Steady At 11, Positive Cases At Hartwick Decline To 9 ONEONTA – Hartwick College’s COVID-19 cases have held steady at 11 since Monday, college spokesman David Lubell reported today. Meanwhile, two of the cases have recovered, leaving nine current positive cases. …
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2 PRESIDENTS AT ODDS At SUNY, It’s Partying; At Hartwick, Trespassing By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A photo circulating on social media, purportedly showing a party underway in SUNY Oneonta’s isolation dorm over the weekend, prompted a conversation about the differences in how SUNY and Hartwick colleges are handling the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantines. “I’m concerned by this photo,” said Council member David Rissberger, Third Ward, during the second of Mayor Gary Herzig’s Oneonta Control Room…
5th Hartwick Student Tests Positive For C-19 ONEONTA – Today, Hartwick College determined that its fifth student has tested positive for COVID-19. The county Department of Health is responsible for contact tracing and will notify individuals with whom the student may have had contact.…
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…
MOSTLY SPARED, HARTWICK WILL STILL GO REMOTE With Only 2 Cases, Drugovich Announces ‘Precautionary Step’ ONEONTA – With only two cases, compared to SUNY Oneonta’s 245 (as of now), Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich nonetheless announced a few minutes ago the college is immediately switching to all-remote instruction for 14 days as a precaution, through Sept. 15. “Because of the sudden and steep increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Oneonta community, we have decided to commence…
Second COVID Case Emerges At Hartwick ONEONTA – A second Hartwick College student is in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, the college reported this morning. According to college, this second case is unrelated to the first case, which broke yesterday. The student is isolating at home.…
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…
Single COVID Case At Hartwick College ONEONTA – On Sunday, Hartwick College determined that a student has tested positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed case on the Hartwick campus. The student is isolating at home, the college reported today. The county Department of Health is responsible for contact tracing and will notify individuals with whom she/he may have had contact.…
As SUNY, Hartwick Open, Oneonta Control Group To Meet In Public View New Panel Monitors Students’ Return ONEONTA – The first meeting of the “Oneonta Control Group” – it was set up to monitor the impact of returning college students – is at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, and will be broadcast on the city’s YouTube channel. All meetings are virtual and open to the public. Mayor Gary Herzig set up the group, which includes both college staff and students,…
CLICK AT 7 P.M. FOR CONVOCATION COVID-19 Free, Hartwick Takes Added Precautions, Limiting Who’s On Campus Violators Will Be Charged With Trespassing ONEONTA – Hartwick College is COVID-19 free, and today announced additional precautionary steps to keep it that way, further limiting public access. Effective immediately, only the following persons are permitted on the 425-acre private property (including Table Rock and Strawberry Fields, Elmore Field and running track, and the Pine Lake Environmental Campus):…
