LSU says it will not require students to get COVID-19 vaccine for fall Interim LSU President Tom Galligan announced Monday that LSU will not require students to be vaccinated but that it is strongly encouraging all of them to do before returning to campus in the fall. (Source: LSU) By Adrian Dubose | LSU Manship School News Service | April 19, 2021 at 6:53 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 6:53 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisianaâs higher education officials are encouraging tens of thousands of students to get COVID-19 vaccines before returning for in-person instruction next fall, but they do not plan to require it.
In distributing the vaccines, he added, “We honestly have some legislators who think that we really are implanting 5G chips into people.”
The Louisiana Department of Health has not mandated that Louisiana residents take the vaccine, and public universities follow health guidelines from the Health Department, Galligan said in an interview.
He said the LSU Board of Supervisors discussed a vaccine requirement but was not interested in going ahead without a mandate from the Health Department and given that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had “shortened its normal approval processes” to deal with the health emergency posed by the pandemic.
LSU, UL System announce they will not require students to get vaccinated to return to campus in fall
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Posted at 6:55 PM, Apr 19, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-19 21:06:56-04
BATON ROUGE, La. â Louisianaâs higher education officials are encouraging tens of thousands of students to get COVID-19 vaccines before returning for in-person instruction next fall, but they do not plan to require it.
LSU Interim President Tom Galligan released a statement late Monday saying that the school could not require vaccinations given that federal regulators approved the vaccines for emergency use without completing full safety investigations.
Dr. Jim Henderson, president of the University of Louisiana System, cited the same reason in saying that he did not plan to require vaccinations before students return in the fall.
Two professors calling on LSU to require COVID-19 vaccines for students
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Two LSU professors are asking the Faculty Senate to call on Interim LSU President Tom Galligan to require students to receive COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to campus in the fall.
By: Adrian Dubose
LSU Manship School News Service
Posted at 4:06 PM, Apr 20, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-20 17:06:24-04
Two professors are asking LSU s Faculty Senate to call on the university to require its 34,000 students in Baton Rouge to receive COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to campus for in-person classes next fall.
The Faculty Senate will discuss the resolution on Thursday afternoon. It calls on LSU to add the COVID-19 vaccine to a list of mandatory immunizations for students that includes vaccinations for measles, mumps and other diseases or to implement a COVID vaccine requirement through other means.
Northwestern State to replace Maggio, who s set to retire
April 17, 2021
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NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) Northwestern State University soon will be looking for new leadership.
Dr. Chris Maggio, the school s current president, on Friday announced his retirement. His last day will be July 1.
Maggio became president in January 2017 and has been with the university as a member of staff, faculty and administration for 33 years.
“This is a decision that was made during prayerful deliberation with my family and was based entirely on considerations of our family’s future plans and aspirations. There has been no pressure or even the slightest nudge from anyone for me to step down from the presidency,” Maggio said in a news release.