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Daily Digest: SUNY New Paltz News

Posted on: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 10:00 AM
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We created this daily newsletter to keep students, faculty and staff informed about campus news and resources for distance learning, while also reducing the volume of emails we're all receiving. Read more here.
 

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Reminder: Nominate a colleague for the Classified Staff Presidential Award by June 3
  • Upcoming investment and financial advising resources
  • Communication faculty on The Academic Minute
  • College mourns passing of Arthur Hack, longtime professor of English
  • SUNY calls for contributors to a #DontRushChallenge video for Pride Month
  • NP Hawks salutes two-sport champion Maddie Van Pelt
  • Community Pandemic Blog: Finding comfort in the lack of control
  • Community events, including a session today on chaplain skills for supporting students
  • Coronavirus updates
  • The latest from media
 

News from around campus

Nominate a colleague for the Classified Staff Presidential Award by June 3
The College continues its tradition of recognizing employees for exceptional service

Can art help us become better communicators?
Lecturer Terry Gipson discusses new approach to learning on The Academic Minute

Upcoming investment and financial advising resources
Employees can schedule meetings with advisors this week and next

College mourns passing of Arthur Hack, professor of English for nearly four decades
Hack, 86, remembered for his passion for literature and his ability to make people laugh

Van Pelt ends SUNY New Paltz athletic career as one of the most decorated in school history
Two-sport champion's name is written all over the College's record books
 
 
SUNY is preparing for Pride Month by calling on creative minds from throughout the state university system to help create a #DontRushChallenge-style video of transformations from everyday, quarantine attire to full on PRIDE march gear. Today, May 27, is the last day to sign up to participate - simply enter your info using this link, and we'll send details and instructions on how to create your video. Follow on Instagram @nplgbtq for more!
 

Upcoming Events

Chaplain skills support for students, today at 11 a.m.
Rabbi Lori Wynters will lead a conversation on using methods based in mindfulness and spirituality to support students and each other in a time of greater restriction

TODAY: Hudson Valley Music Collective Virtual Songwriter Circle
This bi-monthly, remote series including New Paltz alumni gives musicians the chance to discuss the sometimes daunting, sometimes effortless, always rewarding process of songwriting

SUNY FACT2 Online Symposium: Responding in real-time to a global crisis
A free event on May 28 focused on exploring how necessity has fostered innovations in teaching and learning, and what we can learn from our collective successes and failures
 

Coronavirus updates

May 27 report on confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the campus community
No new cases to report as of 4 p.m. yesterday
 

The latest from media

Interest rate on federal college loans is about to hit a record low
A "silver lining" that could save undergraduate students thousands
The New York Times, 5/22/20
 

Community Pandemic Blog
 
The Existential Crisis of Unemployment During Quarantine
by Noah Gomez ’19 (Digital Media Production)

Finding comfort in the sudden lack of control

All students, faculty and staff are invited to submit original writing, visual art, or other creative responses to be shared in our new Community Pandemic Blog. We also welcome faculty submissions of exceptional student work, on behalf of and with permission from their students.
Please use this link to read more about this project and share.
 

Daily Digest readers: We want to hear from you! 

Our team is seeking input on how this newsletter can best serve students, faculty and staff as we all adjust to new challenges posed by the response to coronavirus.
We're inviting submissions* and ideas of all kinds:
  • Have important news to share with the SUNY New Paltz community?
  • Developed an innovative solution to improve remote teaching and learning?
  • Figured out a lifehack to help yourself stay positive?
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Please just reply to this email or write to communication@newpaltz.edu and let us know what you would like to see in this space. Thank you!
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