COVID-19 Keeping Campus Safe During the Spring 2020, Fall 2020, and Spring 2021 semesters, everyone coming to campus completed Student Kylee Nicklas completes the a health screening in Elston Hall. screening when entering through four designated campus entry points. Faculty, staf and students are required to complete mandatory testing.
SUNY Chancellor Visits Campus to Announce Mandatory Testing Update SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras visited campus in November 2020 to announce that SUNY campuses fnished mandatory testing of students on campus, with 152,788 tests conducted. Chancellor Malatras praised SUNY students for their eforts to keep COVID rates low during the fall semester.
SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras with Jessica Trela,
“Tis has been a tremendous Nutrition major, and Dr. Steady Moono, College team efort. We are one SUNY President. family, and we are all in this together. We will continue to keep each other safe and fnish the fall semester strong.” – SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras “Te safety of our students and College community is our top priority at SUNY Schenectady, We thank Chancellor Malatras for his leadership regarding testing and safety protocols.” – College President Dr. Steady Moono.
SUNY Schenectady Serves as COVID-19 Vaccination Site
Vaccinating Students
Schenectady County began partnering with SUNY Schenectady in January 2021 to serve as a COVID-19 vaccination site, with vaccines frst administered to doctors, nurses and healthcare workers, people age 65 and over who are vulnerable, frst responders, teachers, public transit workers, grocery store workers and public safety workers. In the months that followed, vaccinations were open to the public at large on a walk-in basis.
Te College and County held vaccination clinics for students beginning in April 2021.
“I’m proud of the team at the College and the strong partnerships we have within the county. We have exemplifed time and again that collaboration is crucial, this pandemic is no diferent.” – Dr. Steady Moono, College President
“I got vaccinated because I want to go visit my father in Florida in June.” – Sadaisha Bowden, Business Administration major
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