Final Project: Changing Fashion Trends in a Pandemic - Elizabeth Flood

 

Grace Carnevale, a junior Communications major shops in a comfy sweatshirt and leggings at the Montgomery County Mall on April 24th, 2021. 

Three shoppers socially distance while shopping at the Montgomery County Mall on April 24th, 2021.

Mackenzie Webb and Nicole Lopez check out an email from their club president in front of their home in College Park, MD on May 4th, 2021.

Annie Bergholtz browses for a summer bikini before her pilates class in the Montgomery County Mall on May 7, 2021.

Nicole Martino, Mackenzie Webb, and Nicole Lopez wait for their friend to pick them up for Starbucks in between Zoom classes in College Park, MD on April 29th, 2021. 

Claudia Wendt and Grace Carnevale debate on which store to go to next in Montgomery County Mall on April 24th, 2021.  

Sophomore UMD students Emily Slovin, Sasha Hersch, Arianna Faghani, and Samantha Bristow discuss the route of their midday walk in College Park, MD on April 30th, 2021. 

Spencer Riley longboards down the street in College Park, MD after picking up his lunch from his fraternity house on May 2nd, 2021. 

Julia Farese stretches before an at-home workout in between her Zoom classes in College Park, MD on April 22nd, 2021. 

Nicole Lopez studies for an exam in a cozy outfit in College Park, MD on April 20th, 2021

Allie Selkirk stretches before going on a walk to refresh herself after a long day of online school in College Park, MD on May 3rd, 2021. 

Final Project - Eppley Recreation Center (Julia Eisen)

 

The Geary F. Eppley Recreation Center is the largest gym on campus at the University of Maryland. It is the number one employer of students and has continued its operations during the pandemic. 

Name tags hang on the fall themed bulletin board for student staff and supervisors on May 7, 2021. 

Student supervisors and staff gear up for the morning shift on May 3, 2021. Supervisors make sure that the facility is running properly while staff check in patrons and rent out equipment throughout their shifts. 

Senior supervisor Robel Amare poses before he starts his shift on May 3, 2021. Many supervisors start their shifts at the information desk as it is the first thing patrons see when they walk through the front doors. 

Senior supervisor Marina Kissner poses while she does the shift report at the end of her shift on May 3, 2021. 

Junior Amanda Motkin plays Sudoku at the information desk during a slow shift on the morning of May 7, 2021. 

Paper origami decorates the inside of the information desk. 

Bottles of Q-Rinse fill the check-in stations at each area of the gym. Patrons must use disinfecting spray bottles and towels in order to use any equipment within the facility in order to prevent the spread of germs. 

Staff check in patrons for each reservation using the app IM Leagues. 

Junior Roe Lanford checks in a patron for the west gym on May 3, 2021. 

Students work out at the east gym weight room on May 7, 2021. Weight machines are spaced out in order for all patrons to stay six-feet apart, helping to stop the spread of Coronavirus within the facility. 

While the weight room is often crowded with students lifted, the cardio machines at west gym are often empty with little patrons visiting. 

Students participate in a Body Pump group fitness class while a student instructor leads them in lifting weights on May 7, 2021. 

Sophomore Laurel Dietrick cleans the desk outside at the outdoor aquatic center on May 7, 2021. 

Sophomore Ashley Deng waves goodbye to patrons as they leave the Eppley Recreation Center on February 12, 2021. 

The opening sign when entering Eppley Recreation Center. 

Hidden gem of a Squidward drawing inside the information desk amuses employees when asking patrons to show their green screens for their reservation. 

Final Project: Erasable Inc. Improv Shows (Olivia Janik)

 

Erasable Inc. performs on the steps of McKeldin Library on April 23, 2021.

Sophomore Yair McCoy participates in an improv game during the group's show on April 23, 2021.

Erasable Inc. members improvise solutions for a made up problem during their performance on April 23, 2021.

Erasable Inc. members mourn the death of a character in an improv game on April 23, 2021.

Junior Rahul Jain pretends to be dead on the steps of McKeldin Library on April 23, 2021.

Members perform an improvised song on April 23, 2021.

Senior Stephanie Moy improvises a scene during Erasable Inc.'s 24 hour show on May 7, 2021.

Yair McCoy poses during an improv game on May 7, 2021.

Stephanie Moy waves to other cast members on May 7, 2021.

Sophomore Stephen Duranske cowers during a bit for Erasable Inc. on May 7, 2021.

Freshman Lesley Porterfield explains a concept to senior Sammy Garcia on May 7, 2021.

Junior Josh Choi reacts to a scene on May 7, 2021.

Sophomore Grant Yang lounges in a lawn chair during an improv game on May 7, 2021.

Stephanie Moy proposes during a scene on May 7, 2021.

Lesley Porterfield recites an improvised poem while Stephanie Moy reacts to her rejected proposal on May 7, 2021.

Sammy Garcia improvises a rap as Drake Bell from "Drake and Josh" on May 7, 2021.

Stephanie Moy waits her turn in a line game on May 7, 2021.

Erasable Inc. members celebrate performing another hour of improv during their 24 hour show, Revolver on May 7, 2021.

Final Project: Hyattsville Food Distributions (Dorvall Bedford)

 

A volunteer opens the trunk of a car on March 30, 2021, at the weekly food distribution in Hyattsville, MD.

Hyattsville volunteers talk to each other on March 30, 2021, after distributing boxes to residents.

Hyattsville volunteers direct drivers and distribute boxes of food on March 30, 2021, in Magruder Park.

Community Services Manager Colleen Aistis oversees the distribution of food on March 30, 2021.

Hyattsville residents pick up boxes on March 30, 2021, at the food distribution in Magruder Park.

Events Manager Cheri Everhart directs cars to the entrance of Magruder Park on April 6, 2021, during the weekly food distribution.

Cheri Everhart, the Hyattsville Events Manager, gives directions to a driver on April 6, 2021, during the Magruder Park food distribution.

Events Manager Cheri Everhart looks at the traffic outside of Magruder park on Apr. 6, 2021, during the local food distribution.

Police Pfc. Jessica Matthews stands at the entrance of Magruder Park on April 6, 2021, during the local food distribution in Hyattsville, MD.

Acting Cpl. Scott Hurley tells a joke to Pfc. Jessica Matthews (not pictured) at the entrance of Magruder Park on April 6, 2021.

Pfc. Jessica Matthews and Cpl. Scott Hurley speak to each in front of Magruder Park on April 6, 2021.

Hyattsville residents drive in and out of Magruder Park on April 6, 2021, to pick up boxes of food. 

Cars line up outside Magruder Park on April 13, 2021, before the food distribution begins.

A Hyattsville family brings multiple boxes of food to their car on April 13, 2021.

Hyattsville residents wait in line in Magruder park on April 13, 2021, to pick up boxes of food.

Boxes of food are left in front of a garbage truck on April 13, 2021, in Magruder Park.

A Hyattsville resident waits beside his two boxes of food on April 13, 2021, as his ride comes to pick him up.