Centenary University takes first place in New Jersey College & University Flu Challenge
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ (Warren County) — Centenary University has earned first place in the small college division of the eighth annual New Jersey College & University Flu Challenge for the 2024–2025 academic year.
Sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Health’s Vaccine Preventable Disease Program, the challenge aims to raise awareness about the importance of flu vaccinations among students at institutions of higher education.
Winners were determined based on the highest percentage of students self-reporting that they had received a flu vaccine during the current flu season.
At the trophy presentation to Centenary University were (from left): Kerry Mullins, vice president for campus life and dean of students; Theresa A. Lord-Stout, RN, MSN, APN-C, executive director of wellness and nurse practitioner at Centenary; Cynthia Perillo, RN, of the Centenary University Health Office; Elisa Rossetti, MPH, CHES, program support specialist with the New Jersey Department of Health; and Centenary University President Dale Caldwell, Ed.D.
