<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">The t-shirts are in and they look great! It’s not too late to get yours.</b><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></b><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">The next 17 individuals who email a copy of their Deque University certificate of completion to </span><a href="mailto:jlock004@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(26,115,232);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">jlock004@plattsburgh.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><u style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"></u><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">will receive a custom-designed Accessibility: Unlocking Our Potential t-shirt. The completion certificate must be for one of the following full curricula:</span><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><ul style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><li>Customer Service for People with Disabilities 1.0</li><li>Accessibility Program Management Curriculum 2.0</li><li>One of the other eight available curricula.</li></ul><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Please don't delay. We have a limited number of T-shirts available, and we lose access to these valuable Deque courses on August 16, 2022. First come, first-served.</span><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">To enroll, </b><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">simply go to </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://dequeuniversity.com/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1635879538020162&usg=AOvVaw3lzLyHnZFd7O5nnziw3Zav" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(26,115,232);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Deque University</a><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">, click on the Login button, and use your Plattsburgh email address for your user name. Then, select the "forgot password" link and create a password you'll remember.</span><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">View an Accessibility Webinar</b><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">In this week’s installment, I invite you to view a </span><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://youtu.be/glYnRwYfT-0">20-minute recording </a></span><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">of a presentation I gave to faculty in our School of Business and Economics (SBE). While it was developed specifically for faculty, this presentation contains important information that is relevant to staff as well. </span><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">The presentation discusses our commitment to making SUNY Plattsburgh compliant with relevant accessibility laws, our current status, resources and services available, and the challenges we face.</span><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">The EIT committee would like to thank SBE Dean Neureuther and Dr. Kameliia Petrova for organizing the event. We would also like to extend the offer to other departments and programs— academic as well as professional— throughout campus to meet live or virtually. We will work to create a presentation targeted to each group’s particular considerations and challenges with respect to ADA compliance and  accessibility in general.</span><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/glYnRwYfT-0&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1635879538020162&usg=AOvVaw1EBSJQ4T_Hh9Ah7bPQzvgv" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(26,115,232);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">https://youtu.be/glYnRwYfT-0</a><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">John Locke, P.h.D.</span><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">EIT Committee Chair</span><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px"></span></div><div style="text-align:left">*Preferred Pronouns: he/him <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.glsen.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FGLSEN%2520Pronouns%2520Resource.pdf&data=02%7C01%7CSarahjane.Dube%40uvmhealth.org%7C060af3d8eac04dc45f0308d7169299dd%7C5fc09f37dc5a489395c0ae3bb5ef18df%7C0%7C1%7C637002691227915932&sdata=yzCkpriTsruabX50zem9ShLf9Ln6ietI0vPorvfq958%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">why</a></div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>