<div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleagues,</span><br></span><span id="m_-2124365096271570223gmail-docs-internal-guid-ac3b895a-7fff-e75a-2557-8bb0d4d5fda5"><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">I am pleased to announce that effective October 29th, Dr. Denise Simard will assume the permanent position of Dean of the School of Education, Health, and Human Services. As you may know, Dr. Simard is in her 4th year serving as the Interim Dean of EHHS, having been appointed in July 2017. She began her career at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2004 as an Assistant Professor in the Special Education Department and was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in 2017. In 2008, Denise began serving as chairperson of the Undergraduate Teacher Education Department, and in addition to this leadership role, from 2010-2017, she also began working as Associate Dean for her school. Prior to joining SUNY Plattsburgh, Denise served as a special education teacher in the local area; a Program Coordinator for the Online Learning and Distance Education Division and Program Manager of the Policy to Practices Division at the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Technology in Education; and Education Coordinator  at Learning Independence Through Computers. Her areas of interest and research include multiculturalism, special education, assistive technology, online learning, communities of practice, the mental health of college students, and most recently, women in leadership in higher education.</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;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since I joined this campus in July 2020 as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, I have found Denise to be a thoughtful, collaborative, and highly skilled academic leader who has been invaluable to me during my transition period. At a time of significant institutional challenge with the pandemic and budgetary pressures, I feel very fortunate to have Denise as a member of my Cabinet who brings extensive historical campus knowledge to our work together. She is a strong advocate for each of her departments and her school with student learning outcomes and faculty concerns always at the foreground of her thinking. I hope you will join me in wishing Dr. Denise Simard your sincerest congratulations on her appointment to the position of Dean of the School of Education, Health, and Human Services.</span></p></span><br><div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;display:inline;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase">ANNE HERZOG, </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;display:inline;margin:0px;font-weight:bold">PhD</div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;margin:0px"><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px">(She, Her, Hers)</div><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px">Provost</div><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px">Vice President for Academic Affairs</div><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px">802 Kehoe</div><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px">101 Broad Street<br>Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px">(o) 518-564-5402</div><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/" title="SUNY Plattsburgh Link" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;display:block;margin:0px;font-weight:bold" target="_blank"><span>plattsburgh.edu</span></a><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunyplattsburgh" title="Visit SUNY Plattsburgh on Facebook" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;display:inline-block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/_images/about/facebook-logo-60x60.png" width="30" height="30" alt="Facebook Logo" style="vertical-align:middle;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:7px 3px 0px 0px"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sunyplattsburgh" title="Follow SUNY Plattsburgh on Twitter" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;display:inline-block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/_images/about/twitter-logo-60x60.png" width="30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