<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">TO:  </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Academic Affairs Faculty and Staff  </span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="m_-2791645638834736877gmail-docs-internal-guid-f1c3d1b8-7fff-c44f-2273-c3e6d6212fc2"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">From:  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Marcus Tye, Provost & SVPAA</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Re:  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">AA Monthly Newsletter August 20, 2024 - Hello and Welcome Back to Fall Semester</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I hope faculty who have been away for the summer working on scholarship and other activities are returning rested. As I write this I peer out from the 8th floor perch of Kehoe as a new Cardinal and admire the spires of Plattsburgh to the east and to the south the forest and Saranac River. I’d like to thank the SUNY Plattsburgh Provost search committee, community and President Enyedi for the great privilege to serve as your Provost and SVPAA, and the opportunity this affords to serve our students, faculty, staff and the North Country and beyond in our mission. It’s been a whirlwind since we closed on a home and moved to the North Country from Brooklyn the last week of July, and my official start on August 1. I’ve been incredibly grateful for the warm welcome everyone has extended to me and to my spouse, and it’s heartening to see and hear the dedication everyone at SUNY Plattsburgh has to our mission and commitment to our students.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As I learn our community’s preferred frequency of communications from the provost, I’m going to try a monthly Academic Affairs newsletter in Fall and Spring to highlight just a few of the accomplishments within Academic Affairs, as well as important announcements, to read at your convenience, without adding too many emails to your queue. If you have any suggestions for items to be included, please forward them to Sue Bartlett or your dean by the first of each month, there will only be space for a few exemplars from the many accomplishments of our faculty, students and staff, and with the help of the deans I’d like to go a bit in depth to illustrate the teamwork and time that goes behind successes.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#ff0000">STUDENT AND RECENT ALUMNI RECOGNITION, ACCOMPLISHMENTS (a small subset)</font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Kayler Grizzle (Marketing and Entrepreneurship) and Zachary Bushey (Marketing) opened KAY’Z in July, 2024 on Clinton Street in Plattsburgh. They serve boba, coffee, and smoothie bowls!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Keigo Kawai was asked by Tony Maglione, Regional Controller at Upstone Materials in Plattsburgh to join him for a conference in Cincinnati, OH to make a presentation attended by more than 100 professionals, Keigo traveled to Cincinnati for an internship presentation with Tony and the other interns. He presented in front of about 100 people from various companies. Here is Keigo’s statement about his experience: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">“During the presentation, I spoke about the projects I've been working on, what I have learned over the past couple of months from both technical and non-technical perspectives, and how I plan to apply these experiences to my future career. After the presentation, I received many compliments from various people, and I was especially honored to have conversations with their CFO and Vice President of Finance. During these conversations, I received a lot of positive feedback, which boosted my confidence and further fueled my eagerness to work as a professional accountant.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Lilian Gunderson, (Environmental Studies, ‘24), has moved to Germany to work with a national environmental center in Europe.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#ff0000">FACULTY & PROGRAM / DEPT. RECOGNITION, GRANTS AWARDED (a small subset)</font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Congratulations to Co-Chairs of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Karina Ckless (PI) & Dr. Rajesh Sunasee (co-PI) on their successful NSF grant, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">RUI: Exploring Mechanisms of Immunomodulation of Functionalized Cellulose Nanomaterial: A Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Approach</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, which received full funding of $468,731 in a highly competitive process. Grant writing can be a daunting task for academics, and success at this level is a many-years progression; I hope to explore ways for Academic Affairs to extend support for externally funded scholarship and research. For the benefit of other faculty, a brief history that I have learned: Dr. Ckless and Dr. Sunasee have combined their areas of expertise to secure extramural funding for their interdisciplinary research activities for several years. Dr. Ckless’ seniority played an important role in initiating this process. Dr. Ckless and Dr Sunasee have collaborated on multiple smaller projects to build the foundation of a major research proposal. After a couple of rejected grant proposals, in 2017, they secured a major NSF-RUI grant of $329,997 to fund their project on designing and testing nanocellulose-based adjuvants to improve the efficiency of vaccines. They continued to seek funding from both NSF and NIH and despite several grants being denied, they never gave up in trying. In 2024, their efforts were rewarded by securing their second major NSF-RUI grant to further gain insights into their interdisciplinary research works on vaccine adjuvants.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Assistant Professor Sara Schaff was recognized with a </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Fiction</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Schaff is the author of the story collections </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Invention of Love</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Split/Lip Press 2020) and</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780988735583/say-something-nice-about-me.aspx" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Say Something Nice About Me</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Augury Books 2016), a CLMP Firecracker Award Finalist in fiction, and a 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for short fiction. Her writing has appeared in </span><a href="https://catapult.co/stories/sara-schaff-interview-with-artist-thuy-van-vu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Catapult</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2020-mayjune/selections/sara-schaff-342846/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Kenyon Review Online</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://www.missourireview.com/west-lake-by-sara-schaff/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Missouri Review,</span></a><a href="https://yalereview.yale.edu/what-we-leave" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Yale Review Online</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Michigan Quarterly Review</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://lithub.com/when-your-characters-live-inside-your-childhood-home/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">LitHub</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, and elsewhere. Schaff is also executive editor at the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Saranac Review</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship makes unrestricted cash grants of $8,000 to New York State-based artists working in 15 disciplines, recognizing five disciplines per year on a triennial basis. This program is administered by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), </span><a href="https://bit.ly/NYFAFellows2024" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">please click here for the full announcement</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#ff0000">STAFF RECOGNITION / ACCOMPLISHMENTS (a small subset)</font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We are happy to share that faculty member and Associate Professor Dr. Kelly Theisen continues as Interim Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence this academic year through the end of Spring 2025. AA looks forward to a search for a permanent director to be underway in Fall semester with an anticipated Fall 2025 start with broad participation from faculty and staff, I will be working in September with Provost’s cabinet on crafting a position description that supports our current portfolio of programs as well as future growth in graduate and online education.