<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-9da5a7eb-7fff-2ca0-9cbf-30dc8527e6f5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Title IX Coordinator Updates</span></b></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope that your semester is progressing successfully and that you are doing well. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Over the last month I have served as the interim Title IX Coordinator, and we are actively searching for a full-time person. The recruitment process is in full swing and we hope to fill this important position by early November. While the search continues, the College has contracted the services of a consulting firm, Grand River solutions, to support the institution in taking reports and conducting investigations. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Anne James will serve as our Interim Title IX Coordinator from Monday October 4. Please see Dr. James's bio </span><a href="https://www.grandriversolutions.com/?team=ann-james" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here.</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Information and details of how to report experiences of discrimination, harassment, and/or violence and the college's current policies, reporting options and available resources have not changed. TitleIX reports or questions/concerns should still be sent by email to </span><a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Title.IX@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and by confidential calls to 518-564-3281. Additionally, if someone needs to meet in person, I will be available to connect you with Dr. James who is working remotely. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here are resources that you may need or be interested in knowing more about:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">❖         </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/health-safety/title-ix/sexual-assault-interpersonal-violence.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reporting Options in Brief</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">❖         </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/health-safety/title-ix/sexual-assault-interpersonal-violence.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Resources (under “Who Can Help?”)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">❖         </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/health-safety/title-ix/faq.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What to do if someone reports an incident to you?</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">❖         </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/health-safety/title-ix/faq.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Frequently Asked Questions</span></a></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As we continue to actively keep our campus safe, I thank you for your collaborative efforts to address violence and to change the culture of the college. Let us continue linking students, faculty, and staff to resources on campus and sharing information that may come to us about violence discrimination, or gender inequity. If you have any questions please contact me.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sending good wishes for a safe and enriching semester.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michelle Cromwell</span></p><br></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.66670036315918px"> </span></font></div>