Hotline 10.19.20
This week’s Hotline includes the following articles:
• COVID-19 testing to be held today at Winter Show
• Put Care19 Alert app to work for you
• Coronavirus update
• Viking sports update
• What’s happening at VCSU and around Valley City…
The VCSU Hotline online newsletter is published weekly during the academic year. Deadline to submit articles (photos encouraged) is 3 p.m. Friday. Please submit articles to carolyn.holen@vcsu.edu
COVID-19 testing to be held today at Winter Show
A free COVID-19 testing event for the VCSU and Valley City communities will be held today, Monday, Oct. 19, from 1-2 p.m. at the North Dakota Winter Show.
Preregistration at testreg.nd.gov is encouraged; one only needs to register once.
Put Care19 Alert app to work for you
VCSU students and employees are strongly encouraged to download a free smartphone app, Care19 Alert, to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by notifying users of possible COVID-19 exposure while protecting their privacy with technology developed by Apple and Google.
Care19 Alert uses Bluetooth proximity technology provided by both Apple and Google notification systems. The app provides proactive alerts and notifications to users based on anonymous keys exchanged between smartphones as users go about their daily activities.
Care19 Alert users will be notified if their device was in proximity of another device whose user tests positive for COVID-19. The app updates daily with positive COVID-19 results submitted by other users, which are then checked against the list of random keys that each device has encountered for more than 15 minutes in the last 14 days.
People who use Care19 Alert must explicitly choose to turn on exposure notifications, and they can turn off the app at any time. The Apple-Google Notification System utilized by the app does not collect, use or store any device location, including for users who report positive results.
Users have the option to decide whether to report a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, and identities are not known to Apple, Google or other app users. The system is only used for exposure notifications by official public health authorities and is not monetized.
The free app is available to download through the App Store and the Google Play Store. For more information, visit ndresponse.gov/covid-19-resources/care19.
Coronavirus update
Campus coronavirus updates can be found at www.vcsu.edu/coronavirus-information. Here you can find updates with news of positives cases within the campus community, along with information regarding impact to campus activities and facilities.
A dashboard detailing COVID-19 isolations and close contacts can be found at www.vcsu.edu/coronavirus-information/covid-19-dashboard/. This information will be updated regularly as needed.
There is also a host of resources with detailed information for employees and students on OneStop at onestop.vcsu.edu/support/solutions/folders/10000082374.
A reminder that all students, staff, faculty, affiliates and campus visitors are required to wear face coverings when interacting with others on the VCSU campus. The VCSU Safe Operating Procedures regarding face coverings can be found at onestop.vcsu.edu/support/solutions/articles/10000052288.
Viking sports update
Football
Oct. 17: VCSU 25, Waldorf University 21
The Vikings scored with 12 seconds left Saturday in Iowa as VCSU football improved its record to 4-1 this season. Quarterback Jalen Pfeifer connected with Benjamin Dumond for the game-winning 25-yard touchdown in the final seconds. VCSU now plays at Dakota State on Saturday, Oct. 24.
Baseball
Oct. 17: VCSU 10, Morningside 2; Morningside 2, VCSU 0
Oct. 18: Morningside 8, VCSU 2
The VCSU baseball team finished its fall season with a three-game series this past weekend at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. The Vikings end the fall with a 4-5 overall record.
Upcoming Events
Oct. 24: Football at Dakota State, 4 p.m. (Madison, S.D.)
Oct. 30: WBB/MBB at University of Jamestown, 6/8 p.m. (Jamestown, N.D.)
Oct. 31: Football vs. Dickinson State, 3 p.m.
Nov. 1: Women’s Basketball vs. Briar Cliff University, 1 p.m.
What’s happening at VCSU and around Valley City…
Monday, October 19
1-2 p.m., free COVID-19 testing for Valley City and VCSU communities, North Dakota Winter Show
Tuesday, October 20
6 p.m., VCBC Public Library activity: virtual cooking class for ages 5-12 on Youtube
Wednesday, October 21
10 a.m., VCBC Public Library activity: virtual story hour on Youtube and craft: clothespin scarecrow (call 845-3821 for kit)
Thursday, October 22
7 p.m., VCBC Public Library activity: In Knots crochet on Zoom
Friday, October 23
Dakota 50/50 horse event, North Dakota Winter Show (Oct. 23-25)
Saturday, October 24
4 p.m., Viking football at Dakota State University (Madison, S.D.)
Monday, October 26
1-2 p.m., free COVID-19 testing for Valley City and VCSU communities, North Dakota Winter Show
Wags & Whiskers Online Auction, website bidding begins at 1:00 p.m. on Oct. 26 and ends at 7 p.m. on Oct. 28 – www.32auctions.com/svfa
Friday, October 30
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., 3rd Annual Spook Out Caner Event with Drive-thru Trunk-or-Treat
6 p.m., Women’s Basketball at University of Jamestown (Jamestown, N.D.)
8 p.m., Men’s Basketball at University of Jamestown (Jamestown, N.D.)
Saturday, October 31
3 p.m., Football vs. Dickinson State University (Lokken Stadium)
4 to 5:30 p.m., Trunk or Treat, Connect Church in Valley City
Sunday, November 1
1 p.m., Women’s Basketball vs. Briar Cliff University (W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse)