{"id":57,"date":"2020-04-21T02:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T02:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2020-05-08T23:52:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T23:52:07","slug":"welcome-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/welcome-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"57\" class=\"elementor elementor-57\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd852cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd852cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/commtracks-2022\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">CommTracks 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1032\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/ailia-rochefort-photography\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Ailia Rochefort Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1033\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/2022-senior-showcase\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">2022 Senior Showcase<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f98b64b elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eca8c8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eca8c8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20ffa98\" data-id=\"20ffa98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1b2d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a1b2d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome Letter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a43486c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a43486c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54f078a\" data-id=\"54f078a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9bb789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9bb789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cce21f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cce21f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change has defined our time at Simmons.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over our four years, we watched Simmons College become Simmons University. During that change, our department, then part of the College of Arts and Sciences, was absorbed into the new Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities. While we grappled with the changes of a new name, a new college, and a new dean, we also adjusted to a new physical space after our Comm Lab was moved from the third floor of Lefavour to a newly renovated space in the Main College Building.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we watched our school change, the world changed around us. We got to see Boston continue to grow as new buildings and parks have gone up in the Fenway area. We\u2019ve seen the communications industry, which many of us are about to enter, evolve with technological advances and the demands of modern media. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through these changes, we&#8217;ve grown as a community, as individuals, and as communicators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our final semester at Simmons, our class faced the biggest change of all: COVID-19. We transitioned from in-person classes to meetings via Zoom; many of us moved off of the Residence Campus and our graduation was canceled. In losing the final months of our senior year, we\u2019ve had to face changes in the way we learn, the way we work, and the way we get to celebrate our achievements and showcase our portfolios.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In light of this situation, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CommTracks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the way we\u2019re presenting it to you has also changed. As a team, we\u2019ve spent this semester working hard to design and collect content for our traditional print magazine, so the decision to transition to a digital format was not an easy one to make. As the COVID-19 pandemic complicates printing and distributing a tangible publication, we hope that this website will still allow us to share our peers\u2019 stories in a way that is accessible to the community.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our Zoom discussions about how to proceed, Lauren Del Vacchio kindly stepped up to help us build the website. We couldn\u2019t have made it work without her. With our virtual resources, Lauren on our team, and the support of the spring 2020 Studio 5 class, we\u2019ve been able to continue the tradition and bring you the 15th edition of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CommTracks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this isn\u2019t the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CommTracks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we initially envisioned, it captures our class\u2019s ability to not only cope with change, but to adapt accordingly and to learn from it. None of us expected our senior year to end this way, but we hope this content will help commemorate and celebrate our time at Simmons as a COMM-unity.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27fad91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"27fad91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f320c9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f320c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CommTracks Team<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bdf6e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bdf6e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mackenzie Farkus, editor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caroline Smith, editor&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emma Gottschalk, designer&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molly Whitmore, designer&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haley Rosenthal, photographer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauren Del Vacchio, web developer&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenna McCarthy, promotional chair&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sierra McCaffrey, contributor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayley Arnold, contributor&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8a8cd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8a8cd1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52b1d80\" data-id=\"52b1d80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da8b5d2 elementor-view-stacked elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"da8b5d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/welcome-letter\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0c702c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0c702c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a845cf\" data-id=\"8a845cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4a163d elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-364 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4a163d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Made by the 2020 senior communication students at Simmons University\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Letter Welcome Change has defined our time at Simmons.&nbsp; 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