As COVID-19 vaccinations proceed statewide and across the nation, the University of Maine System on Wednesday said it is preparing to welcome students back to its seven campuses this fall.
New guidance alerts faculty and staff to plan for classroom instruction, residence hall occupancy and campus-based activities that resemble pre-pandemic operations.
“Maine is moving forward responsibly,” said UMaine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy in a news release. “We are going to start planning now so we can provide our students and community members with a traditional, on-campus college experience and as much normalcy as possible.”
The plan comes almost exactly one year after the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 a global pandemic, prompting UMaine System officials to cancel on-campus instruction after spring break.
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Local medical providers address health disparities among transgender patients in rural Maine
Maine Public Health and University of Maine at Augusta Social Sciences Program address barriers through Zoom panels and dialogues.
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The Maine Public Health Association and the Social Sciences Program at the University of Maine at Augusta have been addressing barriers to health care that people experience through the monthly Zoom panels, Health Equity Dialogues. February focused on challenges that transgender patients face when accessing health care, often more apparent in rural Maine such as Franklin County.
Primary concerns expressed by the Feb. 10 panelists included data collection, transphobic attitudes and the lack of trans-competent providers, doctors and medical professionals who have had training and experience working with people who identify as transgender.