Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
3-10-2021
Abstract
Due to the pandemic ... canceled until further notice … we will navigate these uncertain times ... with resilience, optimism and creativity.
These and other phrases became all too familiar in 2020. As a communicator writing on behalf of Ouachita, they have become even more top of mind for me this year. As we chose the theme for this issue of the Ouachita Circle, no words seemed sufficient. Even words that were accurate and appropriate had lost their meaning, becoming clichés in our collective consciousness. And now, in 2021, which brings its own challenges, we are weary of the pandemic, weary of reflections on the months we’ve all experienced “together, apart.”
However, what we have done in 2020 as a global society and here at Ouachita, was truly unprecedented – both for the challenges we faced and the triumphs big and small that we achieved along the way. This issue seeks to pay homage to the many things Ouachita has to be proud of in this year that many of us would sometimes rather forget.
Recommended Citation
Zimny, Brooke and Office of Communications & Marketing, "Navigating unprecedented times and other clichés (Editor's notes from the Winter 2021 "Ouachita Circle")" (2021). Press Releases. 1370.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/press_releases/1370
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