Undergraduate Teaching During COVID-19.

Introduction: Universities were challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic to continue providing quality education for their students while navigating the uncertainties of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Objectives: The goal of this article is to describe strategies used by Colorado State University (CSU) to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission among faculty, staff, and students and to describe procedures used in microbiology teaching laboratories.

Methods: Information concerning CSU's pandemic response was gathered via email communications to the CSU community, town hall meetings, and interviews with leaders, researchers, and staff who spearheaded public health initiatives.

Developing a Public Health Pipeline: Key Components of a Public Health Leadership Program.

Thirty percent of federal public health employees were retirement eligible in September 2017. Further, at the state public health level, as indicated in the recent Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS), an estimated 25% of employees are planning to retire before 2020 with an additional 18% intending to leave their organizations within one year. Due to these workforce changes, there is an urgent need for public health organizations to examine how they are ensuring a talent pool from which leaders can emerge.