Ice, Ice Baby Part 2
I’m writing this at 8 am just in case my power goes out today. Woke up at 7 to see ice dangling off the Adirondack chairs on my deck. I took a step out out on the deck to take this picture and I slid […]
Ice, Ice Baby (and more)
Today’s Daily Deac is a joint effort with my colleague Dr. James Raper, Assistant Vice President for Health and Wellbeing. Before we get to the meat of that, need to share some weather news. We are under a winter weather warning beginning tonight through […]
Tuesday newsday
Today we had sunshine for the first time after days and days of cold rain. It is a welcome relief and is brightening the mood a little. I’m keeping my eye on the weather as there is some potential for late Wednesday/early Thursday. We should […]
Meet A Deac Monday
Editor’s Note: following the publication of this Meet A Deac, the Learning Assistance Center was renamed the Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (CLASS) Wanted to start the week with a mention of a message we sent out Saturday night just to students […]
Let’s keep this trend going
Continued encouraging news on the dashboard today. Let’s keep this trending in the right direction. Students got their issue of Your Corona Chronicle last night; read it here. One point to pull out – it talks about why the library and the Wellbeing […]
Some more Q&A
The COVID dashboard had some good news in fewer positive cases today; may that trend continue. Since I have been in nearly nonstop meetings, want to share a few of the questions we are getting in the Call Center in hope that it will […]
Wednesday news and notes
Last night we sent a message with lots of COVID updates to undergraduate students and their families; read it here. Today I want to share a handful of quick hit questions we’ve gotten in the Call Center/emails, etc.: Why was my declination of housing […]
Meet A Deac Tuesday and COVID Update
Today is long – bear with me. We had a number of questions at the Call Center about students being moved around on campus to quarantine in place (QIP) and some shared their concern with having a QIP student sharing a bathroom with non QIP […]
Monday updates
We’re in the midst of a surge here, and I am in a lot of meetings around same, but want to share what I know. Here goes. Yesterday we published a new COVID update; read it here. Important points to note: We are urging […]
Better Late Than Never
It has been a very long and busy day here, so bringing you what I know. With increasing numbers of undergraduate students moving into quarantine and isolation this week, the University has elected to give priority for hotel spaces and on-campus isolation rooms for students […]