Jude Nash

Partial Transcript: I'm Makayla Rockhold with the COVID oral History project at Wells College

Segment Synopsis: Nash introduces himself and shares some information regarding his early childhood. He also shares some similarities and differences between Aurora and his neighborhood. Lastly, Nash discusses his family dynamic.

Keywords: Childhood; Family

Subjects: Community; Syracuse (N.Y.)

Partial Transcript: So, now we're going to switch to more of, like campus centered.

Segment Synopsis: Nash discusses his experiences preparing for college as well as his hopes for the future. He also shares his experience in becoming more involves in the Wells College community.

Keywords: Campus; College; Friends

Subjects: Youth

Partial Transcript: So, Now we're gonna shift into early COVID.

Segment Synopsis: Nash discusses when he first heard about COVID and how he reacted to hearing about the virus for the first time. He also gives us insight on the reactions of the people around him.

Keywords: COVID; Pandemic

Subjects: COVID; Pandemic (Series)

Partial Transcript: Where were you when you heard when you-obviously-when you first heard that we were going into lockdown?

Segment Synopsis: Nash shares his early experiences with Lockdown and some of the challenges that he faced during this time.

Keywords: COVID-19; Campus; Lockdown; Pandemic

Subjects: COVID-19; Pandemic (Series)

Partial Transcript: As scientists learned more about the virus, the government officials started to impose mask mandates.

Segment Synopsis: Nash discusses the different mandates that came out at this time, as well as the controversy surrounding these topics. He also briefly touches on issues of accessibility for masks and vaccines. Lastly, Nash discusses the stimulus checks.

Keywords: Masks; Medical; Vaccines

Subjects: Masks; Vaccine

Partial Transcript: Several political protests took place during this period, many had to do with COVID but some had to do with Black Lives Matter and other social movements.

Segment Synopsis: Nash shares his experience participating in the protests, as well his experiences with law enforcement during this period. He shares the importance of participating in movements like this and the impact that they have.

Keywords: BLM; Social movements

Subjects: Government

Partial Transcript: Did illness impact you or your family?

Segment Synopsis: Nash shares his experiences with illness and grief over this period and how he coped with the loss.

Keywords: Illness

Subjects: Coping with serious illness; Death

Partial Transcript: In what ways did the pandemic effect you as a college student?

Segment Synopsis: Nash discusses his experience navigating campus and college life in the midst of a pandemic as well as some issues that Wells college had encountered during this time. Nash also gives us insight on the impact that the pandemic had on the many traditions at Wells.

Keywords: College; School; Student

Subjects: Stories from the pandemic; Wells College

Partial Transcript: So now we're going back to normal, quote on quote-hopefully-maybe, how do you think things are going?

Segment Synopsis: Nash shares his thoughts on our transition back to normal. He also shares how he plans to move forward in terms of masks.

Keywords: Future; Normal; Transition

Subjects: Facing the future

Partial Transcript: what lessons or knowledge have you gained over the past couple of years that you will take with you for the rest of your life?

Segment Synopsis: Nash shares some lessons that he has learned over the past few years, the main one being to love your family and friends.

Keywords: Knowledge; Lessons

Subjects: Friends; Knowledge

Partial Transcript: Are there any topics you expected or hoped we would cover that we haven't addressed?

Segment Synopsis: The interview comes to a close with a few closing remarks from Nash.

Keywords: Closing; Conclusions