<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"></font>Good afternoon colleagues,<br><br>I am pleased to be reaching out to you today with my first communication.  I have met many people already in my first week, but there are many more of you I have not met yet. I am Marcus Marenda, newly hired into the role of Associate for Academic Budgets & Resources (formerly called Assistant to the Provost).  <br><br>The Office of the Provost invites those eligible to apply for Sabbatical Leave for the upcoming 2026-2027 academic calendar.  To learn more about eligibility and the application process, please review the Sabbatical Leave Information page. If you would like to apply for a sabbatical for next academic year, please email me at <a href="mailto:mmare006@plattsburgh.edu">mmare006@plattsburgh.edu</a> and I will add you to the application process in Watermark. Completed applications are due by Friday, October 10, 2025.<br><br>Please remember that sabbatical awards are highly competitive, and only a limited number can be given in any one year. Sabbatical awards are available in three forms: <br><br>half-year at full-pay;<br>half-year at half-pay; and<br>full-year at half-pay;<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">The number of sabbatical awards will be limited by the funding available and the quality of the applications. In some cases, if a faculty member is not approved for a half-year full-pay sabbatical, they may be offered the opportunity to take the sabbatical at half-year half-pay. In each case, sabbatical awards cannot adversely affect the teaching/learning environment for students or other reasonable academic services provided by the university.<br></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-90ab8640-7fff-0038-cb28-a3c614599fda"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.554;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">MARCUS MARENDA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.554;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Associate for Academic Budgets & Resources</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.554;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">808 Kehoe Administration Building</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.554;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">101 Broad Street</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.554;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">(o) </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(200,16,46);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">518-564-3198</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.554;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">(f) </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(200,16,46);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">518-564-4415</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.554;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(200,16,46);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">plattsburgh.edu</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(200,16,46);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeri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