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Over the past year, ITS has been diligently rewriting approximately 1,000 custom Banner SQR programs and processes in preparation for a mandatory upgrade to our entire Banner technology stack, scheduled for Fall 2024. These back-end programs are essential to the university's operations and are integral to nearly every area on campus. With significant effort and careful prioritization of other campus projects, this endeavor is now nearing completion. Once finished, the rewrites and the technology stack upgrades will ensure seamless business continuity and enhance our ability to process future updates for critical student services such as financial aid, registration, and more.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">In addition to this major project, ITS has upgraded several teaching spaces. Four classrooms in Sibley have been equipped with new Hyflex technology and furniture, and new classroom technology training videos have been developed. Many other areas have also received tech enhancements as part of our ongoing sustainability planning.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We are also pleased to announce that live TV streaming is now available in numerous common areas, including 12 residence halls, the college fitness center, Angell College Center, Ausable Hall, and Feinberg Library.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#ff0000">ANNOUNCEMENTS / POLICY UPDATES FROM AA TEAM</font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Black Solidarity Day (BSD)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> this year is November 4, 2024, with “Be the Change You Wish to See” as the theme chosen by Black Onyx. The Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and I, along with the Faculty Senate Chair Dr. Haina, encourage you to incorporate that day into your syllabus or work schedule and for faculty to consider reassigning your classes to participate in the event, as well as all faculty, non-teaching faculty and staff in AA to participate. A reminder that according to the policy adopted in Fall 2023 by the Faculty Senate, that BSD </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">must</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> be accommodated on your syllabus, and, there should be no attendance or stakes assignments that day. </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/diversity/teach-in.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">More info here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> including links for the proposal form, student-led presentations, co-facilitated and collaborative session proposals are welcomed, proposals due Friday, September 30, and on the </span><a href="https://www.aaihs.org/dr-carlos-e-russell-and-the-origins-of-black-solidarity-day/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">origins of BSD here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Last year’s presentations’ and topics (on the theme of Social Justice Teach-in) are </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yl_tmMCr20tsNKEmHw3yLptSs4y3QRCmn3gaa0peIuQ/edit?gid=16208043#gid=16208043" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Student supports</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Excellent curriculum and superb faculty are critical but sometimes not sufficient for student success, and with student success we all thrive. Belongingness and student support are best practices that we all strive for, and the faculty and classes are the places where students have by far the most contact with our institution. Working with Dr. Allison Heard in ODEI and others, we </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12al17C9u3o1lVgBXkI4M-_YsL7M0h4Yk?usp=drive_link" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">created a folder with essential resources for students</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">: they include syllabus statements that SUNY mandates. The folder also includes resources that I’d like to personally encourage all faculty to direct students to, whether you include a link to this folder on your syllabus, in Brightspace, or copy all the documents to your course shells. These include affirmations of support for religious diversity and accommodating student observances of religious holidays, fostering inclusion and civic discourse for all students in times that may be contentious, and resources for students who may be facing food insecurity or other basic needs. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I’d also like to personally encourage </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">every</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> faculty person to ensure they have a course shell in our Brightspace LMS for each class, and your syllabus posted, even if you are not going to use other LMS resources. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This is a best practice for accessibility and access to students</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. I remember my own first semester as an UG in Fall 1985 when I left my physics book in the library and lost it and the syllabus right before the final. I don’t recall the grade I got, but still remember the loss of the text because I had just had it autographed by Carl Sagan (he looked at me strangely as it was not his book, but I didn’t have anything else on me when he came to campus and I realized at the event that students could talk to him after his speech). The next semester I changed my major to psychology (make of that what you will). I offer this humble recollection in the sincere hope </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">that all our faculty will make appropriate resources available online for our students</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> regardless of your discipline. This is a small but important step to facilitate our shared goal of helping our students succeed.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">New regulations recently released by the US DOE on Title IX and new guidelines from SUNY Administration on Title VI will mean important new mandatory trainings for all faculty and staff, more to come from our colleagues in HRS.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#ff0000">A FEW IMPORTANT DEADLINES IN NEXT 2 MONTHS</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Nominations for distinguished faculty ranks are due to Provost’s Office by Friday, September 9. Click </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/offices-divisions/academic-affairs/provost/professional-development/distinguished.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to learn more and to nominate a colleague.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sabbatical applications for 2025-2026 due by October 11 in Watermark. Click </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/offices-divisions/academic-affairs/provost/professional-development/sabbaticals.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to learn more. Contact Provost’s Office (</span><a href="mailto:withrogb@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">withrogb@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) to apply in Watermark.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I’d like to encourage faculty and staff to participate in the Alumni in the Classroom Experience program run by Institutional Advancement. The program provides grants for faculty - and staff - to bring alumni back to campus to share their experiences and perspectives with students.  It is intended to support student success, particularly for career prep, and has the added benefit of building stronger relationships with key alumni. It was developed initially to be in-person, but many ACE’s connect with students virtually. The grants are micro-grants to support things like luncheons or mixers for students to meet the ACE and/or very modest stipend for travel expenses (for younger alumni). The </span><a href="https://alumni.plattsburgh.edu/s/1603/bp19/interior.aspx?sid=1603&gid=1&pgid=1479#gsc.tab=0" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">grant application is here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and runs on a rolling basis, at least 2 weeks before alumni are invited to the classroom. Please use the link even if no funding is required. Paul Leduc, Associate Director of Alumni Relations, is the liaison for the program.</span></span><br clear="all"></div></div>
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