to help with going online

[William Newton]

I just sent my students the following email - feel free to copy if you want, or if you have any additions you think are good let us know!

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I just wanted to send an additional email to urge your to practice self-care in the coming weeks. This is a stressful time for all of us, and self-care not only means take the standard sensible precautions to prevent getting and spreading COVID-19, but just as importantly, looking after your mental health as we’re recommended to practice “social distancing” and we’ll inevitably spend more time away from our usual cohorts and friends - our usual support groups. 

If you want any advice or need to talk about anything, I’m always here. Don’t forget the counseling services on campus are continuing business as usual. And here’s some good advice:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-prevent-loneliness-in-a-time-of-social-distancing/ <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-prevent-loneliness-in-a-time-of-social-distancing/>

Let me know if I can do anything to help!

Will

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Dr. William Newton
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX, 75429-3011, USA
Phone: +1 903-366-9331



> On Mar 13, 2020, at 10:00 AM, William Newton <William.Newton at tamuc.edu> wrote:
> 
> A couple of good articles we should consider. TLDR:
> 
> 1) We have to accept we’re generally not going to do a good job putting our stuff online - this is crisis learning with little notice - and one could argue we have an obligation not to try and do a good job. For less than half a semester, it is not going to matter, and most of our students are now going to have a ton of other things to worry about other than classes - learning just dropped right down their list of priorities.
> 
> 2) Non-tenured faculty should probably all get a blanket 6 month extension and have this semester struck from all performance evaluations due to the extraordinary circumstances and cancellation of most activities that count towards tenure, etc. (conferences, service activities etc).
> 
> https://www.chronicle.com/article/Academe-s-Coronavirus-Shock/248238?key=4hnbV5pI8DX5eMPXF6nV_YqJsRMbo0ItFsZ1aXo32R2-5YfxpN4efHVkJv8AI4RAYjJ3aC01b1lBX3BkT0t2M2dqQkRVaTF2VTh6eFR3RlMwSXgyN3o2c09OQQ&fbclid=IwAR07AHymC7e3ByzHLPEPLqd_Bgk3XSeYMfiNQ54GA2LXCc6N304Yun9Yo7w <https://www.chronicle.com/article/Academe-s-Coronavirus-Shock/248238?key=4hnbV5pI8DX5eMPXF6nV_YqJsRMbo0ItFsZ1aXo32R2-5YfxpN4efHVkJv8AI4RAYjJ3aC01b1lBX3BkT0t2M2dqQkRVaTF2VTh6eFR3RlMwSXgyN3o2c09OQQ&fbclid=IwAR07AHymC7e3ByzHLPEPLqd_Bgk3XSeYMfiNQ54GA2LXCc6N304Yun9Yo7w>
> 
> https://anygoodthing.com/2020/03/12/please-do-a-bad-job-of-putting-your-courses-online/?fbclid=IwAR1k0Z81F6EfuhiOQWciNMppSBn1k7Gqz-y3cF7U844uRd_jL6rMut0Z0sY <https://anygoodthing.com/2020/03/12/please-do-a-bad-job-of-putting-your-courses-online/?fbclid=IwAR1k0Z81F6EfuhiOQWciNMppSBn1k7Gqz-y3cF7U844uRd_jL6rMut0Z0sY>
> 
> Will
> 
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> Dr. William Newton
> Associate Professor
> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
> Commerce, TX, 75429-3011, USA
> Phone: +1 903-366-9331
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2020, at 9:24 AM, Kurtis Williams <Kurtis.Williams at tamuc.edu <mailto:Kurtis.Williams at tamuc.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> I’ll be available starting Monday to help in any way I can in taking classes online.  I’d be in sooner but I was sick the week before spring break, so I should self quarantine through the weekend yet. I’ll use that time to get my classes mostly moved online so that I am freer to help y'all next week. 
>> 
>> See you in health,
>> Kurtis
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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