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Daily Digest: SUNY New Paltz News

Posted on: Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 10:00 AM

   
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IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Introducing the College's 2020 Valedictorian
  • Instructions for accessing the virtual Student Research Symposium on May 1
  • Protecting students' login data with multi-factor authentication
  • Athletics features: Catching up with a volleyball national champion
  • Professional development opportunities, including new sessions from HRDI
  • From our community: Another #throwbackthursday photo from the archives
  • Coronavirus updates
  • The latest from media
 

Virtual Commencement: News and action items

Majessa Pedrozo is SUNY New Paltz’s 2020 Valedictorian
Meet the outstanding Communication Disorders graduate who will give remarks at the virtual Commencement on May 22

 

News from around campus

Virtual Student Research Symposium launches Friday, May 1
Instructions for joining undergraduate scholars and faculty mentors for annual celebration of original projects that span the disciplines

College extending multi-factor authentication service to student accounts
An additional layer of security to protect your information when logging in

SUNY New Paltz athletics features: Tevin Skeete, Men's Volleyball
One student's journey from "last kid picked" to national champion

 
 
"Students often comment on how this course fundamentally changes the way they see the world." Watch the full video to hear more about Professor Hamilton Stapell's online summer course, "Evolution and Human Health," and learn more about registering for summer 2020 courses at www.newpaltz.edu/summer.
 

Professional development and training opportunities

Upcoming Office of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion Trainings:

Click the links above to register, or view all available HRDI trainings at: www.newpaltz.edu/hr/training/catalog.html

May Day Faculty Tea & Coffee, May 1 at 1:30 p.m.
Join the Faculty Development Center for its final Friday gathering of the spring 2020 semester

COIL summer Global Goals teaching opportunity webinars, May 1 at 2 p.m.
Faculty and staff can learn how to become content creators for an innovative new summer course structure

Study abroad goes virtual: Two-week SUNY COIL workshop, May 4 - 15
An immersive development opportunity designed to help faculty transform existing international programs into engaging summer experiences
Contact the Faculty Development Center (facultycenter@newpaltz.edu) for info on tuition assistance

 

Coronavirus updates

 

The latest from media

Service during solitude: Community service opportunities for COVID-19
Ideas for making a difference, including some that can be done from home
(New Paltz Oracle, 4/24/20)

 

From our community

 

Before drones, people still found ways to photograph the SUNY New Paltz campus from above. This #throwbackthursday aerial of the field behind Coykendall Science Building dates back to 1977.

 

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