<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-5952b232-7fff-2c34-25f5-50ba7edb23d9"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(103,78,167);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Next Week at the Ethics Institute: Free Speech and When it Causes Pain</span></span></div><div>Join us in the Hermes Lounge at noon Wednesday, Sept. 15, for a look at free speech and our ethical obligations surrounding the fact that it can, and often does, cause pain. </div><div><br></div><div>This <span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Constitution Day event is part of a mandated effort to provide informative and engaging programming to educational institutions that receive federal funding. </span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Visit </span><a href="https://bit.ly/OpeningEthicsActivities2021">https://bit.ly/OpeningEthicsActivities2021</a> to see all of the activities, including more with a Constitution Day theme. Register at <a href="https://bit.ly/EthicsRegSept2021">https://bit.ly/EthicsRegSept2021</a>.</div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-0d981810-7fff-5149-1a45-9147435b720c"><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(103,78,167);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="2">Constitution Day Panel on Free Speech: As a Right and When It Causes Pain</font></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Noon, Wednesday, Sept. 15</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap">Hermes Conference Room, Au Sable Hall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap">Online <a href="http://facebook.com/plattsethics">facebook.com/plattsethics</a>. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;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 joint panel discussion with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, featuring:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Michelle Cromwell, </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Patrick Rascoe, University Police Chief.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. John McMahon, Assistant Professor of Political Science.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Raymond Carman, Associate Professor of Political Science.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Liz Onasch, Assistant Professor of Sociology.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Portia Turco, NCC, LMHC, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Coordinator and Ward Hall Counseling Clinic Director.
</span></p></li></ul><div><span><br></span></div>Register at <a href="https://bit.ly/EthicsRegSept2021">https://bit.ly/EthicsRegSept2021</a>.  <font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4a8cef60-7fff-b444-d631-a74f3a7e679c"><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(103,78,167);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="2">About the Institute for Ethics in Public Life</font></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;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 size="1">The institute was founded in 1999 on the idea that citizens should make sound choices based on free speech and that those in public life should lead in humility and govern for the public good. </font></span></p><div style="text-align:center"><font size="1"><br></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:Arial;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 more information about this semester’s offerings, contact Michelle Ouellette, colloquy coordinator, at </span><a href="mailto:michelle.ouellette@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">michelle.ouellette@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. For further information about the Ethics Institute, contact Dr. Jonathan Slater, director, at <a href="mailto:slaterjr@plattsburgh.edu">slaterjr@plattsburgh.edu</a>. </span></font></p><div style="text-align:center"><font size="1"><br></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;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 size="1">Ethics Institute colloquies are open to the entire SUNY Plattsburgh community.</font></span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div>