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Local colleges not requiring the coronavirus vaccine
As people continue to roll up their sleeves for the coronavirus vaccine, local college officials said the shot will not be required for students, faculty or staff.
Though Nicholls State University in Thibodaux and Fletcher Technical Community College in Schriever plan to return to traditional classes in the fall, requiring a COVID-19 vaccine will not be on the agenda.
“We’re not going to require the vaccine,” Fletcher Chancellor Dr. Kristine Strickland said. “That’s a personal choice for our faculty, staff and students. At the end of the day, people have to make the best decisions for themselves. The vaccine helps us get back to what we know as more normal and I’m certainly encouraging everyone that I know to consider getting the vaccine and do their homework.”
At Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, women are working to help tear down roadblocks they have had to overcome themselves in science, technology, engineering and math.
Studies show that these so-called STEM fields have traditionally been dominated by men. Women are slowly closing that gender gap, but while they make up just over half of the U.S. population and 57% of college graduates, they represent only 39% of STEM bachelor’s degree recipients and lower percentages in specific fields such as physics, engineering and computer science..
Here are a few of the women at Nicholls who are making a difference through their STEM teaching and research.
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Mangroves are overtaking oysters in Mosquito Lagoon with the help of the planet s warming temperatures.
Within a coastal refuge of tiny islands and sea water saltier than the ocean is a climate battle among natural Florida’s titans.
It’s happening in Central Florida’s remote and alluring Mosquito Lagoon, which nearly abuts Kennedy Space Center launch pads at the Atlantic Ocean.
Reigning guardians of the lagoon are oysters. They assemble in fortresses of low mounds, or reefs that appear above water at low tide. Their closely clustered shells suggest an invincible bristle of daggers and shields.
Invaders of Mosquito Lagoon are mangroves. Leafy and leggy, they are the only tree species fond of saltwater. Mangroves expand their turf by launching hordes of floating invaders that are sort of like elongated seeds and are called propagules.