Faculty Senate COVID-19 Working Group
As we work through the challenges with COVID-19, the Faculty Senate COVID-19 Working Group is continuing to present a series of brief videos and other communications. Each week, Scott Alberts, professor of statistics; Nancy Daley-Moore, assistant professor of health and exercise sciences; Christine Harker, Professor of English, will discuss topics related to COVID-19
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
- 12/15/21: Semester Ends, Data Worries
- 12/8/21: A Spike in Cases on Campus and in Town
- 12/1/21: Cases Up; Omicron is Coming
- 11/17/21: Back to Zero, But “Zero is Not None”
- 11/10/21: Mask Policy Remains
- 11/03/21: 3 cases > 0
- 10/27/21: 0+0 Cases; Verification Push
- 10/20/21: Zero cases; Homecoming
- 10/13/2021: Three Cases; Fall Break
- 10/6/2021: Five Cases; Drive-Thru Flu Clinic Today
- 9/29/2021: One is the loneliest number, and we’ll take it
- 9/22/2021: Survey Results and Winter is Coming
- 9/15/2021: Keep It Up!
- 9/8/2021, Panel and Two Vaccine Surveys This Week
- 8/31/2021: Cases Bloom in Week 2
- 8/24/2021: First Case Counts
- 8/17/2021: Starting a New Academic Year
Spring 2021
- 4/28/2021, Updated CDC Guidance
- 4/21/2021, Vaccines help contain cases low; planning for summer
- 4/14/2021, No cases on campus; county mask mandate
- 4/7/2021, Vaccine clinics!
- 3/31/2021, Phase 3 Coming Soon
- 3/24/2021, Vaccine eligibility expanding soon, masks work
- 3/17/2021, No new cases, hope increasing?
- 3/3/2021, Only six active cases this week
- 2/24/2021, Numbers steady; caution remains
- 2/17/2021, Improving; Spring Break Looming
- 2/10/2021, Better, I guess?
- 2/3/2021, Record Numbers!
- 1/27/2021, Worry Increased
- 1/20/2021, Swiss Cheese Model
- 1/13/2021, First Week of Spring Semester
- 1/6/2021, Getting Ready for a New Semester
Fall 2020
The Faculty Senate COVID-19 Working Group spent some time to explain the “Swiss Cheese” model – the idea that no single intervention is enough, but doing as many as you can as often as you can will really make a difference.
This meme was made by Ian Mackay from University of Queensland at virologydownunder.com.
We recommend sharing it widely or using in your classes, and encouraging students, colleagues, and friends to add layers.
Learn more about the Swiss Cheese Model>
- Mental Health Tips for the Classroom (PDF)
- How to Be Safe While Voting (PDF)
- Coping During COVID: Tips and Strategies for Getting Through the End of the Semester (PDF)
- Halloween Tip Sheet (PDF)
- Flu & COVID-19: A Twindemic? (PDF)
- Quarantine, Isolation, and Academic Accommodations (PDF)
- What happens if a student in my class tests positive? (PDF)
- It’s not a hard task, tell people to wear a mask! (PDF)