Mel Keller News Today

Maquoketa and Easton Valley high school FFA members returned from the 94th annual FFA State Convention in Ames last semester with accolades and some hardware.

Successful mitigation measures allow colleges to bring students back to campus, even as COVID-19 cases are taking off. Strategies vary by campus, with some efforts limited by governing boards.

The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, or GTTF, put together a socially distant rally together on camps to discuss their demands for a safer, healthier, and more inclusive University of Oregon.

The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation at the University of Oregon has filed a complaint of an unfair labor practice against the university for the way it has returned to in-person teaching, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The union says in-person teaching is a change in teaching conditions that should require negotiations. Oregon has 982 COVID-19 cases among students

University of Oregon administrators have implemented new policies, including allowing instructors to teach classes remotely if large numbers of students are absent, but the university’s graduate employee union says that's not enough.