<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f1de961b-7fff-328a-2985-1641c4973d03"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I know your email volume is probably ticking up in volume, as is mine. The Fall 2022 semester is heading towards us with increasing speed.  I want to update you on a variety of items and also remind you of upcoming important calendar dates.  Here goes:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reminder: <b>Matriculation Ceremony</b> for our incoming students (Friday, August 26th, 4:00 p.m. Memorial Hall).  Chairpersons attending are asked to wear regalia; faculty and other staff attending: please “Rock the Red.”  <b>The President’s Welcome Event</b> will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, August 26th, Warren Ballrooms. **Note: music, continental breakfast, and time to socialize begin at 8:00 a.m.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Black Solidarity Day</b> is officially part of our Academic Calendar, November 7th.  Faculty and staff who are teaching are encouraged to include this date on your syllabi and to consider attending or participating yourselves and encouraging or requiring student attendance.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Future leadership for <b>The Institute for Ethics in Public Life</b>: Jonathan Slater is retiring at the end of August.  I had originally intended to complete the process for identifying the next Director over the summer, but decided instead (after seeking counsel from prior fellows) to hold off until September, when our faculty are actively engaged with campus life again.  Dan Lake, Spring 2015 Fellow, has agreed to plan monthly colloquia, so that the Institute stays active (though with a pared down schedule), and the goal will be to have a faculty member identified who will assume the directorship as of the spring 2023 semester.  Thank you, Dan!</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I have constituted a search committee that will be led by Dean Denise Simard to appoint a permanent Dean of the School of Business and Economics.  Interim Dean Brian Neureuther continues in his role as Interim Dean.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At our May 26 Academic Affairs Retreat, multiple faculty members spoke about  experiencing new challenges with our recent classes of incoming students.  Interested faculty may find this May 2022 Chronicle article of interest: <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-solve-the-student-disengagement-crisis?cid2=gen_login_refresh&cid=gen_sign_in&cid2=gen_login_refresh">https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-solve-the-student-disengagement-crisis?cid2=gen_login_refresh&cid=gen_sign_in&cid2=gen_login_refresh</a></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Research validates that students are reporting increasing “social anxiety and academic worries”--no surprise for those of you who have been witnessing this firsthand.  The question is: How to work with this new level of campus challenge?  Another contributor to the article writes: “Seeking a college education is an act of hope. Students invest their time and money in the belief that it will help them change their lives, and maybe even change the world. Students now are struggling to find that hope. They have turned inward, becoming disconnected and disengaged.”  I believe it’s important for us all to set our sights on the positive in the midst of these significant challenges.  The same students who are struggling in the coming semester are also students engaging in “acts of hope.”  The article shares a variety of strategies for addressing disconnect and building hope for students.  I am hoping that some of these suggestions are helpful.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition to our <b>Center for Teaching Excellence</b>, directed by Jessamyn Neuhaus, <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/centers/cte/about-us.html">https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/centers/cte/about-us.html</a>,  SUNY is offering the following opportunities in support of teaching:</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsunycpd.eventsair.com%2Fnfmp&data=05%7C01%7CSUNYACAO%40LS.SYSADM.SUNY.EDU%7Cfd0d74c5b7cf4c76cead08da7540d49d%7C313006a2ae5d44199e348f765b197fb8%7C0%7C0%7C637951218583822892%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DfWERcDvadXjeUmGgjsMRmpUjhJ1Z8bpSYvhwwOby8w%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New Faculty Peer Mentoring Program</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is being offered this fall at <b>no cost</b> to tenure track faculty on all 64 SUNY campuses.  This is a collaboration between the Center for Mentoring, Learning and Academic Innovation (CMLAI) SUNY Empire State College and the SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD). The program is designed to support the work of new tenure track colleagues in their first two years across the State University of New York. This Peer Mentoring Program offers new faculty an opportunity to talk about vital issues as teachers, scholars and advisors. Registration and program information can be found at </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsunycpd.eventsair.com%2Fnfmp&data=05%7C01%7CSUNYACAO%40LS.SYSADM.SUNY.EDU%7Cfd0d74c5b7cf4c76cead08da7540d49d%7C313006a2ae5d44199e348f765b197fb8%7C0%7C0%7C637951218583822892%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DfWERcDvadXjeUmGgjsMRmpUjhJ1Z8bpSYvhwwOby8w%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-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