<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">National First-Generation College Student Celebration Week will take place November 2nd-6th. This week gives our campus community an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the experiences and accomplishments of first-generation college students, defined as students whose parents did not complete a four-year college degree.</span></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-71043ffb-7fff-d422-0a92-9e4e4d4052f2"><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:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The First-Generation Committee will meet virtually at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 1 to begin planning this year’s events and activities.</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:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join us on </span><a href="https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/81368066191?jst=2" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom!</span></a></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:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you’re interested in joining the planning committee, we’d love to have you! You may reach out to Erin LaDuke, First-Generation Coordinator, or email </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FirstGen@Plattsburgh.edu</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with any questions.</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:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope to see you there! </span></p></span></div></div>