Federally supported COVID-19 vaccine site to open in Tulsa Dana Branham, Oklahoman
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A new federally supported vaccination site will open later this month in Tulsa, providing up to 21,000 doses a week for eight weeks, the White House and Oklahoma officials announced Friday.
The site on the northeast campus of Tulsa Community College will be focused on providing access to communities at a high risk of exposure for COVID-19. As we continue to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in our community, it’s important to ensure equitable access for those who have been disproportionately affected by the virus, Dr. Bruce Dart, the executive director of the Tulsa Health Department, said in a statement. The addition of a temporary community vaccination center located in north Tulsa will increase opportunities for residents to receive the vaccine.
Tulsa Community College’s early college program is growing by two districts.
TCC has announced EDGE, which stands for “Earn a Degree, Graduate Early,” will be offered in Broken Arrow as well as Tulsa public schools in the fall. Eighth graders apply now for the program, in which students take college classes starting in 10th grade and earn an associate’s degree by the time they graduate from high school. And then, by the time they’re done with high school, they’re already half finished with college and they can transfer to one of our university partner schools and complete their bachelor degree. And we are just so excited to develop a vehicle that provides that kind of financial mobility and changing the trajectory of a family, said TCC President Leigh Goodson.