Quarantine College Life
Quarantine College Life
Chris Stewart
Talking with college students about ways they are meeting the challenges of college life while social distancing. This podcast is hosted by Chris Stewart and Scripps College of Communication Ambassadors at Ohio University.
12: Katharine Morey – The Best Years of Your Life
Chris Stewart talks with Katharine Morey, a graduating senior Journalism in Scripps College of Communication.  (00:49) Being a graduating senior during COVID-19  (04:22) How to create opportunities for yourself  (07:56) Finding your preferred career  (08:41) What you have learned in the past 8-9 weeks of coronavirus social distancing?  (13:16) What will you miss the most about Ohio University?  (18:00) If you're an incoming OU student, this is what you need to know about your next four years   (22:16) Having many reunions instead of one goodbye  ____________________ Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
May 6, 2020
24 min
11: Michaela Chilenski - Understanding the Resources Available to You
Chris Stewart talks with Michaela Chilenski, a senior Integrated Media Arts major with a Theater minor. Michaela is also the student manager of the Scripps College Equipment Checkout Room, and we take some time in this episode to explain how the room is utilized by students in the college and what all is available to take advantage of.  (01:27) All about the Scripps Equipment Room  (04:08) The process for utilizing all the resources available  (08:15) Michaela is a super positive, productive person... how are you staying that way now?  (12:53) If you could turn back time, how would you prepare yourself for this circumstance we are in?  (17:00) Final words from Michaela  CHECK OUT MICHAELA'S PODCAST ---> "The Spook Files"  ____________________ Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
Apr 27, 2020
18 min
10: Abby Harder - Learning How to Use Time When Alone
Chris Stewart talks with Abby Harder, senior multimedia design major in Scripps College of Communication.  (00:50) Becoming an Ohio University Alumna  (01:33) Soul of Athens  (04:00) What does your quarantine day look like?  (05:56) Shutting down your phone (see instructions below for how you can do this also!)  (10:26) Keeping positive in difficult and sad times  (14:35) Learning how to use time when you are alone.  HOW TO SET TIME LIMITS ON iPHONE  Settings > Screen Time > Downtime TO SET LIMITS FOR INDIVIDUAL APPS Settings > Screen Time > App Limits ____________________ Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
Apr 24, 2020
16 min
9: Sarah Williams - Military Service, Puppies, and Friends
Chris Stewart talks with Sarah Williams, Communication Studies major in Scripps College of Communication.  (00:29) ROTC and Military Science Minor  (02:17) The daily routine of an Army Reserves Cadet at Ohio University  (06:33) Raising a new puppy!  (08:12) Social Distancing in Athens with roommates  (09:20) What has this experience taught you so far?  (12:34) Discovering different ways to get the same job accomplished  (16:00) Closing words  ____________________  Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative! 
Apr 22, 2020
16 min
8: Mylun Jackson - Being Outgoing Under Quarantine
Chris Stewart talks with Mylun Jackson, Communication Studies major in Scripps College of Communication.  (01:02) What Communication Studies is preparing you for in the future  (05:27) What is inspiring you to be your best self right now?  (07:39) What are you learning right now in your online courses?  (09:23) How are your student organizations helping you stay connected with one another?  (10:19) Turn back the clock and talk to pre-COVID Mylun. What would you say?  (12:39) Being an extrovert under quarantine; how to stay outgoing  (15:15) Closing words  ____________________ Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
Apr 20, 2020
15 min
7: Lexi Murray - Music Production and Strategic Communication
Chris Stewart talks with Lexi Murray, who is working on a double major in Media Arts & Studies and Journalism in Scripps College of Communication. (00:42) Introduction; "on" campus job status  (04:37) Student Experience Project  (08:48) What are you missing most right now?  (11:04) What are you learning through this COVID-19 experience?  (14:30) Learning from and being encouraged by others  (18:34) Being grateful for where we are and what we have  (23:05) Final words of encouragement  ____________________ Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
Apr 17, 2020
24 min
6: Kyra Barksdale - Communication Studies and Keeping the Joy During Quarantine
Chris Stewart talks with Kyra Barksdale, Communication Studies major in the Scripps College of Communication.  (00:40) Introductions and TWO Spring Breaks!   (03:04) Adjusting to online learning having little to no interaction   (04:20) Being unemployed and managing life with less   (06:25) Keeping positive... with Tik-Tok!!??   (08:12) New adventures  (11:19) What do you hope to be doing one year from now?   (13:37) Final words of wisdom from Kyra... slow down   ____________________  Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
Apr 15, 2020
15 min
5: Emily Gayton - Opportunities are Still Out There, Stay Active!
Chris Stewart talks with Emily Gayton, Journalism News and Information major in the Scripps College of Communication. (00:36) This quarantine will give people a chance to weed out the things they don't want in their life  (02:45) San Juan, Puerto Rico for Spring Break then back to empty Athens (04:25) Living in Athens while being a remote student and the rest of the family is in New York  (08:00) Uptown Athens businesses and supporting them during COVID-19  (10:14) How to stay connected and involved in Student Organizations during this time of distancing  (13:21) Internships and how to connect with opportunities  (15:11) What are you most looking forward to when life gets back to "normal"  (15:16) A special shoutout  ____________________ Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
Apr 13, 2020
16 min
4: Wes Temple - Start New Things, Use This Time To Your Advantage
Chris Stewart talks with Wes Temple, Integrated Media major in the Scripps College of Communication. (02:04) NFL Films internship comes to an abrupt end (05:49) The video production work Wes was doing with NFL Films (11:06) Check your perspective, be productive and use this unfortunate current circumstance to our advantage (16:15) Starting new things; don't "compare your beginning to someone else's middle" (19:13) Final thoughts: the greatest lesson this Coronavirus shut-down will have taught us ____________________ Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
Apr 9, 2020
20 min
3: Luke Steiner - News, Sports, and the Importance of Staying Connected
Chris Stewart talks with Luke Steiner, a senior News and Information major in the EW Scripps School of Journalism with a minor in Sports Production. (02:42) Living in Illinois while being a student in Ohio (04:49) The evolving emotional stages of accepting COVD-19 Social Distancing (07:15) Newscasting and other careers thriving from home (09:06) Transitioning experiential learning activities from on-campus to at-home (15:17) Collaboration, partnerships, and networking among various professions (19:39) Keeping a personal routine to stay productive and maintaining self-care (23:23) Intentional ways to walk through this experience with friends and family ____________________ Please be sure to click SUBSCRIBE so you won't miss any episodes! Also, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and let us know if you would like to be a guest on the show or if you have ideas for future topics we should discuss. We are here to help provide ideas and encouragement to help make your drastically different college experience successful and innovative!
Apr 6, 2020
27 min
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