{"id":131440,"date":"2021-03-31T14:58:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=131440"},"modified":"2021-04-02T14:28:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:28:23","slug":"photo-feature-more-than-100-volunteers-staff-uccs-vaccination-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=131440","title":{"rendered":"Photo Feature: More than 100 volunteers staff UCCS vaccination clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lindsey Tatum, a senior nursing major at UCCS, administers the first dose of the Moderna vaccine to a patient at the UCCS vaccine point of distribution (POD). Photo credit: Jeffrey M Foster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More than 100 volunteers staffed the UCCS vaccine point of distribution (POD), which offered the first dose of the Moderna vaccine to eligible campus community members on Tuesday, Mar. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the volunteers were 42 UCCS nursing and health sciences students, who administered vaccines to over 500 eligible faculty, students and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful for our student nurses, who were able to give immunizations today and help us get one step closer to normalcy,\u201d a participant shared after receiving the first dose of the vaccine. \u201cMy nursing student Joanna was amazing \u2013 so professional and kind. I feel very grateful that UCCS gave me this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The POD operated out of the Gallogly Recreation and Wellness Center at UCCS. It will reopen on Apr. 27, when participants will return for the second dose of the Moderna vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was so excited and grateful to get my vaccine that I could have cried,” one participant said. “It feels amazing to know that I’ll be helping to keep everyone around me safer, and that I’m contributing to the world becoming a safer place. I’m overjoyed to have been a part of this today.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what things will look like post-pandemic,\u201d another participant said, \u201cbut I\u2019m excited to see how things change for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To protect the confidentiality of immunization information, only volunteers are identified in this article and the accompanying photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Participants brave the cold to line up outside of the Gallogly Recreation and Wellness Center and wait for their appointment time. Photo credit: Jeffrey M Foster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bailey Bush, residence hall manager, holds up a sign to let the next patient know she can check them in to receive their shot. Visible in the background is sports court D, one of two sites where nursing and health sciences students set up their vaccination stations. Photo credit: Jeffrey M Foster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nan Kerr ’19, executive assistant to vice chancellor of administration and finance, informs a patient of their right to immunization confidentiality. Photo credit: Jeffrey M Foster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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