IN THIS ISSUE:

• Masks and communities of color
• Summer Session course registration opens today
• Update on how the College communicates confirmed cases and important news
• Online support from the Center for Student Success
• Tips to prevent unwelcome Webex interruptions
• A dispatch from Hugo!
• Trainings and professional development opportunities
• The latest from media
• From our community: Poem in your Pocket

News from around campus

Masks and communities of color
How using personal protective gear may spark incidents of bias

An update on new communication protocols
Afternoon COVID-19 case reporting will be discontinued; these updates will now be shared in the morning Daily Digest

Summer Session course registration opens today

Hundreds of online courses to choose from, including Professor Stanislavskaya's History of American Musical Theatre. Learn more and register at www.newpaltz.edu/summer

Resources for remote teaching and learning

Need support with remote teaching and learning? The Center for Student Success is here to help
Students can get free online writing assistance, and faculty can "raise the flag" in Starfish as a proactive step to enhance learning outcomes

Protect your Webex video conference with these easy tips
Expel participants and lock your meeting to prevent unwanted interruptions

Professional development and training opportunities

Upcoming Office of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion Trainings:

• Tips for better virtual meetings
  Monday, April 13, 2 - 3 p.m.
  
• Emotional intelligence: What is it, and how can you use it to improve your professional life?
  Tuesday, April 14, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  
• DISC: A behavioral model for better understanding ourselves and others
  Wednesday, April 15, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
  
• Creating community while working remotely
  Thursday, April 16, 10 - 11 a.m.
  
• Best practices for sustaining productive collaborative relationships
  Friday, April 17, 2 - 3 p.m.
  

Blackboard Grade Center workshop
Tuesday, April 14, at 10 a.m and Thursday, April 16, at 2 p.m.
The Office of Instructional Technology will lead faculty through the steps to organize your online grade book

The latest from media

Police departments, rescue squads reorganize for socially distanced first response
Local agencies adapting on the fly to new demands and new challenges
(New Paltz Times, 4/9/20)

Coronavirus updates

April 13 report on confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the campus community
The College received no new reports of students, faculty or staff with confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of 4 p.m. yesterday, April 12

Real-time list of buildings closed for cleaning
Office of Emergency Management publishing info about closures as they occur

From our community

Virtual Poem in your Pocket
Sojourner Truth Library shares community-submitted works of poetry

Daily Digest readers: We want to hear from you! 

• 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?
• Want to share a photograph with friends and colleagues?