IN THIS ISSUE:

• Commitment to become an anti-racist campus
• The Center for Student Engagement open for business
• Gerald Benjamin's virtual retirement celebration 
• Alumna's book helps children cope with COVID-19
• Stonewall to SUNY virtual event, today! 
• SURVEY: The future of the Daily Digest e-newsletter
• Compliance training reminder 
• Alumnus reflects on working with Meryl Streep 
• From our community: A look to the skies 
• Events and opportunities
• Coronavirus updates
• The latest from media

News from around campus

Commitment to Become an Anti-Racist Campus
A message from President Christian and the President's Cabinet

The Center for Student Engagement open for business!
Center is officially open, effective July 1, 2020

A half century of influence celebrated at SUNY New Paltz
Recap of the College's virtual retirement celebration honoring Gerald Benjamin 

Share your COVID-19 story in the College’s Community Pandemic Blog
Inviting multimedia submissions (writing, visual art, audio, video, performance and more) for a new communal storytelling project 

Alumna’s book “The Way the World Changed” helps children understand COVID-19
Faith Krigsman ’15 (Early Childhood Education: English) crafts inspiring, timely children's book

TODAY! Stonewall to SUNY: A virtual commemoration at 3 p.m.
Join a collective of scholars working at the intersection of LGBTQI+ and Black Lives Matter activism

SUNY Virtual Symposium on Adaptive Learning today at 2 p.m.
Virtual event explores how adaptive courseware works to apply learning science insights that support student success

SURVEY: The future of the Daily Digest e-newsletter
Help us assess the efficacy of the Daily Digest e-newsletter as a tool for sharing important information with the campus community

Events and Opportunities

Trainings from the Office of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion

• Using OneDrive for organization, storage and sharing files
  Thursday, July 2 at 2 p.m. via Webex
  
• DISC: Understanding styles to examine behavioral preferences
  Thursday, July 9 at 2 p.m. via Webex 

College to test mass notification system on Tuesday, July 7
Those on campus may hear a series of loud tones around 1 p.m.

SUNY Sail offers courses in Mindful Leadership, register now!
Fall courses will explore how meditation, reflection, communication and other contemplative practices impact the development of the fundamental qualities of living and leading well

Keep your financial goals on track with TIAA’s live webinars
Free webinars for all employees during the month of July, reserve your spot now

Online fitness classes from Athletics, Wellness & Recreation
Email cordierc@newpaltz.edu to receive updates on future wellness events

Coronavirus updates

July 1 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

Highland resident overcame pandemic depression to run first marathon
Alumnus sets course on Hudson Valley Rail Trail
Poughkeepsie Journal, 6/30/20

From our community

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?