Tag: Coronavirus
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More Wisconsin schools to require masks regardless of vaccinations
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and UW-Stevens Point announced Friday they would require people to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, becoming the latest UW schools to do so in the face of political opposition.UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander called the new policy the “safe and prudent” step to take at this time, one important…
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UW-Green Bay reveals 70 in a Flash Campaign
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A memo from UW-Green Bay Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Gail Sims-Aubert, outlined a way for UW-Green Bay students who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to be eligible for a series of discount opportunities and prize drawings throughout the early fall semester. UW System President Tommy Thompson introduced the 70-for-70 campaign…
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UW System President Tommy Thompson launches 70-for-70 initiative
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UW System President Tommy Thompson is encouraging UW System students to get vaccinated to make the fall semester as memorable as possible. Watch the video. In a letter to all students, he states: “I am excited to welcome you back to our campuses in a few weeks. In order to make your Fall semester as memorable…
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A year after the pandemic: how the landscape of graduation has changed | WFRV Local 5 – Green Bay, Appleton
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DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) – Graduation is a right of passage for students, faculty and staff.“It is the moment where all of the hard work and dedication and sweat and tears and love has gone into that moment and we want it to be all that it could be,” said Christyn Abaray, Assistant to the…
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‘I’m Here. I Made It’: UW Students Reflect On A Year Of COVID-19 On Campus | Wisconsin Public Radio
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The last of the University of Wisconsin’s spring graduates will get their diplomas this weekend, capping off a year of unprecedented disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a sudden shift to online classes and heavy social restrictions aimed at preventing outbreaks, some students say they’ve felt trapped watching screens in their rooms — and…
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Reminder: Faculty and staff who are fully vaccinated, no longer have to test for COVID-19
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UW-Green Bay faculty and staff who are fully vaccinated and do not have symptoms of COVID-19 will no longer be required to participate in bi-weekly surveillance testing (effective May 10, 2021). Students will have this same opportunity, and communication should follow in the next few days. Faculty and staff can get the exemption by documenting…
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Reminder: Proof of full vaccination for employees will eliminate requirement for Covid-19 Testing
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Since January 19, 2021, it has been a UW System requirement that any employee who comes into any UW-Green Bay building once a week or more to conduct business must obtain a negative COVID-19 test through an antigen test, or through a subsequent confirmation test administered not more than 14 days prior to accessing the…
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Video: COVID-19 Why it Matters: Part 22, Variants and eased restrictions concern
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This video series features UW-Green Bay’s Immunologist Brian Merkel on COVID-19 and Why it Matters. This series empowers viewers with knowledge to help them navigate through the pandemic. Merkel has a Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology from the Medical College of Virginia. He is an associate professor in UW-Green Bay’s Human Biology & Biology programs…
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Prevea Health Now Accepting Walk-Ins For COVID-19 Vaccination at Community Clinic | Seehafer News
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n an effort to make receiving a COVID-19 vaccine even easier for our community, Prevea Health is now accepting walk-ins at four of its Prevea Community COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic locations throughout the state.In Eastern Wisconsin, these locations include their clinic at UW-Green Bay and its affiliated Sheboygan Campus.Walk-ins will be accepted at these locations at…
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UWGB Campuses and Prevea Reach Vaccination Milestone | 1330 & 101.5 WHBL
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(WHBL) – A partnership between Prevea Health and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s four campuses – including Sheboygan – has resulted in over 100,000 vaccination doses administered through community-based vaccination clinics.Chancellor Michael Alexander said that reaching that milestone, along with conducting 30,000 rapid tests, illustrates that the institution is succeeding at both educating students safely…