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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A lot to digest today, friends. Let’s get right to it. Students and families received a message today about a surge in cases on our campus. We are taking measures to mitigate the spread, including: moving all dining to grab and go, enforcing the […]
I’ve been in meetings a lot today so this is coming out late, thanks for your patience. There has been an uptick in positive cases on our dashboard. Right now we are in a full-court press to understand patterns of infection and what this […]
February is Black History Month, and the Intercultural Center and the Black History Month Committee have published the calendar of Black History Month events and activities on the center’s website. The theme for Black History Month 2021 is Civil Unrest: The […]
Happy Monday, Deac families! We had big news over the weekend: the Presidential Search Committee has announced that Dr. Susan R. Wente will be our next president. Dr. Wente, who currently serves as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at Vanderbilt University, […]