Student Life Photo Project by https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject The Student Life Photo Project gallery is here to amplify your student voice! Submit your photograph and narrative to Kate at kate.kowalczyk@sfcollege.edu. en-us 2021-02-01 18:42:50 UTC 2025-11-02 14:21:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4f8.png Out on the Prairie StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1160411830 Being in nature grounds me. It's quiet and I can forget about what's happening and refocus. ]]> 2021-02-03 18:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1160411830 Cheetos Print StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1168181050 During COVID, I started to do things that I used to do a long time ago. Painting is relaxing, fun and helps me to improve my artistic skills.]]> 2021-02-05 13:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1168181050 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1168352394 Earnest puppy stares and constant cord coordination has dominated my life as a student during the COVID-19 pandemic. I have a new appreciation for poring over textbooks, in lieu of in-person lectures. 

-Abby
(SF B.S. Health Services Administration Student)

]]> 2021-02-05 14:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1168352394 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1197082423 I’m thrilled to gaze outside and sip my coffee as I ponder over my classwork. All the while, I’m wearing whatever incomplete version of an outfit that feels best in that moment. Maybe I wear shoes, maybe I don’t. Maybe I eat now, maybe I eat later. The time and the tasks are mine to mold into the shape that suits me best. The stress can be set down and address later or devoured immediately. I’m the DJ, I’m the host, I’m the designer of my open spaces.

]]> 2021-02-12 16:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1197082423 Talking Through the Eyes StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1243197872 This is how we talk now. Culturally, the use of face masks as a daily accessory in the United States was never common. The use of masks, due to COVID, made me less uncomfortable when facing a stranger. Generally, when talking to someone, I used to avoid eye contact. Talking while looking into someone's eyes, depending on the attributes of a person, was intimidating to me. Some people have strong facial features, or they may show their emotions easily with their expressions, but now, our faces are covered. The only way we are expressing ourselves, other than the body language, is through our eyes. We are learning a new language. ]]> 2021-02-25 20:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1243197872 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1245124263 2021-02-26 13:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1245124263 Nothing better than a campfire with friends https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1251030109 2021-02-28 23:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1251030109 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1253157276 I never thought I'd be doing my first year of college right inside my bedroom walls, not even remotely close to where I would've been if things had stayed in another time's normal (but would I have even been there if it weren't for this?). Sometimes, I feel like I'm here because of destiny (or circumstance, depending on my mood) and end up asking endless questions full of what-ifs, hows, and when, but they always wash away when I look outside my balcony. I see the mountains and the sky with its baby blues, soft yellows, and touches of pink, the brushstrokes of clouds, and the moon starting to peek, and it makes me think of how the world works in wondrous, mysterious ways, and that no matter what, I am where I'm meant to be.]]> 2021-03-01 14:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1253157276 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1253183975 This is the picture I submitted to represent how different this year has gone due to COVID. The world is quite literally completely online and I have left everything behind I knew in Texas to come to Florida for my education. And although the picture can seem quite dark, I have absolutely loved every minute of being in Gainesville and have a had and amazing time here, however, this picture served as a reminder to what students are still going through on the other side of the screen.]]> 2021-03-01 14:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1253183975 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1253227903 One of the biggest questions college students are asked is, “what does college mean to you?” To me, college is the path that will lead me to my dream career. I am currently at Santa Fe College working towards my major, zoology. I didn’t know what path I wanted to take until I realized my true passion, to study exotic animals. When I was younger, I used to watch Steve Irwin on Animal Planet and how he interacted with the different species. Steve Irwin was a wildlife expert, environmentalist, conservatist, and a zookeeper. I decided to use this quote for my photo because it relates to my life right now. Due to Covid-19, a majority of students including myself are having to learn virtually which was a big adaption. I am a student who learns the best with hands-on experience, so it has been a struggle to motivate myself to do my classes. Yet, whenever Steve Irwin came across a conflict, he always found a way through it. Education is important to me, so having passion and enthusiasm is important if I want to get through the seven years of school to become a zoologist. If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life.  

