Browse Collections (15 total)

UWM Student Association during COVID

An image showing a virtual birthday party taking place inside a Zoom call.

As the COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges across America to deal with unprecedented challenges, the UWM Student Association was an example of an…

Contributors: Ben Schultz

An International student's experience of COVID-19 at UWM

A sketch that was completed during the pandemic.

This crisis collection aims to document my experience as an international student during the COVID-19 lockdown. The experience was a mixture of…

Contributors: Ifedayo Kehinde

Theater's Adaption to COVID Inspires Increased Connections

A Facebook Live interview with the playwright, director, lyrical composer, and two actors from the FirstStage Theater play, "UNMUTED" by Alvaro Rios.

Similarly to modern local and public history, the roots of theater are founded in their successful representativeness of different societies; theater,…

Contributors: Lori Martello

Bikes are the new Toilet Paper, A look into how leisure time has changed in the era of Covid

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When it comes to Covid many things in everyone's life had to change. One area that was most affected was travel and leisure time. Travel numbers were…

Contributors: Aaron Meyer

COVID and the Absence of Live Music

A photoshopped image of the Miramar Theatre wearing a giant face mask

The COVID-19 pandemic obviously took away many forms of entertainment that people could no longer go out and enjoy. This included going to the movies,…

Contributors: David Zeh

COVID and Retail

A Board with a sign reading COVID-19 Updates with packets attached to it with policy updates.

The retail world was a stress and fast paced place before the beginning of COVID-19. Once COVID-19 hit, it was uncharted territory for many retailers…

Contributors: Aaron Krebsbach

Navigating Covid and School as an Out-of-State Student

Audio of Oral History Conducted with Alexis Ingebretsen

Navigating a pandemic has been hard on everyone. Navigating a global pandemic as a student is hard with the separation from your usual group of…

Contributors: Emily N. Demler

One Human Many Dimensions

Voter Registration Pandemic Style: First time voter experience the fun of registering to vote with all COVID-19 precautions in place.

When we first received the news about Covid-19 it was about the cases overseas that were slowing shutting down factories, commerce and transportation…

Contributors: Elizabeth M. Loomer

COVID Artwork

A collage featuring Arike Ogunbowale, a black women's NCAA athlete.  She wears a gold face mask that says "black lives matter" on it.

This collection of artwork mainly features Milwaukee artists who represent different communities of color, specifically the Black and Hmong…

Contributors: Zac Dickhut

The Class of 2020

A woman poses with her absentee ballot.

For many students in Wisconsin, March 2020 marked the official date when COVID-19 began to affect in-person activity on university and high school…

Contributors: Jamee N. Pritchard