Between A Quarter And A Third Of Health Care Workers Have Refused The COVID Vaccine
Yuly Mosca, a registered nurse, poses for a photo in Cambridge, Mass. on February 3, 2020. Mosca works at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) PACE, a program that provides home care for older patients - including those with COVID-19 - who would otherwise be in nursing homes.
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Vaccine Hesitancy
When Yuly Mosca got an email about the COVID-19 vaccine being available, she signed up for an appointment. She is a registered nurse at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) PACE, a program that provides home care for older patients â including those with COVID-19 â who would otherwise be in nursing homes. However, when Mosca got a follow up email with the exact time of her vaccine appointment, she was hesitant.
Fri, 02/05/2021
LAWRENCE The Office of Multicultural Affairs is enlisting a familiar University of Kansas director to lead its activities.
Precious Porras, assistant vice provost for student affairs, announced the appointment of Kevin Joseph as interim director of Office of Multicultural Affairs. The OMA, located in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center, offers academic enrichment programs for all of KU and provides support and services for current and prospective students from historically marginalized populations. Joseph, who came to KU in 2015, currently serves as director of student affairs assessment and strategic initiatives.
Joseph currently oversees assessment, strategic planning and annual reporting efforts across all Student Affairs departments; identifies and leads partnerships with various campus stakeholders that support student success; and develops programs and initiatives designed to support the success and retention of underserved KU student populations. He
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SALT LAKE CITY A virtual poetry slam that was part of Black History Month events at Salt Lake Community College was commandeered on Thursday by unknown individuals who displayed racist and anti-Black messages as well as inappropriate images of children.
SLCC President Deneece Huftalin notified students of the ordeal in a letter noting her heart was heavy and disappointed. What was meant to be a liberating space for freedom of speech, creative expression and celebration was affronted inexcusably by online hackers, Huftalin wrote.
SLCC spokesman Joy Tlou said Friday that an ongoing investigation suggests the open-invitation videoconference call was Zoom bombed, which means the session was hijacked by a person or persons who inserted inappropriate content forcing the termination of the event.
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SLCC president says her heart is ‘heavy and disappointed’
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SALT LAKE CITY A virtual poetry slam that was part of Black History Month events at Salt Lake Community College was commandeered on Thursday by unknown individuals who displayed racist and anti-Black messages as well as inappropriate images of children.
SLCC President Deneece Huftalin notified students of the ordeal in a letter noting her heart was “heavy and disappointed.”
“What was meant to be a liberating space for freedom of speech, creative expression and celebration was affronted inexcusably by online hackers,” Huftalin wrote.
Waddy Reflects on 56 Years of Service to Alabama
February 2, 2021
-Rudyard Kipling
Dr. Paul Waddy loves to tell stories.
He could spend hours, if not days or weeks, chronicling his 56 years with what is now the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES). Chances are that he would relish every second of those opportunities.
Waddy, who is retiring as State Leader, Diversity & Multicultural Affairs for ACES, is enjoying a well-deserved opportunity for honor and reflection. On a recent January afternoon, he sat outside of Duncan Hall – the headquarters of ACES on Auburn University’s campus – and shared several tales with a small but captivated audience. (With proper physical distancing, of course.)