Public, Private Colleges Both Must Thrive It’s been reported that SUNY Oneonta’s volunteer quarantining was a SUNY-wide policy. If so, then we can expected similar COVID explosions at Cobleskill, Delhi, Binghamton and across the 64-campus system, unless the campuses can quickly apply SUNY Oneonta’s new regimen of 100-percent testing and a two-week hiatus. Throughout the pandemic threat, there have been calls for uniform policies and instruction from Washington D.C. (or the CDC in Atlanta), so a nation of 320 million…
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Let’s Stay Flexible, Collaborate, Decide To Move Forward 20-20 hindsight is easy but… Aug. 21-23 was critical. That was the first weekend back for SUNY Oneonta’s 6,500 students. For Hartwick College 1,200; but, as it turns out, that was less impactful. For Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig and Common Council, the focus had been on bars and gatherings on Main Street, but that turned out to be under control. Yes, there were students there, but the heightened public concern, and tavern…
SUNY Oneonta RAs Threaten Strike Over Fair Pay Amid COVID ONEONTA – Asking for minimum wage, an increase in board compensation and payment when forced to isolate, Resident Assistants at SUNY Oneonta have posted a series of demands on the social media site Instagram. “We call on SUNY Oneonta’s president , Dr. Barbara Jean Morris, who made $275,000 in 2019, to guarantee fair payment for RAs that work during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the group wrote in a post that went…
SUNY President Morris Addresses County Board https://www.facebook.com/102347451408765/videos/345979603253734/…
BULLETIN SUNY-O MAY RUN OUT OF ROOMS FOR ILL BY TOMORROW ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is expected to run out of space for quarantining students by tomorrow, a college spokesman said, and administrators will hold a planning meeting this afternoon to explore options. Already, the college has set aside three dorms with a total capacity of 137, where quarantining students, who have tested positive but aren’t necessarily showing symptoms, must remain for 14 days. Also, Mayor Gary Herzig confirmed this…
With 68 Positives, SUNY-O Now At 245 COVID Cases ONEONTA – 68 students tested positive for COVID after SUNY Oneonta received 481 test results from their on-campus screening, bring the total number of students infected to 245, according to a release from the college. During the Control Room briefing last night, President Barbara Jean Morris said she anticipated a spike, as 2,000 tests were conducted on students on Sunday and Monday.…
3 Sports Teams Held Parties That Started Outbreak, Morris Says SUNY Leader Expects ‘Ramp Up’ In Cases By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With 2,000 COVID-19 tests administered Sunday and today, SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris warned the Oneonta Control Room to prepare for a “ramp-up” of positive tests during their first meeting over Zoom this evening. “Obviously this came on fast and hard,” she said. “We had a super-spreader event last weekend with three athletic teams…
LOCAL NEWS GOES WORLDWIDE SUNY ONEONTA FINDS 83 NEW CASES TODAY New Campus Total 188; Plus One Each In City, At Hartwick ONEONTA – With news of SUNY Oneonta’s outbreak circling the globe, another 83 news cases were reported a few minutes ago by the Otsego County Department of Health. In addition, one single case surfaced in neighboring Hartwick College, and another infection surfaced in the campus’ host City of Oneonta. The health department “continues to investigate a large outbreak,”…
Virus SWAT Team Heads To SUNY-O As COVID Explodes Chancellor Hurries To Campus; Classes Cancelled For 2 Weeks By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras said Governor Cuomo is deploying a COVID-19 testing SWAT team to quell the worst outbreak of the disease in the 64-campus system. Three sites will be set up by Wednesday, where all students will be required to get tested, and members of the community at large can get tested for…
BULLETIN WITH 105 CASES, SUNY CLOSING FOR TWO WEEKS ONEONTA – As the COVID-19 cases climbed from two on Tuesday to 105 today, SUNY Oneonta has announced that they will close for two weeks, according to state reports. SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras moved his scheduled visit up a day, and is slated to give a press conference shortly. Presently, he is conferring in a conference room at the Netzer Administration Building with Barbara Jean Morris, SUNY Oneonta president, Mayor Gary…
