COVID-19 and LSU
There were 1,562 COVID-19 cases in the fall and 693 in the spring semester, according to the COVID-19 Reporting Dashboard. In the spring, the University administered over 10,000 COVID-19 tests. Since March 2020, the University reported that 6,478 students and 3,488 employees said they received vaccines.
The University began administering vaccines in March at Tiger Stadium. The state supplied LSU with Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Galligan announced in April that LSU could not require students to receive vaccines in order to attend LSU, but some faculty members called for LSU to rethink that decision.
Classes were held in person, in a hybrid format and fully online. According to the University, one-third of classes occurred in each format.
Interim President Thomas Galligan gave an update on the Universityâs progress on reforming Title IX procedures Thursday, and answered other questions students have raised on campus.
âWe have to train, train, train,â Galligan said. âBecause empathy, culture shift, increased sensitivity, is going to come from awareness and knowledge.â
Galligan said since the Husch Blackwell report was released, the University has looked at the 18 recommendations and plans to implement all of them.
âWe now have the 18 recommendations and an action plan that has 47 action items on it and weâre through a third of them,â Galligan said.
As for further sanctions against employees mentioned in the Husch Blackwell report, Galligan said there are âpeople who are definitely being looked at.â
Sharon Lewis, LSU Associate Athletic Director of Football Recruiting, is filing a $50 million Title IX lawsuit against the university at which she s employed. Lewis alleges that she was the victim of retaliation in connection to the investigation into sexual harassment by former football coach Les Miles. Members of the LSU Board of Supervisors, LSU Athletic Department, LSU Leadership and their law firm, Taylor Porter entered into a conspiracy to hide Les Miles sexual harassment investigation from federal officials and the public and to retaliate against Ms. Lewis, attorney Tammye Brown said. Over the last eight years, Ms. Lewis has stood up to protect LSU female student workers and as a result has suffered unimaginable retaliation sanctioned by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
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