Debra Ross helps student transition into isolation housing and makes sure they have everything they need. Pete Comparoni | UK Photo.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 11, 2021) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Kentucky assembled UK Health Corps a dedicated team of staff to support students. But what do they do, exactly? And who are they?
While many students and faculty/staff members may interact with Health Corps members on a regular basis, you may not know exactly what it is that they do each day, and the names of the people behind the phone calls and emails.
UK Health Corps works behind the scenes, serving as the support hub for accessing services, information and referrals related to COVID-19 for students, faculty and staff.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Kentucky assembled UK Health Corps a dedicated team of staff to support students. But what do they do, exactly? And, who are they? UK Health Corps works behind the scenes, serving as the support hub for accessing services, information and referrals related to COVID-19 for students, faculty and staff. We sat down with contact tracers Maya Cleveland and Christine Schraff to learn about who they are, what they do for UK Health Corps, and what they want students to know.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 4, 2021) March marks one year since the COVID-19 global pandemic disrupted and altered everyone’s life.
On March 6, it will be a year since Kentucky confirmed the first case of COVID-19 – a patient admitted to UK Chandler Hospital. A few days later, on March 11, the University of Kentucky announced it would transition its campus of more than 30,000 students to online instruction – initially just for two weeks following spring break but eventually from March 23 through the end of the Spring 2020 semester.
Additionally, on March 20, UK President Eli Capilouto announced all employees able to work remotely would begin to do so, except for those in patient care, public safety, facilities maintenance and other areas where work must be performed on-site. Seemingly overnight, the bustling campus became desolate.
The University of Kentucky COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kroger Field began yet another expansion this week increasing vaccination capacity by approximately 150 Kentuckians per hour.
Mark Cornelison | UK Photo.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 25, 2021) Over the past several months, the University of Kentucky has worked diligently to prepare for the return of faculty and staff to campus. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the university’s response has been focused on ensuring the health, safety and well-being of everyone in the UK community. This commitment remains a guiding tenet.
As we begin a reinvented sense of normal operations for the Spring 2021 semester, the university has developed intentional and strategic procedures to identify how to safely bring back critical positions to achieve the signature in-person experience for students.
Included within those procedures is the daily 4.0, the requirements for a successful, healthy semester.