Monday, March 2

9:30 a.m. Timecards are due in the Payroll Office – Murphy Center 201

12:15 p.m. Mass – San Damiano Chapel

6–7 p.m. Spanish Club Meeting – Diversity Lounge on the fifth floor of Murphy Center. Help plan the quesadilla sale.

Friday, Feb. 28

9 a.m.–3 p.m. Career Services Walk-in Resume Reviews – Murphy Center 374

12:15 p.m. Mass – San Damiano Chapel

2–8 p.m. Greater La Crosse Golf Show – Mathy Center. Fundraiser for the Viterbo women’s golf team.

7:30 p.m. Viterbo Presents Twelfth Night  Theatre for Young Audiences – Weber Center for the Performing Arts

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By Sue Danielson, health services

The spread of coronavirus, now called COVID-19, is continuing to occur globally. As of Feb. 27, there were 82,294 confirmed cases and 2,804 deaths around the world. China accounts for 78,630 of the cases and 2,747 deaths. The U.S. currently has 14 confirmed cases, plus 45 cases of people who have been repatriated back to the U.S. from Wuhan, China, and from aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Recently, Italy, Iran, South Korea, and Japan have increased their alert levels due to increases in cases of COVID-19 in these countries.  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) continue to closely monitor the situation both in the U.S. and abroad. Currently the risk for COVID-19 in the U.S. remains low. There are indications that person-to-person spread is occurring, most likely between close contacts. At this time, this virus is not currently spreading in the community in the U.S.

Two major events on the Viterbo campus are planned as part of the community education element of the university’s VOICE program— short for Vital Opioid Instruction through Community-based Experiential Training.

The VOICE program is made possible by a three-year, $741,201 grant Viterbo received in August 2019 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Opioid Workforce Expansion Program. Debra Murray, director of counselor education, is project director for the VOICE initiative.

On Thursday, March 12, Viterbo will host its first VOICE Town Hall, an advocacy event related to policy issues focused on opioid and substance-use prevention, treatment and recovery services. As part of the grant, the VOICE program will have two such town hall events per year.