His entire family was infected several months ago.
So when the opportunity to get the vaccine and make it available on campus arose, he grabbed it.
“It is important to really combat COVID so we can get back to in-person instruction,” Marbach said Monday morning just minutes after receiving the first shot during an on-campus vaccination event. “Having recovered from it and knowing what a risk it was to family and friends, I wanted to mitigate the risk and get ahead of it.”
Twenty-two people took advantage of the vaccination clinic on campus Monday. It was organized with a local Walmart and through the help of state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, who is a member of the Georgian Court University Board of Trustees.
LAKEWOOD – All Georgian Court University students living on campus in the fall will have to be fully vaccinated, according to university officials.
To help reach that goal, the university is holding a pop-up vaccination center on campus Monday, with University President Joe Marbach first in line to get the shot.
While the free vaccination program is aimed at Georgian Court students and staff, it is open to all residents, in and out of Lakewood.
The clinic offering comes as Lakewood, with a population of about 100,000, struggles to turn the corner on the coronavirus. The largest town in Ocean County, Lakewood is also the Shore leader with some 13,600 COVID cases in the last year. Its vaccination rate of 34% is among the lowest for communities with more than 10,000 residents, according to Gov. Phil Murphy s office, which released new data this week.
WEST LONG BRANCH - Monmouth University has lost more than $24 million in revenue due to the COVID pandemic, seen hundreds of COVID infections among student and staff and canceled most of its athletic competitions so far this year.
But Monmouth President Patrick Leahy sees brighter days ahead: enrollment is down only slightly, 2021-2022 deposits are ahead of normal, and most sports are set to return in the spring. He envisions a fall semester where all students and staff are vaccinated, many are on campus, and mask-wearing is the norm.
“Our great hope is that by that time our country will be back to whatever the new normal is and that means that most Americans will be vaccinated and hopefully our whole campus community will be vaccinated,” Leahy said in an interview.