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Middle Tennessee State University has joined campuses across the nation in signing up for President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge to help raise the COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. to 70% by the Fourth of July.
The White House and the U.S. Department of Education are inviting institutions nationwide to join the effort, which seeks to boost the nation’s vaccination rate above the current 63% over the coming weeks, with Tennessee’s vaccination rate standing at only 32%.
MTSU was the first Tennessee university to sign on to the challenge as a Vaccine Champion University and has since been joined by East Tennessee State University and Lane College among the 350-plus colleges and universities across 46 states that have signed on thus far.
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MTSU One of the First in the COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge Jun 11, 2021 at 10:59 am by WGNS
In this April file photo, MTSU student Brett Bingham, left, is vaccinated by nurse practitioner Lady Hamilton during a special clinic inside the Student Union building. MTSU Student Health Services continues offering clinics this summer during CUSTOMS new student orientation sessions and the university is among hundreds nationwide participating in the White House’s COVID College Challenge campaign to increase the nationwide vaccination rate to 70%. (MTSU file photo by J. Intintoli)
Middle Tennessee State University was one of the first colleges to sign up for the “COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge.”
USAC advances inclusion, equity, diversity through professional development
May 25, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Hosted by the University Staff Advisory Council (USAC), 12 Penn State staff and faculty from across the commonwealth participated virtually in a professional development session to increase their knowledge and understanding of inclusion, equity and diversity, and to begin discussions about the ways it may apply to supporting the University’s efforts to address racism, bias, and community safety.
Organized by USAC’s Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Committee, committee co-chairs Adidi Etim-Hunting and Karen Armstrong said the idea for the event came from their committee’s position that inclusion, equity and diversity awareness can best be gained by an individual through continuous learning and progressive experiences shared with others.