IN THIS ISSUE:

• Campus leaders acknowledge trauma of disproportionate violence in African American communities
• Off-campus students: Take 10 minutes to complete the Census, help New Paltz for the next 10 years
• Students can protect their college accounts with multifactor authentication
• What's new this week at the Career Resource Center
• Update for employees on suspension of personal leave accrual forfeiture
• Looking up: Planetarium director's guide to the skies for June 2020
• New: Spotlight on student capstones & thesis work
• Events and development opportunities
• Coronavirus updates
• The latest from media

News from around campus

Acknowledging the trauma of disproportionate violence in African American communities
May 29 message to campus responds to tragic national news

Off-campus students: Support the New Paltz community by completing your Census response
Ten minutes today will help the College and surrounding area for the next 10 years

Summer is a great time for students to sign up for secure, multi-factor authentication
Familiarize yourself with the Duo login service, before it's required for all accounts later this year

Weekly update from the Career Resource Center
Have you joined one of our Instagram Live sessions yet? We're talking job interviews on Tuesday and Thursday this week

Memorandum on extension of agreements to suspend forfeiture of personal leave accruals
Employees can carry forward unused leave time that would otherwise have been forfeited

Events and Opportunities

Trainings from the Office of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion:

• Constructive Retirement: Planning and initiation
  Tuesday, June 2, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
  
• Using OneDrive: Storing, organizing and sharing files online
  Wednesday, June 3, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
  
• Best Practices for Remote Supervision: For managers looking to establish meaningful connections with staff
  Thursday, June 4, 2 - 3 p.m.

Virtual Drop-In hours at the Office of Instructional Technology
Have questions about Blackboard, course development or anything else OIT-related?
Join us Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Thursdays at 2 p.m. through the month of June

Registration is open for the online Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning Certificate Program
SUNY Center for Professional Development offers "Innovative Strategies to Engage All Students" course, June 30 - Aug. 11

SUNYCUAD Professional Forums resume this week
Free workshops on communication, marketing, development and alumni relations, June 2 - 5

Hudson Valley Writing Project summer workshops for kids and teens
Session topics include creating comics and graphic novels; writing for political change; storytelling for role-playing games; and the ever-popular workshop on the college essay

Coronavirus updates

June 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

A chat with John Lefsky
On the decision to close Jack's Rhythms, a fixture of the New Paltz music scene for more than three decades
New Paltz Times, 5/28/20

Student Capstones and Thesis Work

It was genuinely difficult to keep up with the staggering volume of galleries, exhibitions, writing, research and video presentations New Paltz students published at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. We'd like to take time this summer to spotlight individual projects and give this exceptional scholarship and creative work its due.

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?