<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Welcome back to Cardinal Country! <span style="font-size:12pt">We are so excited to work with each of you: new
students starting your journey and returning students continuing yours.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">Your success is important to me and all of us
at SUNY Plattsburgh.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Move-in and Opening Weekend are just around the corner and I
wanted to share some information with you that we hope will make the process
easier and allow you and your families to plan.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:20pt">COVID Vaccine and Masking:</span></b><span style="font-size:20pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Be aware that all students who will have a physical presence
on campus, are required to provide evidence of, at minimum, the initial course
of COVID vaccinations, or receive an exemption.
Follow this link to learn more about this topic <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/covid-19/index.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">COVID-19</a><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"> Campus Updates</span>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Masks are not generally required to be worn on campus but
are encouraged for those that want to wear them. Masks are required in certain circumstances
as outlined on the <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/covid-19/index.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">COVID-19
Campus Updates</a> web page.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Move-in:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">You can find your room assignment, move-in day and your
student mailbox info on your <a href="https://plattsburgh.datacenter.adirondacksolutions.com/plattsburgh_thdss_prod/index.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Housing
Portal</a>. More information about the
move-in process can be found on <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/current-students/opening-week-information.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Opening
Week Information page</a>. To check-in, you’ll go directly to your assigned
Residence Hall. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Getting to your Residence Hall and Parking Information:</span></b><b> </b></p>
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addresses and parking information for all residence halls can be found on the <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/current-students/opening-week-information.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Opening
Week Information page</a>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt">New</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt"> On-Campus Students Coming from Within
the US</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Move-in for new domestic students living on campus will take
place on Thursday, August 25 and Friday, August 26. <i>Students
coming from outside the United States (US), please reference the section below for
International Students. </i>Each domestic
student has been assigned a specific move-in day based on the first letter of
their last name:</p>
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</span></span>A-M – Thursday, August 25, Check-in from 9:00 am
– 4:00 pm</p>
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</span></span>N-Z – Friday, August 26, Check-in from 9:00 am –
4:00 pm </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt">Retuning</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt"> On-Campus
Students</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Move-in for ALL returning students living on campus will
take place on Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28. Each student has been assigned a specific
move-in day based on the first letter of their last name:</p>
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</span></span>A-M – Saturday, August 27, Check-in from 9:00 am
– 4:00 pm</p>
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</span></span>N-Z – Sunday , August 28, Check-in from 9:00 am
– 4:00 pm </p>
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from Outside the US</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you are living on campus, please adhere to the move-in
dates and processes already communicated to you by the SUNY Plattsburgh Global
Education Office (GEO). Please note that you must check in with your Community
Living Team on the first floor of your residence hall at some point during
Opening Weekend (Thursday, August 25 – Sunday, August 28). </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We also hope that you enjoy <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/admissions/international/accepted-students/orientation-schedules.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">International
Student orientation</a> (Tuesday, August 23 – Friday, August 26) and getting to
know each other. We encourage you to get
to know many other students beginning on Opening Weekend. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Attached to this email you will find the agenda for Cardinal
Welcome Days. This guide provides you with the activities we’ve planned
throughout the entire opening. More
detailed information related to activities, office hours, registration, etc.,
can be found here: <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/current-students/opening-week-information.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Opening
Weekend</a>. We have many things planned
for you so please join us at these events.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">At 3:30 pm on Friday, August 26, on-campus students will
meet in front of each residence hall to walk to the <b>Matriculation Ceremony</b> which will take place in the Memorial Hall
Gymnasium at 4:00 PM. (Although rare, we
have had a few new students miss this event due to unavoidable
circumstances. We understand things can
happen. Not attending will not impact
your student status at the College.)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:20pt">Information for Commuting Students:</span></b><span style="font-size:20pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Although you won’t be living on-campus, we want you to know
that you are such an important part of our community, we have thought about you
and want you to join us for all of the events over your Opening Week. Follow this link for all we have planned for
you: <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/current-students/opening-week-information.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Opening
Week Information Page</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We want you to attend the events we have planned on the
attached agenda for Cardinal Welcome Days.
Below are some highlights and special instructions.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u>Friday, August 26 – 4:00 PM, Matriculation Ceremony</u> –
Please park in the parking lots of the Kehoe Administration Building, Lots 11
and 12 on this <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/_documents/maps/suny-plattsburgh-campus-map-8-5x11-oct-2021.pdf" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">linked
map</a> and proceed into the main entrance of <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/athletics/facilities/memorial-hall.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Memorial
Hall</a>, Building 11 on the <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/_documents/maps/suny-plattsburgh-campus-map-8-5x11-oct-2021.pdf" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">linked
map</a>. The ceremony will take place in
the Memorial Hall Gymnasium on the left as you walk in.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u>Sunday, August 28 – 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Academic Department
Meetings</u> – All new students are expected to attend these meetings. Specific
locations for each academic school are shared on the <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/current-students/opening-week-information.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Opening
Week Information Page</a> under New Student Events. At these meetings you’ll
learn specifics about your program, meet faculty and connect with other new
students in your major. Stay on campus
and join us as we open the academic buildings from 1-3 pm so that you can find
all of your classrooms. <span style="color:black">Park in the
parking lots near your Department meetings knowing that we will not be
ticketing, outside of vehicles parked illegally in “Handicapped Only” spaces,
over Opening Weekend. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you have questions, please let me know, <a href="mailto:matthesp@plattsburgh.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">matthesp@plattsburgh.edu</a>. 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