State Board of Health to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for NSHE Students
State Board of Health to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for NSHE Students
Aug 20, 2021
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State Board of Health to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for NSHE Students
The State Board of Health unanimously voted during an emergency meeting Aug. 20 to
require NSHE students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Afterward, Board of Regents Chair Cathy McAdoo and NSHE Chancellor Melody Rose released
the following joint statement:
We want to thank the Board of Regents and the many students, faculty and staff who
took the time to observe and participate in todays State Board of Health meeting.
We have a shared commitment to our collective health and safety.
We also want to thank the medical and health experts on the State Board of Health
for convening to discuss matters of public health for the Nevada System of Higher
Education. We will faithfully move forward with implementing the new guidelines approved
at todays meeting within the suggested time frame.
As part of NSHEs return to in-person learning, each institution is working with their
local medical leaders and health districts to regularly host free COVID-19 vaccination
clinics on campus, as capacity allows, throughout the fall semester.
In the meantime, the current mask mandate remains in place as an additional form of
protection for our community.
The health and wellbeing of Nevadas public higher education community and the safe
return to in person learning for NSHEs students, faculty, and staff continues to be
our highest priority.
After the recent mandate from the State Board of Health that students in NSHE must
be vaccinated, 极速6合 is arranging free COVID-19 walk-in vaccination
clinics in September and October. Note that the vaccine mandate applies to any student
enrolling after November 1. It does not apply to currently enrolled students for fall
semester. Students continuing their education into spring semester will be required
to be vaccinated as well.
The first clinic is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 17 in 极速6合s Reynolds Building
Rooms 101 and 102. Vaccines are offered for first and second doses in a walk-in format.
A second clinic, which will also include the flu vaccine, is set for Oct. 15 from
2 to 4 p.m. in the same location: Reynolds Rooms 101 and 102.
As a reference for students and their families, the Pfizer vaccine is recommended
for age 12 and older and the Janssen and Moderna vaccines are for age 18 and older.
For more information, phone the Quad-County COVID-19 Hotline at 775-434-1988.