Illustration by Martin Tognola
In-person classes. Crowds at Lane Stadium. Campus events. These activities can happen only if the majority of Virginia Tech students and employees are vaccinated for COVID-19.
As the fall semester inches closer, the university is making progress. But it isn’t there yet.
According to a newly launched dashboard on the Virginia Tech website, 25.2 percent of students and 27.9 percent of employees have uploaded their vaccine cards as proof that they are fully vaccinated for the coronavirus, as of June 28. The dashboard will be updated twice weekly, on Mondays and Thursdays, through the fall semester.
Virginia Tech created the dashboard to inform the campus and the larger community of the university’s vaccination status. It represents the Hokie Nation’s path to a new academic year, and one that it hopes will resemble a pre-pandemic environment.