All good things must come to an end. With the world thinking that it is ending, it tends to put a damper on people’s spirits. A lot of new updates and changes to the university I attend has made it challenging to continue working on my elevate project, and has ultimately caused it to come to an end. This final update has much less to do with the content I have created or the updates from previous assignments, because Elevate has been postponed to the Fall semester of this year, and so our progress came to a stuttering halt.
Yet before the announcement was made late last week, I had spent some time working on some drafts to use as posters to advertise the event. Most of my time was spent on this because it was surprisingly challenging to decide which information would be most beneficial for anyone to come across while we were promoting the event. I was given access to the final copies of the guidelines to pull information about what Elevate is, what IDS is all about, and how people can get involved. My informational drafts were very rough I just could not decide which information to include while not allowing the poster to be “busy”. I was able to spend a few hours going over that, and then the announcement to postpone elevate was decided officially earlier this week. So my time was diverted elsewhere.
Since we were unable to meet as a team per the guidelines to avoid large gatherings, this week’s time was spent thinking and pondering what I wish I could do to help elevate. I put a lot of thought into this, because at the beginning of the semester I had some ideas for what I thought I would be doing personally, and we didn’t quite get around to those things. I ultimately decided that what I wish I could do for Elevate would be to help make a new promo video from the footage that was taken at the last event. A group on campus has been trying to make what we would like, and whether it is miscommunication or errors on both parties, the editing is not happening the way we would like. I would help my teammate luke, another video student, and together we would take it upon ourselves to make the promo. I would also want to make more graphics and designs, whether that would be in the form of illustrations or stickers, just as fun little things to hand out at the event and at the promoting booth we would have.
While it is sad that my project with Elevate ended sooner than expected, we were still able to get most of the things needed to have the event. While there are still lots of things to do with the actual event itself, we were able to get most of the planning done this semester. I am not sure If I will be able to return come Fall semester and the putting on of the event (hopefully), but I am grateful for the things I have learned this semester, along with how to navigate the last couple weeks with all the changes.
