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Censure of UVU Administration: Ongoing Mismanagement of Covid-19

TO: The Utah Board of Higher Education FROM: The American Federation of Teachers Chapter and the David R. Keller Chapter of the American Association of University Professors at Utah Valley University DATE: January 24, 2022 SUBJECT: Censure of UVU administration: ongoing mismanagement of Covid-19 Having repeatedly expressed our ongoing concerns regarding the university's failure to adequately protect the health and well-being of our community, Utah Valley University’s American Federation of  Teachers chapter and the David R. Keller chapter of the American Association of University Professors  regrettably resort to publicly censuring our administration--specifically, Provost Wayne Vaught, Vice  President of Administration and Strategic Relations Val Peterson, and President Astrid Tuminez--for  countenancing unsafe and unhealthy conditions in work and learning spaces shared by students, staff,  and faculty.  Rather than endorsing widely accepted scientific facts and behaving responsib