In a May 25 email update, William Jewell College’s Operational Planning Team announced that the college will be implementing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for the upcoming fall 2021 semester. According to the email, all students, staff and faculty must submit proof of vaccination by August 1. Daniel Holt, author of…
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Jewell enters Level A2 of Operation Resurgent Campus – the second phase of its pandemic response
On May 17, William Jewell College transitioned from Level B of Operation Safe Campus (OSC) to Level A2 of Operation Resurgent Campus (ORC) following a satisfactory employee vaccination rate of above 84%, according to a mass email sent to students and employees. The May 14 email – delivered on the…
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Jewell hosts vaccination clinic, plans to enter new phase of pandemic response with Operation Resurgent Campus
With vaccine eligibility extended to some 880,000 Missourians under activation of Phase 2 of Missouri’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan, William Jewell College partnered with Cobblestone Family Health to host a vaccination clinic for members of the local community and newly eligible Jewell employees March 29. In total, volunteers from Jewell, Cobblestone…
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A Review of COVID-19 Statistics at Jewell During the Fall 2020 Semester
In a Campus Residents’ Meeting hosted Jan. 18, Ernie Stufflebean, associate dean of students and director of student life, shared some statistics regarding COVID-19 at William Jewell College. The following data was provided by Landon Jones, director of campus safety. During the fall 2020 semester, there were a total of…
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Jewell’s Post-Thanksgiving Plans
William Jewell College’s Thanksgiving break will officially begin Monday, Nov. 23, and classes will resume again Monday, Nov. 30. Classes will be entirely virtual after the Thanksgiving break, which is in accordance with the schedule changes that Jewell announced on June 2. Jewell is currently at threat level C in…
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Lighting of the Quad postponed, scheduled for Nov. 13
William Jewell College’s annual Lighting of the Quad – an event where students and alumni come together to celebrate the holiday season and turn on all the Christmas lights on-campus – was postponed due to Jewell entering Operation Safe Campus threat level C Nov. 6. Originally scheduled for Nov. 6,…
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A Review of the In-Person Semester Amidst COVID-19
This semester has been unique for college students nationwide. As many schools remained online through the fall semester due to COVID-19, William Jewell College came back for in-person classes. As we near the end of the fall semester, students, staff and faculty alike have begun to wonder what the next…
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Jewell prepares for election response
On Oct. 30, Student Life issued an email announcing that attending non-course related extracurricular activities would be optional Nov. 3 in order to ensure that members of the William Jewell College community could have the ability to vote in the upcoming election. The activities that were affected by this announcement…
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Jewell’s COVID-19 Policy Violations, Disciplinary Response
It is a unique year for students at William Jewell College. Along with those policies detailed in the student handbook, students must now abide by new policies in order to mitigate the risk presented by COVID-19. These policies are detailed in the Operation Safe Campus guidelines. The COVID-19 policy consists…
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