<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear Cardinals,</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We are sharing details for spring semester as we look forward to welcoming you back to campus soon.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Students at all SUNY campuses who are eligible to receive a booster are now required to get one.  If you are eligible, and have not received a booster or scheduled one, please do so now.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Here are some other key items to know about boosters:</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Up-to-Date Status</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Students using campus for any reason are required to have up-to-date COVID vaccinations. You accomplish this by being fully vaccinated and then getting a booster when eligible. Boosters require two weeks to be fully effective, so get boosted before the start of classes on January 31st. </span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Locations</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You can make an appointment online. </span><a href="https://www.vaccines.gov/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Schedule an appointment</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> today at the booster location nearest you.</span></font></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Proof of Booster Shot</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">When you have proof of your booster shot, you must submit it online at: </span><a href="https://machform.plattsburgh.edu/view.php?id=366894" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(26,115,232);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://machform.plattsburgh.edu/view.php?id=366894</span></a></font></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Eligibility</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You are eligible to receive a booster now if:</span></font></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:circle;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">You received the Pfizer-BioNTech initial vaccine series or the Moderna initial vaccine series at least five months ago</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:circle;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">You received the initial vaccine dose of Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at least two months ago  </font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:circle;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You received your </span><a href="https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/agency/who/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">WHO-approved vaccine</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> or vaccine series at least five months ago</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></font></p></li></ul></ul><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Exemptions</font></span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:47pt;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">If you had a medical or religious exemption last semester, that exemption will carry over to the spring 2022 semester.</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:47pt;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We understand that some students who are booster eligible will not be able to receive one before January 31st, or have recently had COVID.  A process for temporary booster exemptions is being developed and will be shared as soon as it becomes available.</font></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please continue to monitor your email and the </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/covid-19/index.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COVID-19 Campus Updates webpage</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for ongoing updates and information.</span><span style="text-align:center"> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">And remember: A booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will help all eligible students  maximize their protection, prolong the vaccine’s durability and continue to safeguard our  campus and communities against the virus.</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></font><div style="margin:0px;line-height:18px;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif">R. Lizzie Wahab</font></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:18px;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal">Vice President </span><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:18px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Enrollment & Student Success<br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:18px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:18px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Kathleen Camelo, M.D.</b><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Director</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Student Health and Counseling Center</span><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:18px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:18px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">101 Broad Street<br>Plattsburgh, NY 12901</font></div><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">(o) </font><a href="tel:+1-518-564-3824" title="Office Phone Number" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;display:inline;margin:0px">518-564-</a><font color="#cc0000">2280</font><br></font></div><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">(o) </font><a href="tel:+1-518-564-3824" title="Office Phone Number" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;display:inline;margin:0px">518-564-</a><font color="#cc0000">5089</font><br></font></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal"><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/" title="SUNY Plattsburgh Link" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;display:block;margin:0px;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif">plattsburgh.edu</font></a></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal"><b style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><img src="https://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/914/images/SUNY-Plattsburgh-Email-Logo-2018.jpg" class="gmail-CToWUd"></font></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>