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After a failed attempt to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic this fall, officials at SUNY Oneonta are working out how they can safely bring students back for the spring semester.
Acting President Dennis Craig is aware that SUNY Oneonta has been through a “traumatic” few months. Despite a state-approved reopening plan, the college had over 700 students test positive for COVID-19 within a few weeks this fall. I fully realize that an unsuccessful spring would be a disaster for this campus, and would further disintegrate any trust that I ve built over just 10 days. Any plan for spring must begin by first determining a density level that s safe and does not put our community at harm.
The choice of Heidi Bond, “General in the Fight Against COVID-19,” as we put it, has been seconded by many since the “Citizen of the Year” edition appeared last week. She and her team at the Otsego County Department of Health rose to the challenge.
All of us thank her for her tireless contributions in 2020.
Otsego County has been lucky in leadership this year. Here are four other individuals who shone, and there are many others who, unheralded, have as well.
Many county leaders stepped up during the COVID Year, among them, from left, County Treasurer Allen Ruffles, Bassett Healthcare Network CEO Tommy Ibrahim, SUNY Oneonta President Dennis Craig and SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras.
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