August 10, 2022
Linda Blaser
NPR turns to Lake Forest College for insight on monkeypox readiness
Lake Forest College gained national attention in a new National Public Radio (NPR) story on how colleges are preparing for monkeypox as students return to campus.
In the August 6 NPR Online story, “How colleges are preparing for a new public health threat: monkeypox,” Vice President and Dean of Students Andrea Conner explains that the College’s crisis management team—expanded during COVID—is developing a plan that details monkeypox signs and symptoms, and what a student should do if they think they might be infected. While monkeypox is much less contagious than COVID-19, Conner says it’s a school’s job to be prepared.
The story quotes administrators from several different colleges and universities across the country, and has been pick up by local NPR stations including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.