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Posted on: Monday, April 5, 2021 at 10:00 AM

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This newsletter is a daily source of campus news, useful tips, events information, and updates about confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our community. Read more here.
Students, faculty and staff will also receive important bulletins via NPForward text notifications.
 

IN THIS ISSUE

  • Coronavirus update: Seven students have tested positive
  • All New Yorkers 16 + up will be eligible for vaccine tomorrow, April 6
  • CDC: Vaccinated Americans are cleared to travel, must still wear masks
  • Share your scholarship at the Student Research Symposium
  • SUNY launches new Student Mental Health Peer Advocates Training Program
  • Engineering for the Middle of Nowhere: A Harrington STEM Lecture, tomorrow at 5 p.m.
  • Men's volleyball beats Nazareth with straight-set victories
  • A message for students from President Christian as we near the end of the academic year
  • Events and resources
  • The latest from media
  • From our community: A student Instagram takeover from the Library
 

Coronavirus updates

All New Yorkers 16 + up will be eligible for vaccine tomorrow, April 6
Check appointment availability with the state's Am I Eligible app

CDC: Vaccinated Americans are cleared to travel, must still wear masks
Guidance applies only to fully vaccinated individuals

Weekly COVID-19 testing information and resources
Pool testing available on a walk-in basis, Monday - Thursday
Friday PCR testing is appointment-only with no same-day sign-ups

Save time, check the line at the Awosting Hall testing center
Live updates every minute let you see if there's a wait before you come for testing

SUNY New Paltz COVID-19 Dashboard
The College's tally of active cases, on-campus testing, positivity rates, quarantine and more

 

News of the day

Share your scholarship at the Student Research Symposium
Our spring semester tradition will be held virtually this year on April 30
Submit your abstract by April 9 to apply

SUNY launches new Student Mental Health Peer Advocates Training Program
Initiative developed by the Student Voices Action Committee

Engineering for the Middle of Nowhere: A Harrington STEM Lecture, tomorrow at 5 p.m.
Toby Cumberbatch, professor of electrical engineering at Cooper Union, challenges his students to work through open-ended problems with limited resources

Men's volleyball beats Nazareth with straight-set victories
After playing shorthanded earlier in the season, the team is back to full strength and back to its winning ways

 
 
President Christian speaks to students with about a month of classes left in spring 2021
As we enter the home stretch of the 2020-21 academic year, President Christian has a simple message for students: Stay safe!
Our community has done an outstanding job helping the College sustain in-person offerings this year, but case numbers are rising in the Hudson Valley and New York State. Everyone has a part to play in helping us finish the semester strong. We're so close! We can do this!
 

Events, resources and reminders

Upcoming Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion trainings

 

Virtual Nature Scavenger Hunt, April 6 at 4 p.m.
Deepen your connection to campus biodiversity with the iNaturalist app

"We Are All Gig Workers Now": A talk with reporter and essayist Tammy Kim, the 2021 Ottaway Visiting Professor of Journalism, April 6 at 7 p.m.
The freelance economy seduces with promises of liberty and flexibility. But what really happens on the job?

April events and programs for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Be part of creating a community of support with the Title IX Working Group

Two important changes to the process of enrolling for classes for fall 2021
Students will need to agree to Financial Responsibility Statement before they register, and confir enrollment after they register

 

The latest from media

Taking The Lead: Female Entrepreneurs Of The Hudson Valley
Stories and advice from women leaders in regional business
Chronogram, 4/2/21

 

From Our Community

 
Instagram Stories Tuesday Takeover, March 30, 2021: Featuring Chris Galindo '21
Our latest Instagram Stories Student Takeover took us into the hallowed halls of the Sojourner Truth Library, where Chris Galindo '21 (Psychology) is a student assistant and key member of the team that has kept the Library open and available to students, faculty and staff during the pandemic.
Watch Chris's full video here, and as always, check in Tuesday @sunynewpaltz for the next episode!
 

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We're always working to make sure this newsletter is providing students, faculty and staff with important and useful information. If you have news you'd like to get out to members of our community, we welcome submissions* and ideas of all kinds:
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  • Figured out a lifehack to help yourself stay positive?
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