]]> 2021-03-01 14:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1253227903 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1255414891 This last year of social distancing and necessary COVID-19 precautions nearly didn't affect me. When not working or studying, I would prefer to be far from people in the outdoors hiking and looking for wildlife to photograph.

This photograph was taken early morning in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park.

]]> 2021-03-01 20:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1255414891 In the Blink of an Eye StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1260275032 In a blink of an eye, life changed us all
My eyes looked different. I learned to look at 
what is important, listen to what is valuable, 
feel the need for this hug.
The invisible  has become visible now, because 
I learned to look differently.
That life is too short to waste time, to hold
a grudge and resentment.
That human beings are vulnerable and can 
disappear in the blink of an eye.
That life is the most beautiful gift we have
That faith and hope will keep us standing.
]]> 2021-03-02 19:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1260275032 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1265807180 When the pandemic started, I was in Ecuador 🇪🇨 visiting my son and we were traveling 🧳 and we were locked up 🔒 for two months away from home 🏠.
Then I returned to the United State 🇺🇸 And in the first week I was infected with COVID-19 🦠 which my whole family 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧. The important thing is it that, we all recovered. 😊
The pandemic affected my mental health with a lot of stress 😰, for example, not being able to sleep 💤 at night 🌚 , thinking about my son who is well,
Thinking 🤔 about so many death ☠️ In the world 🌍. 
As a student 👩🏻‍🎓 it affected me because everything changed. Online education 👩🏽‍💻 is complicated but not impossible. 
I get sad 😔 not being able to go calmly to places, being very afraid 😱, not being able to hug 🤗 or kiss 💋 my family and friends. 
I have faith that it will end soon 🔜❌.
]]> 2021-03-03 19:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1265807180 Becoming a Nurse During a Pandemic StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1365693083 Starting nursing school during a pandemic is one of the craziest, hardest, most stressful experience I have endured. However, it is also one of the most fulfilling experience. We are going to be on the front lines helping care for people who need us the most and we can't wait. Through all of the last minute schedule changes, the 100's of video lectures, and the 2 masks plus a face shield, we are doing it. We are persevering through it all to become the nurses the world desperately needs. ]]> 2021-03-29 20:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1365693083 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1422998498 During COVID, I thought it'll be hard to improve my [drawing] techniques because of online learning.  However, I learned a lot from him and with videos on the internet.]]> 2021-04-15 20:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1422998498 StudentLifeArt https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1704365729 This painting is inspired by the artist Mikki Senkarik, and the original painting was titled "A Touch of Greece". Although I changed a few things in my own painting I gave it the same name as the original. What stood out to me was her vibrant, colorful art, a mix of Impressionism and Realism. Paintings of Greece, Italy and the Mediterranean always attract me since I have long wanted to visit those places. I found a feeling of freedom by staring out at the ocean from inside the courtyard. I felt drawn to it since I have not been to the beach much since being in classes all Summer. I loved everything about the painting- the stone arches, several colorful flowers, the rocky cliffs etc.]]> 2021-08-30 12:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1704365729 An Open Path https://padlet.com/studentlifeart/SLPhotoProject/wish/1837278218 I was one of countless students setting foot on campus for the first time after graduating from high school during the lockdown and spending freshman year entirely online; And like many others, the idea of leaving the comfort and familiarity of my home city eventually began to feel more like a fantasy than reality.

However, a conviction to manifest those fantasies into realities eventually took hold of me. I could almost see the opportunities that would be offered to me through in-person attendance like an open path. Soon enough, it was done; and when the first day of classes came, I felt like Neil Armstrong preparing to take his first steps on a new frontier.

This image portrays that vision that my determination to get on campus for the first time was founded on - an open path, with the campus and all it's opportunities and experiences fully accessible to me.


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