Local colleges are adapting to the current omicron surge. The University of Rochester recently announced it is shifting to remote learning for the month of January. Like some other schools, it is requiring students to have COVID boosters upon returning to campus.
We talk to several local colleges about their reopening plans and safety measures. Our guests:
- Becca Barile, Ed.D., vice president for campus life, and dean of students at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Kristen Brown, Ph.D., vice president for student and organizational development at Roberts Wesleyan College
- Kim McKinsey-Mabry, Ed.D. acting provost and vice president for academic and students services at Monroe Community College
- Mark Zupan, Ph.D., president of Alfred University