<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-831a7615-7fff-47d0-3a56-99ef6eb61d42"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">What do President Barack Obama, space shuttle pilot Eileen Collins, WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes, director Steven Spielberg, baseball Hall-of-famer Jackie Robinson, and renowned actress Lucy Liu all have in common? They were all transfer students!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">One in four students in our Cardinal family come to SUNY Plattsburgh having begun their academic journey elsewhere. Transfer students arrive from countries spread across the globe, from throughout the United States and from all parts of New York State, and they bring to campus new perspectives and life experiences that enrich our campus in innumerable ways. I’m delighted that so many transfer students have joined us here and hope that encouraging transfer students to share perspectives with non-transfer students will enrich our entire community.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">This year we are celebrating the contributions of transfer students to our campus by marking </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AfQ63IsrMEEgBb-pBRibFedYH7CaYctp/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">National Transfer Student Week</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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"> (October 21</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">st</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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"> to 25</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">th</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">) with a series of social and informational events. Please join us in celebrating our Transfer Cardinals! </span></p><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:18px;margin:0px"><b>Marcus Tye, PhD  <i>[he,him]</i></b></div><div style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:18px;margin:0px">Provost & SVPAA</div><div style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:18px;margin:0px">802 Kehoe, 101 Broad Street</div><div style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:bord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