COVID-19
Choosing to attend a college or university is a major decision for any high school senior. The COVID -19 pandemic made this choice even more difficult as the lockdown thrust many students, instructors, and staff into a fairly new form of untested educational format in online telecommuting rather than in-person instructing.
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ staff members with questions about the upcoming fall semester were able to talk with university leaders Aug. 19 via a virtual town hall.
Parents and students with questions about the upcoming fall semester were able to talk with university leaders Aug. 17 via a virtual town hall on Zoom. Many questions focused on the university's response to COVID-19 and testing requirements as students, faculty and staff return to campus.
Update: The Global Vaccine Poem project is finding success with more than 1,900 submissions so far from more than 100 countries. The project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
More than 2,000 area residents, including some Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University employees, received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine March 23, during a mass vaccination event at the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Field House.
City and university leaders emphasized the need to vaccinate the campus community during a recent virtual town hall meeting.