LSU Senate passes resolution to add COVID-19 vaccine to list of mandatory immunizations for students
The Advocate
Posted at 6:32 PM, Apr 22, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-22 20:14:18-04
BATON ROUGE, La. â A resolution calling on LSU to add the COVID-19 vaccine to its list of mandatory immunizations for students returning to campus this fall passed the LSU Faculty Senate 52-1 Thursday.
Inessa Bazayev, one of the professors who proposed the resolution, said 140 LSU faculty members had signed on to it out of concern about the potential health risks for them and their students.
Bazayev, an associate professor of music theory, said the resolution âprioritizes studentsâ safety by requiring students to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the start to fall 2021, given that LSU was planning on a return to face-to-face instruction in the fall, including for large classes.â