<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-971b8153-7fff-f8f8-f7ec-e63f13ae38a7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Data Matters: Monthly Updates from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Welcome to the April edition of </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Data Matters</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">! As we look toward the end of the academic year, we’re highlighting a range of initiatives that connect our campus to the wider community and support SUNY Plattsburgh’s strategic goals. From collaborative research to new programming and campus-wide conversations, there's a lot happening—and we’re excited to share updates, opportunities, and ideas for what’s ahead.</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;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"><font face="times new roman, serif">Data Spotlight: Engage the North Country Region</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Supporting the Plattsburgh Next strategic plan, SUNY Plattsburgh supports many research and outreach initiatives that deepen engagement with the North Country region—ranging from health and well-being to environmental stewardship, business development, education, and community relations. These efforts reflect the college’s commitment to regional impact through collaboration, innovation, and community-centered research.</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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 style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:376px;height:488px"><font face="times new roman, serif"><img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd0i1xK5Ph2ICUK6k3Xq1u8CCB_C2IKH-zj04PUcv25bml79Pa16WH8RdtV2GqOeYpr3QzvyvstinaWcRgGoUJUzbqD7VOblg51wpda9ec1FB8JGWzuEbE-UfGmO7087khBXA26lw?key=vyNkKwcNPoVmL1vx-MzJ_ebx" width="376" height="488" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></font></span></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;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"><font face="times new roman, serif">Got Data? Presentation - Thursday, May 15 at 11 a.m.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Our next Got Data? presentation will feature ACE Program Director Sara Munson. Sara will share information about the impact of the ACE Program and evaluate various program interventions. The event will be held on Thursday, May 15 from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the Alumni Conference Room of the ACC. Light refreshments will be served. If you are interested in presenting at a future Got Data? event, contact us at </span><a href="mailto:OIE@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">OIE@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;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></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Student Perceptions of Plattsburgh Next</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">OIE and Public Relations intern Maggie Goff recently conducted a survey of student awareness and opinion related to Plattsburgh Next. When asked if they were aware of Plattsburgh Next, 85.5% of student respondents indicated they were not. Students were then asked if they had heard of any of the pillars that make up the plan, 30.1% said they had heard of at least one of the pillars. When asked about the importance of these pillars to them as a student, most responded that they were neutral. The only pillar about which more students indicated importance rather than neutrality was the Strengthening Student Success. To check out a student spotlight related to this pillar, see the attachment to this email.</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Coffee Hour</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">OIE will be hosting another collaborative coffee hour on May 5th from  11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Feel free to join us to discuss your ideas for the upcoming year as they relate to evaluating new initiatives, revisiting old ones, or to ideate on what effects might be anticipated given the changes to the higher education landscape. Our thanks to those that joined us last month for the coffee, snacks, and conversation!</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Coming Fall 2025: Data Influencer Program</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Are you interested in using data more effectively to support student success and drive informed decisions? This fall, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness will launch a new Data Influencer Certificate Program for a limited number of campus participants. Those enrolled will explore practical, campus-specific topics like reporting tools, student success prediction, data visualization, and ethical data use—building skills to ask better questions and communicate insights with confidence. Those who complete four sessions will be recognized as Data Influencers at a special event with President Enyedi. Contact us at <a href="mailto:OIE@plattsburgh.edu">OIE@plattsburgh.edu</a> for more information or to collaborate on this idea—and keep your eyes peeled for more details soon!</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Data Challenge</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">New month, new curiosity. Students from all walks of life and backgrounds experience hardship at some point in their college careers, the degree to which ranges from momentarily inconvenient to trajectory altering. For a variety of reasons, students choose to withdraw from college and this month we’re going to explore that a little bit. Consider </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UdMB1JqFY6J4q9fUSKhXwSLZQd0OlV3V/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">this synthetic data</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, generated from real SUNY Plattsburgh data. Are there any trends that you find interesting? Maybe it confirms a suspicion or contradicts an intuition.</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Feel free to use whichever tool or platform you are comfortable with. We would love to hear from each of you participating as your work may help inform future organizational analysis! Your visualization, KPI, or story could even be featured in the following month’s newsletter.  If you’re interested in participating but aren’t sure where to start, please contact Levi Martinez (</span><a href="mailto:Lmart008@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Lmart008@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">).</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">As we continue to align our work with strategic priorities, we’re inspired by the many ways our campus connects with and contributes to the broader North Country community. Whether you're running a research project, advising students, or curious about what’s happening across campus, your role matters—and we’re here to support that work through thoughtful data, shared learning, and collaborative exploration.</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Best regards,</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">The Office of Institutional Effectiveness</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Erin Campbell | Associate Director, Coordinator for Institutional Research</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Kylie King | Director</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif"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