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With more in-person events returning, Chancellor’s Advisory Council debates indoor masking policies

Ayah Ali-Ahmad, News Editor | June 6, 2022

On May 5, Chancellor Judy Miner proposed to make changes to Foothill-De Anza’s AP 3507 COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement by making indoor masking reflect that of Santa Clara County’s guidelines and...

De Anza College scales back plans to return in-person and announces new booster requirements

Maida Suta, Impulse and Opinions Editor | March 10, 2022

In December 2021, De Anza College announced that it aimed to be primarily in-person by spring. However, the omicron variant that surged at the beginning of the current quarter threw a wrench in those plans. On...

De Anza President Holmes commits to an on-campus Spring ’22

Kevin Nguyen, Features Editor | December 6, 2021

Cupertino - For the first time since sending students and faculty off-campus in March 2020, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District hosted an in-person “Emerging from the Pandemic” town hall...

De Anza enforces vaccine requirement as campus partially reopens

Maida Suta, Reporter | September 27, 2021

Editor's Note: According to Marisa Spatafore, the final number of students who did not upload vaccination proof to the Pyramed app was 69 students. After a year and a half of campus being closed and...

Senior staff at De Anza answer questions about returning to campus

Lianna Vaughan, Reporter | June 14, 2021

After faculty raised concerns about returning to campus, Chancellor Judy Miner invited them to ask questions in her return-to-campus information session.

Employees and students feel left in the dark about return-to-campus plan

Lianna Vaughan, Reporter | June 14, 2021

The Faculty Association and Academic Senate leadership outlined their concerns about returning to campus in an open letter to district and college leaders.

You should get your first dose of the vaccine before returning to campus, health staff say

Teddy Ha, Reporter/ Digital freelancer | May 1, 2021

As De Anza College continues to consider safety concerns in their campus reopening plan, health faculty encouraged students to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Do students have a vaccine preference?

April 10, 2021

As vaccination for all adults opens up on April 15, De Anza College students are deciding which vaccine provider they prefer.

Students caution against high expectations as cases decrease

Jordan Soto, Reporter | March 1, 2021

As the pandemic nears its one-year anniversary, cases are decreasing but De Anza College students are not sure if it will stick.

De Anza nursing students meet Gov. Newsom as they administer vaccines

Michael Davis, Reporter | March 1, 2021

Ten De Anza College nursing students met Gov. Gavin Newsom at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds’ vaccination clinic on Feb. 9, where Newsom thanked them for their work and took a photo with seven of them.