{"id":11221,"date":"2021-09-09T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T13:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?p=11221"},"modified":"2021-09-09T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T13:46:25","slug":"wdvm-marymount-university-discusses-success-in-keeping-covid-cases-low-and-their-plan-to-continue-as-school-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/wdvm-marymount-university-discusses-success-in-keeping-covid-cases-low-and-their-plan-to-continue-as-school-resumes\/","title":{"rendered":"WDVM: Marymount University discusses success in keeping COVID cases low \u2014 and their plan to continue as school resumes<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Students, staff and political officials gathered at Marymount University to discuss how COVID-19 has affected higher education, and how the school plans to move forward as the pandemic continues.<\/p>\n

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe was in attendance for the round table discussion on Wednesday, speaking with students and faculty about their educational experience during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe managed to go through the fall of 2020 with only 2% positive COVID, and all our athletes played,\u201d said Irma Becerra, president of Marymount University.<\/p>\n

Becerra explained how the school plans to continue to mitigate cases as school begins for the fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarymount has fully returned to in-person, requiring vaccinations for all faculty, staff and students,\u201d said Becerra. \u201cWe will also be wearing masks while we are indoors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students say they are happy to follow the guidelines if it means returning to campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeeting people, seeing people I have never seen before, I definitely have made more friends this year. I can focus better without any distractions,\u201d said student Samuel Lopez.<\/p>\n

Marymount continues to offer mental health resources to cope with the effects of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarymount\u2019s counseling services have initiated a resilience campaign to help us all emerge and grow out of these difficult times,\u201d said Laura Finkelstein, assistant vice president, Student Health & Well-Being.<\/p>\n

The school is also continuing to encourage students to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur motto, which you can see on our social media, is \u201cLet\u2019s Get \u2018Vacc Together,\u201d so we know that if we all get vaccinated, we can be together again,\u201d said Finkelstein.<\/p>\n

Marymount University currently has a 96% vaccination rate with free, weekly COVID-19 testing for the small percentage of students who are exempt from receiving the vaccine.<\/p>\n

Read the original article and watch the video report on WDVM’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Students, staff and political officials gathered at Marymount University to discuss how COVID-19 has affected higher education, and how the school plans to move forward as the pandemic continues. Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe was in attendance for the round table discussion on Wednesday, speaking with students and faculty about their educational experience during […]<\/p>\n

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