![Copy of _Flight Over the Vineyard_](https://wp.stolaf.edu/ace/files/2020/06/Copy-of-_Flight-Over-the-Vineyard_-820x600.jpeg)
Study Abroad and the Pandemic
In this guest post, reimagine the practices, preparation, and community engagement of study abroad.
![Social Change Wheel from Campus Compact](https://wp.stolaf.edu/ace/files/2020/04/Revised-Student-ACE-Presentation-Sept-2019-820x540.png)
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Yes, Rest for the Weary
What if rest is actually the best action we can take for ourselves and for each other right now?
![Victory-garden](https://wp.stolaf.edu/ace/files/2020/04/Victory-garden-800x600.jpg)
Virtual Volunteering and Victory Vegetables
Let’s imagine what it can look like when each of us, in our own ways, virtual or in the dirt, can grow to support each other and be of use.
![IMG_9506 (1)](https://wp.stolaf.edu/ace/files/2018/11/IMG_9506-1-820x600.jpg)
Civic Engagement: A Virtuous Contagion
What can you, me, and all of us do today to create a virtuous contagion?
![nuts and bolts about you](https://wp.stolaf.edu/ace/files/2020/03/nuts-and-bolts-about-you-642x600.jpg)
Nuts & Bolts, Pt. 2: Your Students’ Perspective
Tech, assessment, communication, and even a Carole King song.
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The gift of a gracious break
A different but equally fruitful act of being generous, kind, and compassionate to ourselves and others…
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Nuts & Bolts, Pt. 1: Your Partner’s Perspective
It’s not just about us and our students anymore.
![Portrait Of Mister Rogers](https://wp.stolaf.edu/ace/files/2020/03/mr-rogers2.jpeg)
Be the Helpers
How can we, in this pandemic of which we have so little control, make the conscious choice to be the helpers?
![Making meaning2](https://wp.stolaf.edu/ace/files/2020/03/Making-meaning2-820x600.jpg)
Let’s not miss the meaning
How little we stop. And think. About why and how what we are learning and doing is important.
![STO broad view](https://wp.stolaf.edu/ace/files/2020/03/STO-broad-lens-820x538.jpg)
Civic-Mindedness and COVID-19
I’ve tried to start a webpage responding to COVID-19 at least five times since last Thursday, all with different angles. Each time I started, I felt that what I had to say was inadequate to the immensity of the situation.