I keep looking at this Rose Garden picture and can't help but think of all the students denied graduations, all the grieving families denied the comfort of funeral gatherings --- ordinary citizens have sacrificed so much to be safe but these entitled elites assembled anyway 1/2
Tomorrow begins a new semester. Although it will be much different than any other, we will stand united as a powerful community. We will do the hard, but necessary, things to keep ourselves and other Wildcats safe. We can do this.
Welcome back to campus, Wildcats. 💙
So the Dean/Chair/Provost asks you to sit on the Diversity/Equity taskforce (a thread).
You: What can you take off my plate to make this possible? Repeat if nec.
Right answer: a course release.
Wrong answer: anything that has to do with “expertise,” and “appreciation.”
As we start talking about returning to campus, let me just remind @universityofky , pre-pandemic needs have not magically dissolved. Students faculty and staff still need adequate lactation spaces, sanitation being more important than ever.