Watch the Oct. 13 Community Conversations webcast with Interim Provost David Kotz 鈥86 and Vice President for Communications Justin Anderson and guests Vice President for Alumni Relations Cheryl Bascomb 鈥82, Mike Wooten, associate dean of residential life and director of residential education, and Executive Vice President Rick Mills.
As part of ongoing efforts to make COVID-19 testing more convenient, take-home kits will be available for all undergraduate students starting on Oct. 20, Interim Provost said during Wednesday鈥檚 Community Conversations webcast.
During the show, Kotz, Vice President for Communications , and their guests鈥擵ice President for Alumni Relations , , associate dean of residential life and director of residential education, and Executive Vice President 鈥攕hared their excitement about the Year of Connections, which kicked off with homecoming weekend.
The success of homecoming reflects the energy and enthusiasm that have returned to campus, they agreed.
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COVID-19 Update
Kotz thanked community members for their ongoing support for COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and masking policies, which are designed to allow in-person learning and activities to continue during the pandemic while maintaining a reasonably low probability of serious illness among those who are unable to be vaccinated.
Kotz outlined four criteria that would enable 大香蕉视频 to relax some of those policies: comprehensive vaccination of the campus community, vaccines available to children under 12, consistently high compliance with regular testing, and a continued low positivity rate.
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