Tag: Coronavirus
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Rapid COVID-19 testing site opens up at UW-Green Bay
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“The key is that people are getting tested, so if they test positive they can come back and get a confirmatory PCR test which is the one that’s 100% accurate,” UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander finished. Source: Rapid COVID-19 testing site opens up at UW-Green Bay, FOX11
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Students, staff react to UW Memo requiring Thanksgiving Break Testing
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“It makes sense. I’d understand it too especially with other colleges too. It just makes sense to be tested more to make sure that you’re not spreading it to so many people,” UWGB freshman Jessica Endries said. Source: Students, Staff React to UW Memo Requiring Thanksgiving Break Testing, WTAQ
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UW system roundup: Schools announce plans for Thanksgiving
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Michael Alexander, UW-Green Bay chancellor, said the University intends to maintain its current mode of delivery for the remainder of the semester in an email to students Nov. 12. Alexander said if there is a spike of cases prior to Thanksgiving, the school will reconsider, but if there is a spike after Thanksgiving, the university intends…
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Memo: UW students should get tested for COVID-19 before leaving for, returning from holiday break
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Chancellors within the University of Wisconsin System have been directed by UW System President Tommy Thompson to require students to be tested before leaving campus and returning after the Thanksgiving holiday. Source: Memo: UW students should get tested for COVID-19 before leaving for, returning from holiday break, wearegreenbay.com
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Video: Chancellor Alexander to students… ‘You are doing an amazing job’
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Hi UW-Green Bay students. I hope you’re all doing well. We’re a few weeks before the Thanksgiving break and I want to let you know that we’ve done an amazing job to this point to keep the campus safe and be able to function as best we can throughout the pandemic. I want to urge…
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Video: Community leaders join UW-Green Bay in promoting a COVID-19 Rapid Testing Center
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Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich and Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach joined Chancellor Mike Alexander in promoting Rapid COVID-19 Testing at UW-Green Bay’s Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The University is serving as a drive-up testing site for the community. The “surge testing” is a partnership between the UW System and the U.S, Department of Health and…
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Chancellor Alexander talks about COVID-19 response at Board of Regents
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In a summary of the UW System Board of Regents meeting on Nov. 5, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Mike Alexander was one of the chancellor’s selected to discuss keeping COVID-19 numbers down on campus. “UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander spoke of the university’s ongoing collaboration with Prevea Health in northeast Wisconsin to implement a rigorous testing…
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UW-Green Bay to offer free rapid coronavirus testing
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“Our students deserve so much of the credit,” Vice-Chancellor Sheryl VanGruensven said. “They have been doing a phenomenal job, adhering to wearing their masks, social distancing, and really, you know, being accountable to each other.” “UW-Green Bay is really pleased to be partnering with the U.S. Department of Health to be administering rapid point of…
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UW-Green Bay to host ‘Rapid COVID Testing’ for community
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UW-Green Bay Chancellor Mike Alexander said the campus is prepared to do what it takes to help combat the spread of COVID-19 in Northeast Wisconsin: “It is our responsibility to do what we can to help stop the spread,” he said. “We have been granted more than 12,000 tests to use on our campus to…