COVID-19 Vaccination: Standing Together to Save Lives Posted
NJ College & University Presidents: Believe & Trust in the Science As New Jersey’s college and university presidents of color, we share a duty to be advocates for knowledge, truth, equity and humanity. We have come together collectively to encourage our fellow members of Black and brown communities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. We believe and trust the science. We ask that you do too.” Top NJ College & University Presidents urge people of color to get vaccinated.
The data shows that the two approved vaccines are greater than 94 percent effective with minimal known side effects. We urge our communities of color, who already struggle with many underlying health conditions that put us at a much higher risk for COVID-19, to listen, understand and act on the science showing that these vaccines are safe.
University and college presidents of color say trust the science. Take the COVID shot. | Opinion
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 04, 2021
New Jersey Higher Education Presidents of Color: (From left to right, top to bottom) Kean University President Dr. Lamont O. Repollet; Rutgers University President Dr. Jonathan Holloway; Bloomfield College President Dr. Marcheta P. Evans; Atlantic Cape Community College President Dr. Barbara Gaba; Felician University President James W. Crawford III, J.D. and Essex County College President Dr. Augustine A. Boakye.
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By Marcheta P. Evans, Jonathan Holloway and Lamont O. Repollet
As New Jersey’s college and university presidents of color, we share a duty to be advocates for knowledge, truth, equity and humanity. We have come together collectively to encourage our fellow members of Black and brown communities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. We believe and trust the science. We ask that you do, too.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated New Jersey’s colleges, causing multimillion-dollar shortfalls that have forced layoffs, declines in enrollment, and financial and mental health difficulties for students, a number of college leaders, students and professors told a state Senate committee Thursday.
During a 2½-hour hearing, members of the Senate Higher Education Committee were told how schools pivoted to mostly remote learning, what their virus testing protocols are and how they relaxed grading policies. They also were told about the financial impact of the pandemic on the institutions more than $400 million in lost revenues and increased costs.
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Health officials roll out plans for vaccinations
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 01, 2021, 7:07am EST
Health officials across the
state are announcing procedures to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Staff and residents at one
West Orange nursing facility will kick off the New Year by getting the
coronavirus vaccine. Shots will be given out at Daughters of Israel at 10:30
a.m.
The
Monmouth County Health Department began distributing vaccinations this week
with a focus on mobile sites in the days to come. Already several hundred
people meeting the criteria in Group 1-A received shots at the Monmouth County
Health Department. Starting next week, a mobile vaccination program will