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Jan. 23, 2019
Contact Jen Roberdeau at 608-796-3738 or jaroberdeau@viterbo.edu
LULA WASHINGTON DANCE THEATRE TO PERFORM AT VITERBO UNIVERSITY JAN. 29
Viterbo University will be closed Monday, Dec. 24 to Tuesday, Jan. 1. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Dec. 3, 2018
Contact Kori Salaski at 608-796-3185 or kfsalaski@viterbo.edu
VITERBO UNIVERSITY WINTER COMMENCEMENT DEC. 15
Oct. 25, 2018
Contact Karen Gibson at 608-796-3662 or kmgibson@viterbo.edu
VITERBO UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES NEW MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NUTRITION SCIENCES DEGREE PROGRAM
More than 350 students will present their work during Viterbo’s annual Scholars Days Thursday, April 24–Friday, April 25. Everyone is invited to attend any of the presentations and events.
Oct. 31, 2018
Contact Erin Jerozal at 608-796-3790 or ebjerozal@viterbo.edu
VITERBO UNIVERSITY TO PRESENT PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST THE WOLVES AT THE WEBER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS NOV. 9–11
The D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership is awarding three Viterbo University faculty members with research fellowships for the 2019-20 academic year.
Oct. 2, 2018
Contact Rick Kyte at 608-796-3704 or rlkyte@viterbo.edu or Nicole Van Ert at 608-796-3616 or nmvanert@viterbo.edu
Laura Nettles, FSPA, religious studies, was named Viterbo’s 2019 Teacher of the Year at the annual Rose Awards ceremony May 2.
By Sue Danielson, health services
In its 2019 new year message, the World Health Organization (WHO) named vaccine hesitancy as one of the world’s top 10 global health threats, alongside air pollution and climate change, non-communicable diseases, global influenza pandemic, fragile and vulnerable settings, antimicrobial resistance, Ebola and other high-threat pathogens, weak primary health care, Dengue and HIV.
When you look at the list, vaccine hesitancy is directly related to most of them, with available vaccines for flu, Ebola (albeit still not registered), Dengue (with all its struggles), and HIV (in trials). The threats of fragile and vulnerable settings and weak primary health care both affect hesitancy given low confidence in the system or anxieties in conflict settings. And, as for antimicrobial resistance, we need vaccines more than ever as we are faced with antibiotics that no longer work.