Ball State Tries To Reassure Concerned Faculty About On-Campus Return
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Despite the mixed messages at the national level regarding mask wearing, Adams urges everyone to do so to bring local numbers down.
“This should not be political," Adams said. "This is not taking away your rights or your freedoms; as a matter of fact, this is a tool to freedom because if we don’t do the things that will lower spread, more places will be forced to close.”Surgeon General In Fort Wayne: Allen County COVID-19 Numbers In "Danger Zone," But Can Be Fixed
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U.S. Surgeon General and former Indiana state health commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams made a visit to Allen County Friday to discuss the local and federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. Adams says the federal government uses a three-color scale to determine the significance of COVID-19 toA letter, signed by 240 faculty members, says faculty want to get to decide whether to teach on-campus or online, and the ability to change that decision if necessary. But in a virtual town hall meeting, Ball State Provost Susana Rivera-Mills says one change like that creates a domino effect.
“The decision of one faculty member to change modality onto an online course literally impacts hundreds of students’ schedules. So it isn’t just about the faculty member and the 30 students that I’m teaching.”Ball State Tries To Reassure Concerned Faculty About On-Campus Return
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Ball State University officials are trying to calm faculty fears about the campus’s coronavirus safety plan before in-person classes begin in two weeks. As IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports, some faculty have said the school’s reopening plan doesn’t protect everyone’s health. A letter, sig...The August surge is concentrated in two facilities. The Putnamville Correctional Facility has seen 86 cases. The New Castle Correctional Facility has 72 new cases, bringing the new total to 892 cases — an increase of more than 20% in two weeks.
Indiana Prisons See August Spike In COVID-19 Cases
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Indiana prisons have seen an August spike in coronavirus infections, with 159 new cases reported since July 31. Reported cases of the virus trickled in throughout July: Nine people in state prisons tested positive for the disease, bringing the total to 733 cases by the end of last month. The Augu