USD mandates COVID-19 vaccination for students on campus next semester

With the end of the semester approaching, USD announced their decision to make getting a COVID-19 vaccination a requirement for those choosing to live in on-campus residence halls or attend in-person classes for the Fall 2021 semester. Although the Student Health Center (SHC) is still working toward attaining a larger vaccination supply for the USD community, the hope is that in the upcoming weeks greater amounts of students will be able to get vaccinated on campus before the semester ends.

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause

Since the start of 2021, millions of people have received the COVID-19 vaccine, which has helped propel the world toward normalcy. Currently, three different pharmaceutical companies are producing vaccines for distribution, and two others — Novavax and AstraZeneca — are in phase three of trials. The most recent vaccine to be approved for emergency distribution is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, known for being the first version of the vaccine to only require one dose

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USD plans to move forward with Fall 2021 study abroad

After canceling all Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021 study abroad programs, USD says it is moving forward with study abroad for Fall 2021 with applications closing March 17. The hope of studying abroad brings a lot of excitement, concerns, and questions. With approximately 150 students having now applied for study abroad programs, an important question is whether or not their program will be canceled, and if it is, what that will mean for the students.

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The vaccine will save lives

Taking the coronavirus vaccine is essential to bringing an end to this pandemic Victoria Ferguson / Contributor / The USD Vista 2020 has been a year of chaos, strife, and pain. The center of it all was the SARS-coV-2, or as we have come to call it, COVID-19. The identification […]

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