When Lorraine Goffe first entered the working world pursuing operations management, she said she enjoyed the people-side of the job. But working with others wasn’t always up Goffe’s alley. Growing up in England, Goffe described herself as a shy child. It was only when she moved to St. Louis, Missouri at age 14 that she.
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With the fall semester beginning in three weeks, Penn State said it’s not making COVID-19 vaccinations a requirement, but people who are not vaccinated need to wear masks in university buildings and those who haven’t shared their vaccination status with the university will be tested weekly, according to a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday.
University leaders, including President Eric Barron, said students who will be living in residence halls will have to test negative prior to their arrival. The university said it will host vaccine clinics on and around campus and will conduct surveillance testing throughout the fall semester.
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Shortly after Governor Tom Wolf announced the new outline for vaccine distribution in Pennsylvania, Penn State President Eric Barron addressed pre-submitted questions from faculty and staff about how the university will deal with COVID-19 moving forward. In a livestream, Barron urged employees to get vaccinated as soon as they’re eligible. Those who work with students can sign up starting on Monday.
Kelly Wolgast is the director of Penn State’s COVID-19 operations control center. She says, for now, Penn Staters will have to look outside the university for a vaccine.
“The state is however not making the vaccine available to us as a university to give to our employees or our students. However it is being distributed through healthcare systems, pharmacys, the Rite-Aids, the CVSs, and those types of organizations across the state,” said Wolgast.