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PAMELA F. CIPRIANO:
Hi, everybody.

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It's Pam and Zeus.

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He's our blonde, bright
white, Golden Retriever

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when he's not dirty.

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So coming to you from my
house, and want to make sure

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that everybody's doing OK.

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Wanted to check
in and say hello.

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It's been a lot going
on this past week,

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as I'm sure you've been
adjusting to your classes.

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I want to thank all of
you for your perseverance.

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I know sometimes it's really
hard to get used to being home.

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We get really distracted.

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One of the things
that's important

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when your life is going
through a lot of changes

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is to have a routine where
you get enough sleep,

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you're eating well,
you're resting,

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you're finding the
rhythm that you

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need so that your life doesn't
feel quite as disrupted.

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So make sure that you're
eating healthy foods.

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That you're getting a chance
to exercise a little bit.

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Maybe take a walk around
your neighborhood.

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Maybe you're lucky
enough to have a pet that

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will take you out for a walk.

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And hopefully you are
adjusting to having

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roommates, family members, other
people around in your life.

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And again, I know that
that's a challenge.

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But hopefully your
classes are going well.

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You're able to stay focused.

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And I know that your faculty are
really trying to help as well.

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They're going through
similar adjustments too.

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So hopefully we're
all learning together.

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I wanted to just make
a couple of comments.

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I got my notes here to make
sure I don't forget something.

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But one of the things
is-- in addition

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to taking care of
yourself-- again

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making sure we're looking
out for each other

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because not everyone
copes as well.

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I know I have two adult
daughters that I've

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mentioned to you before.

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One is very social.

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One is like, leave me alone.

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And so trying to figure out
what people's strategies are

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for not getting
bored, for staying

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in touch with their friends
is again really important.

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A couple other things --

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kind of what's next.

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I wish I had new information
for you on graduation.

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I know there are lots
of discussions going on.

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Nothing's been decided yet.

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So I don't have real news.

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You have seen information
about grading.

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You may not have information
about course evaluations.

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There will be a new tool
that will specifically

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ask you to give feedback
about how this semester went

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with online teaching.

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So it won't be the traditional
tools that you've used before.

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The feedback will not be
used to evaluate faculty,

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but really to give
us intelligence

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about how did this change
for online education go.

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So when the time comes,
we'll look forward

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to getting that
feedback from you.

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A couple of other things--

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I know you're probably
interested in what's

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going on in the hospital.

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I do stay very connected
so every day I'm

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on a couple of phone
calls and update us.

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We're beginning to see the
number of hospitalized patients

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that are testing positive
for COVID increase,

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not exponentially yet.

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Both the Medical Center and
Martha Jefferson Hospital

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have a number of cases.

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And we also have a number of
cases under investigation.

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So far-- fingers crossed--
we're really fortunate there

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are no health care
workers who have

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had any kind of positive
testing associated

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with their role in the
hospital or clinic setting.

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So we're watching
that very carefully.

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The Medical Center is also
tracking very carefully

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the protective equipment,
the PPE, ventilators,

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the number of
critical care beds--

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so they're being very
judicious following

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all of the guidelines
benchmarking nationally,

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regionally, and so we're
in good shape with that.

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We've got a number of
experts working with us

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to do predictive modeling.

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We really just have
to see what happens.

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And again lots of planning.

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So I want you to
be hopeful in terms

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of the safety here
in our community,

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as well as the safety of our
health care care providers.

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They are obviously and
appropriately nervous

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no matter how precise
your procedures are.

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We've got donning
and doffing coaches

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to make sure those
that are taking care

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of the sickest patients
and those unfit

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are being reviewed for COVID are
getting the equipment that they

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need, and they're being
safe in that process.

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So we know that these are
concerns of yours too.

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Please know that
our medical centers

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are really excellent job.

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And there will continue
to be information

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made available to everybody
on a regular basis.

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And we'll make sure
it points you to that

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if it's not really obvious.

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But right now again I wanted
to just check in with you,

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tell you I'm thinking
about all of you.

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Hope you're doing well.

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Hope you're finding
ways to be resilient.

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Help each other.

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Again find ways
that you can either

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get the distraction you need.

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I was baking cookies yesterday.

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I kind of needed
a little outlet.

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I was getting bored.

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I don't usually get bored.

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So I realized that
I needed to do

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something a little different.

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So I hope you're doing well.

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Please reach out if there's
any way that any of us

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can help you, keep you
updated throughout the rest

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of the semester.

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We've got a number
of issues that we're

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working that we know have
been questions you've raised.

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And so I look forward
to a time where

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we can see you face to face.

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It may not be brought before
the end of the semester.

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But I wish everyone
well and hope

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to hear from you if there's
anything we can do to help.

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So thanks very much.

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