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Teachable moments Teamwork moves campus forward in a new normal
Over the past eight months, CCSU’s administration and staff have been working resolutely under the leadership of President Zulma R. Toro to keep the COVID-19 pandemic at bay and its educational mission viable. They have created and implemented advanced new health and safety protocols and substantially upgraded online remote learning technologies in an enormous and complex collaborative effort referred to as the University’s “Blueprint for Success.”
And CCSU’s response has been a great success — lauded as the best among state universities and beyond. It enabled the campus’s reopening for the Fall 2020 semester and will continue to guide University operations this spring. Mark E. Ojakian, president of the Connecticut State University System, was so impressed that he asked President Toro to give a presentation on CCSU’s pandemic planning to the Board of Regents on Sept. 17. She also
By Amy J. Barry
participated in a Sept. 4 White House conference call with higher education leaders led by Vice President Mike Pence. During the call, leaders from Colorado State University, University of Notre Dame, and North Dakota State University shared details and insights on how their campuses have responded to the pandemic. Their comments revealed much to CCSU’s president.
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