[Important Information for Employees] June Campus Update

[Office of the President]

Dear Campus Community,

I am writing to share the wonderful news that the state of New York and
SUNY system will invest more than $4.2 million additional dollars in SUNY
Plattsburgh in the upcoming 2023-2024 fiscal year that begins July 1. This
an historic investment that will help grow our future success and
advancement on our Plattsburgh Next priorities.

I learned details of this allocation yesterday in a Zoom meeting with other
state-operated campus presidents and Chancellor John King. This welcome
funding comes with a wide range of criteria campuses need to follow. In
some cases this is tied to various metrics; in other cases dollars are tied
to particular services.

It will take us some time to process the various buckets and then place
them across our areas of needs and services. We will also need to mesh all
of this within our own budget plans as we close the last fiscal year and
begin the next one.

For now, I want to share the following 2023-2024 details for SUNY
Plattsburgh:

   - $2,162,458 in new direct state operating aid. This is earmarked
   directly to our cost of operations and will go into our general fund.
   - $950,000 in one-time "transformational investment." These dollars are
   to be used for "evidence-based transformational interventions focused on
   improving the student experience and outcomes ensuring greater operational
   efficiency." There are additional specific criteria laid out for this and a
   plan will need to be developed for this over the summer.
   - $1,117,400 in new, ongoing, funding to our university for the
   following specific areas:
      - $538,600 in support for students with disabilities
      - $250,000 for mental health supports
      - $231,800 toward support for internship opportunities
      - $50,000 in support for student research
      - $38,700 for food insecurity support
      - $8,300 for graduate student worker fee mitigation

Worth noting from above is that more than $3.2 million of the new funding
is ongoing and will recur each year. And more than half of all the new
funding goes directly into general operations with no specific criteria.

As I noted at the outset, this investment is historic and is a validation
of what we do in serving students, from admission to graduation and beyond.
I will share more details as we develop them, but I wanted to share as soon
as I was able what we will be building upon in advance of the fall 2023
semester.

I wish the best to each of you this summer. It is truly a wonderful time to
be a Cardinal.

Alex Enyedi
President
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