<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Good afternoon,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It's hard to believe SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury's joint commencement ceremony with SUNY Adirondack is just 12 days away! We cannot wait to celebrate the success of our December '23 and May '24 graduates. Below please find key details for the big day! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-8b5642bf-7fff-b0d1-092e-6871a03e5ec9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">CELEBRATING YOUR SUCCESS!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Senior Send Off: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">On Monday May 6 and Wednesday May 8 graduates are invited to stop by our office for Senior-Send Off!</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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"> Light refreshments </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">will be served and a small gift, sponsored by the Alumni Association, will be given to each graduate that stops by.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Cap Decorating: </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"CG Times",serif;font-size:15.3333px;font-weight:700">Starts today!  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"CG Times",serif;font-size:11.5pt">The Plattsburgh Activities Committee will sponsor a cap decorating contest, supplies for which are available April 29 - May 10 in Bryan Hall 120. To participate in the contest, email a photo of your decorated cap to <a href="mailto:branchcampus@plattsburgh.edu">branchcampus@plattsburgh.edu</a>. Photos will be posted to social media the Monday after commencement for a vote; the winner will receive a diploma frame valued at $200!</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY & PARKING</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">Date: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">Saturday May 11, 2024, 11:00 a.m. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">  Location: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">Cool Insuring Arena (Glens Falls Civic Center)  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">Parking around the arena is very limited. Graduates can be dropped off in front of the main doors.  Parking in front of the building is for wheelchair accessible parking only. Families can park in the nearby St. Mary’s Church parking lot or surrounding parking areas.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">ARRIVAL & CHECK-IN</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">There is no rehearsal or tickets for commencement although students who wish to attend who have not already RSVPed should do so no later than May 1 at </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2H0PxlS" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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">bit.ly/2H0PxlS</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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><p style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">Still need a cap, gown, or tassel? Visit SUNY Adirondack's bookstore in-person or SUNY Plattsburgh's bookstore online!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">Graduating students should use the main entrance on Glen Street and report inside to Heritage Hall no later than 10:15 a.m. for check-in.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",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">At 10:30 a.m. graduates will line up in Heritage Hall to process into the arena precisely at 11:00 a.m.  During line up you will receive your name card, which you will later give to Michelle Peter, who will announce your name when you walk across the stage. Faculty and staff responsible for the procession will help guide you where to sit and when to stand. Here is what you can expect during the ceremony:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",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;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.165;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Faculty Marshals will lead students to the stage. Students will hand their name card to the person at the lower </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"CG Times",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">podium.</span><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