What We've Learned - UC San Diego Student Affairs

Summer Week 1: Gold mettle edition.

First time here? Welcome to your new favorite newsletter.

During the academic year, What We’ve Learned is a weekly series of updates for students, delivered with (we hope) a refreshing balance of information and fun. Here’s our last issue of Spring, for context, and a WWL archive if you’re feeling punchy.

Been here, done that? Hello again! We’ve missed you. - Ian

♪ Com-ply with me, com-ply with me ♪

Tritons, the mandate to vaccinate is real, and it’s spectacular. Spectacularly thorough. All students, faculty and staff must be fully vaccinated – or have one of a few approved exceptions – to be in compliance by September 6.

For ALL the pertinent mandate mandeets, read. this. email. that we sent you earlier in the week, and bring your parents and your questions as plus-ones to the Student, Parent and Family Vaccine Mandate Town Hall on August 12 at 5 p.m.

General surgin' warning.

Look, we know that uncertainty breeds anxiety. When everything's up in the air (including Delta) the skies are emphatically less friendly. All airline-related jokes aside, this is an extremely tough, dynamic time – but you are tough, dynamic people.

Please continue to protect and prevent, even post-vaccine. Until this 'demic is officially over: wear a mask indoors and be mindful of symptoms, since Tritons Care for Tritons.

Rebot, the 'reboot' robot, asks "why vax?"

Our answers:

"Because we’re all in need of a 'restart'."

"Because days full of Zoom have got our eyes looking like spinning pinwheels, and we’re ready to be on campus again soon – analog style."

Check out this UC San Diego IG story to tell us why you chose to get vaccinated – aside from, you know, because it's mandated – and hear what fellow students had to say.

Vend for yourself.

When it comes to personal-use-only COVID-19 test kits at our vending machines on campus, sharing is NOT caring. While it may seem like a compassionate act to provide a friend or loved one with access to testing, using another person’s ID not only constitutes actual medical fraud, it also poses a serious threat to our public health and contact tracing efforts.

TL;DR: Be sure to swab, lock, and drop your own test kit only.