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Resilience

Salem Sibs, you are resilient, despite the way you may be feeling.  Dealing with the coronavirus since March and all the other challenging events of this year has been overwhelming at times.  With this is mind, it is possible to enhance your wellbeing and develop resilience.

Resilience is the capacity to recover, respond, or bounce back from challenging times.  It is the ability to understand the reality of a situation and make sense of it, putting it into context and keeping all things in the perspective of the long term.  It is the ability to improvise and respond in innovative ways.

Please keep these factors in mind as you navigate your way to resilience:

  1. Understand your need to connect with others
  2. Socialize as much as you can virtually
  3. Engage in new ways
  4. Give to others (help those in need)
  5. Manage your perceptions (look at the glass half full versus half empty)
  6. Take breaks
  7. Move (walk, run, stretch)
  8. Spend time in nature
  9. Practice gratitude daily

Know that things will get better, give yourself some grace. We are all in this together.

Robin Campbell
Director of Counseling Services

From the Virtual Walls of the Fine Arts Center Studios
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Student work: Drawing ARTS 111, Dr. John Hutton

Located on the north end of our campus, the Robert E. Elberson Fine Arts Center (FAC) is now the quiet home for the visual and performing arts.  The usually vibrant and colorful Art and Design studios are located on the lower level of this building.

Since 1965, visitors walking through the hallways and studios of the FAC would find on its walls a wide range of original work created by our students.  Today those walls are bare, waiting patiently for the day when students and faculty can occupy workspaces again.  While most things have changed, some have remained the same.  Design and art students, under the leadership and guidance of their faculty, have continued to create work that keeps inspiring through our “virtual art exhibitions.”

Student work: Soft sculpture guitar for ARTS 030
Student work: Soft sculpture ARTS 030, Prof. Nicole Uzzell

We decided to share a few examples of current work that would have been on display on those familiar walls.  Images include a few drawings from Dr. John Hutton’s ARTS 111: Drawing class; as well as soft sculptures and cardboard bas relief projects from ARTS 030: 3D-Design taught by Nicole Uzzell.  Visit Facebook to see our Virtual Exhibition.

On the bright side, our audience is larger this time and more visitors (virtual in nature) can enjoy our creations.

Rosa D. Otero
Art, Art History, and Design Department Chair

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Salem College Secret Santa - Join the Fun!

The Activities, Leadership and Intercultural (ALI) Office is sponsoring a Secret Santa for Salem College Students.  More than 20 students have already signed up for this program, which promises to be a great deal of fun.  If you’ve never done a Secret Santa before, the way it works is that students can sign up to participate through November 20. The following week, students will receive a link into which they can put their address and a wish list.  Students will be paired with each other for a gift exchange. 

Whether Christmas is a tradition you and your family observe or not, everyone is invited to participate in our Salem College Secret Santa, which promises to be a lot of fun.  For more information, students can reach out to student center work study students Anahi (anahi.sanchez_tapia@salem.edu) or Savannah (savannah.moya@salem.edu).

Also, ALI invites you to follow Virtually Salem on Instagram.  Follow along to see our friend Sophia the Squirrel as she navigates campus.  We have heard that around exam time, she’ll be posting more frequently, so be sure to follow along.

Alan Mueller
Assistant Dean of Students for Student Activities, Leadership, and Intercultural Education

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