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June 9, 2021 University of Wyoming faculty, staff and students have played a key role in helping UW and the broader Albany County community achieve one of the highest levels of vaccination for COVID-19 in the state. Led by College of Health Sciences Dean David Jones and School of Pharmacy Dean Kem Krueger, UW’s dozens of employees and volunteers have joined colleagues with Albany County Public Health, Ivinson Memorial Hospital and local pharmacies to administer thousands of doses of the vaccines in the county since late December. The Albany County COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic team will hold its final walk-in clinic of the summer term Thursday, June 10, from 2-4 p.m. at the former National Guard Armory located at 2901 E. Armory Road, at the corner of 30th Street and East Armory Road. COVID-19 vaccines also are now readily available to the public at Walmart, Walgreens, Pole Mountain Pharmacy, Ridley’s, Stitches Acute Care, Laramie Pediatrics, Albany Community Health Cli ....
May 17, 2021 Tyler Kerr, makerspace coordinator in the Innovation Wyrkshop, recently was named UW staff employee of the year. (UW Photo) Tyler Kerr, the University of Wyoming makerspace coordinator in the Innovation Wyrkshop, recently was named UW staff employee of the year. Because of COVID-19 concerns, this year’s in-person Staff Recognition Day was canceled. The annual event honors the hard-working staff of UW. It provides an opportunity to show all staff members how much they are appreciated for everything they do to keep the main UW campus, and throughout the state, functioning and providing a top-notch educational experience to thousands of students. ....
April 20, 2021 Marcela Gramcko, a third-year UW pharmacy student from Caracas, Venezuela, extracts the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into needles to prepare for vaccinations at the Albany County Vaccine Clinic. (UW Photo) As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out among members of the University of Wyoming community, employees and students are reminded to report their vaccinations to allow the university to track overall numbers. And those who’ve not yet been vaccinated are strongly encouraged to do so, as multiple options are available to receive the vaccine in Albany County, across Wyoming and around the nation. As of Monday, 1,653 of UW’s 2,941 benefited employees 56.2 percent had reported receiving at least one dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, with 50 reporting having received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. All of the vaccines have been shown to be safe and highly effective. There have been no reports of serious side-effects among those vaccinated at t ....