Michigan colleges wrestle with COVID-19 vaccine mandates
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Wayne State University to pay students for getting COVID-19 vaccine
This money will be added to the student s ID card and can be used on GrubHub or saved for use on campus in the fall.
LANSING, Mich. - Three of Michigan s 15 public universities have announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates, while others are evaluating plans or implementing other strategies to increase immunizations among students.
The University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus will require everyone on campus to provide proof of vaccination or weekly negative tests. The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Oakland University both will require vaccines for students who want to live on campus.
Three of Michigan’s 15 public universities have announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates, while others are evaluating plans or implementing other strategies to increase immunizations among students.
Michigan universities pull together fall vaccine policies
ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, Associated Press/Report for America
May 8, 2021
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Three of Michigan s 15 public universities have announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates, while others are evaluating plans or implementing other strategies to increase immunizations among students.
The University of Michigan and Oakland University both will require vaccines for students who want to live on campus. Michigan s Dearborn campus will require everyone on campus to provide proof of vaccination or weekly negative tests.
It was a good move for UofM to make early plans for students to return to classes safely, student body President Nithya Arun said. She said the university owes it to its over 48,000 students to make timely decisions to keep them safe after a confusing fall semester when students learned they’d come back to campus just two months before classes started and then were sent home by Thanksgiving