Originally published on May 10, 2021 12:14 pm
Western Oregon University announced Monday that it will be requiring vaccines for all on-campus students and employees this fall.
WOU is the latest Oregon public university to make such an announcement. Last week, both Portland State University and Oregon State University made similar calls.
WOU President Rex Fuller announced the vaccination requirement in a student town-hall meeting Monday morning.
“Our decision for doing this really relates to the idea that we should be able to have a safe community with the greater numbers of vaccines going through our community,” Fuller said in the virtual meeting, “but also, the notion that we know that being together in face-to-face encounters with careful safety planning, we have a better educational experience for all of our students, faculty and staff.”