Iowa State recommends that all students and employees opt to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as soon as they're able, but vaccination won't be a condition of employment or enrollment.
Vaccination supplies will ebb and flow; employees' commitment to helping lift a mass vaccination clinic for students has not. Read more about the remarkable response.
Board members also approved plans to replace ISU's last coal boilers, parking permit rates and a new restoration budget for Ross Hall, and green lighted the planning phase for parking lot changes around the Iowa State Center.
A 40-by-60 tent will be erected on central campus Friday for faculty, staff and students' end-of-semester use. There is no charge for internal events, but the tent must be reserved through the Memorial Union.
ISU Extension and Outreach is helping get out the word about three online webinars this month on COVID-19 vaccinations. Subject-matter experts will provide research-based information about the vaccines to help people in their decision-making process.
In more than 110 virtual sessions, the Ignite Innovation Showcase will exhibit a range of student accomplishments and ideas -- scientific research, business startups, artistic creations, civic change-making and more. It starts April 16 and is open to the public.
