WELCOME BACK PENGUINS! CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU!
Hope this email finds everyone well and ready for the start of what we know will be another successful academic year at YSU. We look forward to us all getting back to campus for the first time in 18 months.
CAMPUS SURVEY: THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!
A survey we emailed last week to all students and employees on campus shows that about 77 percent of more than 3,000 responses indicate being vaccinated for COVID-19. Getting vaccinated remains the most effective way to battle the virus. While many universities across the nation have implemented vaccine mandates, that not an option in Ohio. So, again, we very strongly encourage that unvaccinated students and employees get the vaccine. We are making it as convenient as possible with yet more free vaccine clinics right here on campus:
Wednesday, Sept. 8 (8 a.m. to noon)
Thursday, Sept. 9 ( 1 to 5 p.m.).
More details to come.
Also in the survey, the suggested campus protocol most often mentioned was – “Masking would make me feel safer.”
CONSTANT FIVE-COUNTY DATA MONITORING!
Throughout the 18 months of this pandemic, our focushas primarily been on the five-county area. After spending considerable time assessing the latest local data on COVID-19 and the Delta variant, including meetings with local health officials and discussions with campus pandemic response committees, we are announcing a change to our pandemic protocols:
