(1) Self-Care Challenge: Expressive Writing (Institute Wide)
(2) Student Emergency Fund Created (Institute Wide)
(3) Alumna Helps Lead Initiative to Trace COVID-19 in Massachusetts (Institute Wide)
(4) Virtual DEI Office Hours (Institute Wide)
(5) Faculty Lunch Bite – Thursday, April 9 (Faculty)
(6) Support Groups Led by Academic Support Counselors (Students)
(7) Sign Up to Be a Secret Study Buddy (Students)
(8) Interprofessional Global Immersion Presentation – Monday, April 20 (Institute Wide)
(9) Lunch Buddies Program Update – (Faculty & Staff)
(10) Navigating Virtual Hate: Responding to ZoomBombing – Thursday, April 9 (Faculty & Staff)
(1) Self-Care Challenge: Expressive Writing (Institute Wide)
From Kerry Kearns, Office of Student and Alumni Services and Amanda Tarbet, Office of the Provost
Get those creative juices running and try some expressive writing. Some examples are a short story, a haiku, or even a letter to your pet. Share your writing by tagging us on Instagram @IHPStudentLife or emailing
Student Life for a chance to win an IHP-branded notebook! #IHPSelfCare
(2) Student Emergency Fund Created (Institute Wide)
From Clare McCully, Office of Development
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted IHP students. Their part-time jobs, which assist them with their living (and sometimes tuition) expenses, have disappeared. The Office of Development, working in concert with the Office of Financial Aid, has established the IHP Student COVID-19 Emergency Fund to offer students quick assistance in this time of need. Administered through the Office of Financial Aid, the IHP will do what it can to support our students who find themselves without the necessary resources during this period of uncertainty until they can return to a more normal routine.
Please donate.
(3) Alumna Helps Lead Initiative to Trace COVID-19 in Massachusetts (Institute Wide)
From Andrew Criscione, Office of Strategic Communications
School of Nursing alumna Sheila Davis, DNP ’08, MS-Nursing ’97, CEO and former Chief of Ebola Response for Partners In Health, is
among the health care leaders involved with the Massachusetts COVID-19 Community Tracing Collaborative. Read more about efforts by the IHP community during this crisis in the
"Business as Unusual" series.
(4) Virtual DEI Office Hours (Institute Wide)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting virtual office hours.
Sign up for a 15-minute time slot to speak with a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion staff. Attend open office hours via
Zoom on Thursday, April 9, Noon–2:00 p.m. Please know that you can also
reach us outside of these hours for support.
(5) Faculty Lunch Bite – Thursday, April 9 (Faculty)
From Joyce LaTulippe, Office of the Provost
We will discuss the short article
“How to Make Your Online Pivot Less Brutal” on Thursday, April 9 at Noon via
Zoom. Bring your lunch and share some of your fears, successes, trials, and triumphs online with the IHP teaching community.
(6) Support Groups Led by Academic Support Counselors (Students)
From Mike Boutin, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Steve Ciesielski, School of Nursing
Academic Support Counselors Mike Boutin (SHRS) and Steve Ciesielski (SON) will host two weekly support groups via Zoom.
Group 1: Balancing parenting and online education. Now that many schools have migrated online, adult learners and their children are home which creates new challenges. Join a group of other IHP students who are also parents seeking to balance both responsibilities. This group will meet on Thursdays, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Group 2: IHP students living by themselves during this time of self-quarantine. Connect with peers who can relate to the pros and cons of living alone. This group will meet on Mondays, Noon–1:00 p.m.
(7) Sign Up to Be a Secret Study Buddy (Students)
From Amanda Tarbet, Office of the Provost
Be a Secret Study Buddy for a fellow student during finals this semester. Everyone who registers will be assigned a fellow student, to whom they will send an encouraging message to during finals and will also receive a message from their own Secret Study Buddy in return. Let's spread kindness and support each other this spring.
Sign up by Friday, April 10. Participants will receive more instructions on Monday, April 13. Please
contact Amanda Tarbet with any questions.
(8) Interprofessional Global Immersion Presentation – Monday, April 20 (Institute Wide)
From John Wong, School of Nursing
Katherine Connelly, BSN '20, Conor Ward, BSN '20, Anna Do, OTD '21, Corinne Ianni, OTD '21, and Vivian Phan, OTD '21, will share what they have learned in Shenzhen, China on Monday, April 20, Noon–12:30 p.m. via
Zoom. They have spent two weeks visiting two hospitals, an adult daycare facility, a community health center, a graduate school, and a service center for people with disabilities.
(9) Lunch Buddies Program Update (Faculty & Staff)
From Sarah Welch, Office of Human Resources
For the past two weeks the Office of Human Resources piloted a Lunch Buddies program via Zoom as way to help us continue to build community and connection remotely. As we move into the next month of fully remote work, the IHP Staff Council Health and Wellness Committee will begin to offer weekly opportunities for staff and faculty to informally socialize via Zoom. The dates and times of these offerings will be shared via the
IHP Daily News. I would like to extend my gratitude to Carla Donati and the Health and Wellness Committee for continuing to offer us all opportunities like this as we navigate the next month ahead.
(10) Navigating Virtual Hate: Responding to ZoomBombing – Thursday, April 9 (Faculty & Staff)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Virtual hate creates a chilling effect on learning and on minoritized communities. Join Dr. Sumun L. Pendakur and Jade Agua from the USC Race and Equity Center to learn about the multiple ways ZoomBombing is occurring in the current moment on Thursday, April 9, 10:00–11:15 a.m. PDT. We’ll share key Zoom security tips and focus on best practices for managing ZoomBombings in the moment, with ideas to repair community harm if and when this happens to you.
RSVP.
