<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, May 5, 2021</span></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-d11c02e2-7fff-8902-e69f-4db13fb207ee"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Noon - 1:15 p.m. by Zoom (link to follow)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A vibrant society and strong economy thrive on a well-educated and engaged workforce. Promoting undergraduate research supports these goals by cultivating future generations of creative and critical thinkers, which in turn fosters the nation’s leadership in problem-solving and innovation. What are some of the ways higher education can reinforce its commitment to undergraduate research and further support faculty involved in mentoring undergraduate researchers?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Past Institute Fellow Dr. Anreas Stamatis — associate professor, undergraduate program coordinator, and lab director in the exercise and nutrition sciences program at SUNY Plattsburgh — will be joined by prize winning undergraduate researchers Arriana Patraw, Lindsay Guzzetta and Lauren Chin. Also contributing to the colloquy will be Dr. Peter W. Grandjean, dean and professor of exercise science, The University of Mississippi; Dr. Grant B. Morgan, associate professor and chair of educational psychology, Baylor University; Dr. Zacharias Papadakis, assistant professor and lab director of sport and exercise sciences, Barry University; and SUNY Plattsburgh lecturer Lisa A. Vicencio, who serves as the college’s associate head athletic trainer.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Institute for Ethics in Public Life is generously supported by gifts to the Plattsburgh College Foundation. For further information about the Ethics Institute, contact Dr. Jonathan Slater, director, at </span><a href="mailto:slaterjr@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">slaterjr@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Colloquies at the Ethics Institute are open to the entire SUNY Plattsburgh community.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></div></div>