The Daily Iowan MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ UI COVID-19 NUMBERS Number of self-reported cases for COVID-19 Harreld leaving May 16, Keller tapped as interim Students: 6 new cases, 3,069 to-date President Bruce Harreld is leaving the University of Iowa after the spring semester and an interim Employees: 2 new cases, 460 to-date president will fill the role until the next head Hawkeye takes up the mantle. New cases as of March 24, 2021 BY CALEB MCCULLOUGH Harreld announced his re- 30, that time has come earlier remain president through May dollars in salary and deferred AND SARAH WATSON tirement on Oct. 1, 2020, less than initially anticipated. 16, which will allow the new compensation. Source: UI COVID-19 campus update [email protected] than a year after the regents Harreld’s successor is ex- president the opportunity to There’s no separation agree- extended his contract through pected to take the helm in late begin at a date of their choos- ment between Harreld and the University of Iowa Presi- 2023. Harreld told The Daily Io- summer or early fall, so the ing,” Harreld wrote in a letter regents, regents’ spokesperson dent Bruce Harreld, who an- wan in an interview at the time regents tapped outgoing dean to campus on Thursday. Josh Lehman wrote in an email INSIDE nounced his retirement last that he would stay on for as of the Graduate College John Harreld won’t continue to to the DI, which are usually fall, will depart Jessup Hall on long as it took for the regents Keller as an interim president be employed on campus or issued in contentious separa- May 16, after a new president to find a new president. to fill the gap. continue to be paid after May tions to protect the employer is appointed by the state Board Now, with the regents set to “Board President Michael 16, a regents’ spokesperson 3 of Regents. name a new president on April Richards has requested that I told DI, foregoing millions of SEE HARRELD, 2 Race to vaccination COVID-19 relief grant applications open to stu- As local health departments prepare dents until end of March for expanded vaccine eligibility April The Office of Student Financial Aid received 4,966 applications 5, public health officials warn that last fall for the Higher Educa- the process will take time. tion Relief Fund and expects to exceed that number in the spring, for the second round of funding. Similar to past re- BY LILY ROSEN MARVIN lief bills, the American Rescue [email protected] Plan adds an additional $39.58 billion to higher education As Iowa prepares to potentially open vaccination eligibil- through the HEERF formula. The ity to all Iowans 16 and older on April 5, local public health University of Iowa is expected officials caution that supplies are still limited, and people to receive $44,120,495.50 to should remain patient as vaccines roll out. split evenly between the insti- Local health officials juggled an expanded eligibility to tution and emergency relief nearly 70 percent of Iowa’s population, health officials told grants to students. the DI, which set off a scramble to find vaccine appoint- ments. As another expansion approaches, public health SEE ELIGIBILITY, 2 3 Facing burnout After over a year of managing the pandemic, local public health officials say they’re worried about burnout in their field. Republicans criticize BY LILY ROSEN MARVIN Hart’s election challenge [email protected] Gov. Kim Reynolds, GOP Chair- man Jeff Kaufmann, and Sec- With an end date of the pandemic in sight later this year, retary of State Paul Pate criti- Danielle Pettit-Majewski said she laughs when she thinks cized Rita Hart for bringing her about how tired she felt a year ago. contest of Iowa’s 2nd Congres- As the Director for Public Health in Washington Coun- sional District race to the U.S. ty, Pettit-Majewski has led the public health response to House before exhausting all COVID-19 in her county. She said her department has state level options. This course helped with everything from vaccine distribution to food of action is protected under deliveries for quarantine households. the Federal Contested Election With the one-year anniversary of the pandemic behind Act, but Kaufmann said going her, however, Pettit-Majewski said it has been a difficult through the Iowa process to time for her department. the fullest extent is the right “There’s a ton of burnout. People are exhausted,” she thing to do. said. “The burnout is a real thing and I worry about our public health workforce across the state and across the country.” The burnout and fatigue in public health departments is 8 being felt nationwide. As of December 2020, data tracked SEE BURNOUT, 2 Illustration by Kate Doolittle IC Pride moved to school year date Hawkeyes sweep Spar- Iowa City Pride was postponed from June to October to allow people time to be vaccinated. tans Iowa volleyball emerged from to accommodate the pandemic. In Des Moines, a nor- its last home match of the 2020- mal three-day event in June with 30,000 people, will be 21 season victorious Saturday spread out over 30 days in June. Cedar Rapids Pride night. The Hawkeyes downed hasn’t yet announced specific events or plans for June the Michigan State Spartans, celebrations because it’s monitoring COVID-19 prev- 3-0, to snap a six-match losing alence, but the organization says it’s “optimistically streak. Prior to Saturday, Iowa planning” Pride 2021 according to its website. had not won a game since Feb. Separate from Pride celebrations, this week the UI 26. The Hawkeyes will wrap up is celebrating an inaugural Pride Week with a series their season next weekend with of workshops and spaces focused on resiliency with a two matchups against Minneso- theme “Growing together through all kinds of weath- ta in Minneapolis. er.” Sivanthaphanith said even though the event has a lot of significance within the LGBTQ community, the decision has been met with overwhelming support. “Everyone has been super supportive of our deci- sions. They understand what is going on, and under- stand that we want to make sure everyone is as safe as possible,“ Sivanthaphanith said. “I think a lot of people are just excited to see that we are going to do some- Tune in for LIVE thing this year.” updates Iowa City Pride will be in downtown Iowa City Oct. Watch for campus and city 1-2. news, weather, and Hawkeye “Pride will look a little different in 2021, maybe more sports coverage every day at like a lame Middle school dance, with social distancing dailyiowan.com. rather than the packed, sweaty, 15,000-person festival we celebrated in 2019, but you can be sure that we will be very colorful and full of Pride,” the organization 2021 Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan wrote in a press release. Paul and Chad Clark prepare to lead the Iowa City Pride parade as a family on June 15, 2019. Joseph Haggerty, president of Spectrum at the Uni- BY BRADY OSBORNE director of Iowa City Pride, said the event was post- versity of Iowa, said Pride’s postponement until Octo- [email protected] poned primarily for the safety of those who would have ber means there’s more opportunity students and UI attended. clubs to get involved during the school year — expand- Iowa City Pride is being postponed until October to “At this point, we are really just trying to bring back ing an opportunity for those of a marginalized com- give people more time to get vaccinated, which pro- the festival safely,” Sivanthaphanith said. “We have munity to express themselves and their identity. vides a new opportunity for student involvement, as some big plans, and we are going to do some events “I remember attending my first Pride a couple of the event traditionally happens in June during summer throughout the year to celebrate. We are just trying to years ago, and seeing how much impact it has, in break when many students reside off campus. figure out the best ways to do that right now.” Tony Sivanthaphanith, president and development Other Pride events in Iowa are being reformatted SEE PRIDE, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021 Volume 153 SILVER-WHERE? ...DOWNTOWN The Daily Iowan Issue 54 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher. .335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Executive Editor. .335-6030 Sarah Watson CORRECTIONS Call: 335-6030 Managing Editors Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Zandra Skores accuracy and fairness in the Caleb McCullough reporting of news. If a report is wrong Managing Digital Editor or misleading, a request for a Kelsey Harrell correction or a clarification may be made. Asst. 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