Ferris State University Begins Administering COVID-19 Vaccine Amid Case Surge
April 5, 2021
The COVID-19 surge in Michigan comes as more vaccinations happen across the state, including on college campuses.
Students, faculty and staff at Ferris State University now have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. The university started administering doses Monday and will continue to do so until Thursday.
“We have the expertise to be able to do vaccinations on campus with a college of pharmacy and our nursing program. Between faculty, students and staff, we have that capability and been working together with District 10 health. Initially we started by using our faculty students and staff vaccinate people on their second vaccinations in the phase one group of people who were eligible,” said Bobby Fleischman, Provost and VP for Academic Affairs at Ferris State University.
Over 2,400 doses of the Pfizer, Bio-N-Tech vaccine were allocated to the university. Author: Emma Nicolas Updated: 11:48 PM EDT April 5, 2021
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. For the last year, COVID-19 has left college campuses across the country quiet as many students shifted to virtual learning. It s empty. That s it, said Omar Sims, a first year grad student at Ferris State University.
Sims, who is getting his masters in criminal justice administration, has had only virtual classes at the university so far. COVID has pretty much changed everything as far as education, he said.
The Big Rapids-based university has an estimated 3,000 of its over 10,000 enrolled students on campus on a daily basis.