IN THIS ISSUE

• Coronavirus update: Fifteen additional students have tested positive, as the College conducted more than 3,000 tests from Nov. 16-20, part of Test Before You Go efforts
• Last Chance: Test Before You Go today, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Awosting Hall
• Chancellor Malatras visits New Paltz to review COVID-19 testing
• SUNY and UUP agree to extend free, mandatory COVID-19 testing for UUP-represented employees through spring semester
• Answers to some frequently asked questions about remote teaching and learning technology
• The Sojourner Truth Library is here for you post-Thanksgiving
• News and opportunities from the Career Resource Center
• Digital Media & Journalism class interviews the creative team behind a new Hulu show about a trans pre-teen
• Events and resources
• The latest from media
• From our community: Photos from Chancellor Malatras's Nov. 20 visit to campus

Coronavirus updates

Nov. 23 report on confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the campus community
Fifteen additional students have tested positive, as the College conducted more than 3,000 on-campus tests from Nov. 16-20, part of Test Before You Go efforts

LAST CHANCE: Test Before You Go and protect loved ones before Thanksgiving
SUNY requires all students who live on campus or who have come to campus during the semester to get tested for COVID-19 before Thanksgiving or face judicial consequences
Quick, free pool testing today from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Awosting Hall
Please be sure to set up your account before arriving for testing

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

SUNY System-wide COVID-19 Case Tracker
Published statistics from all 64 campuses, updated every 24 hours

News of the day

SUNY Chancellor Malatras visits New Paltz to review mandatory COVID-19 testing
“Our students, campus leadership, faculty and staff have done a tremendous job keeping each other safe”

SUNY and UUP leadership agree to extend free, mandatory COVID-19 testing for UUP-represented employees through end of spring semester
Testing will be conducted during work hours in accordance with the September 2020 MOU

Answers to some frequently asked questions about remote teaching and learning technology
Quick-and-easy info from the ITS Service Desk to support students, faculty and staff ahead of the College's planned transition to fully remote instruction after Thanksgiving Recess

The Sojourner Truth Library is here for you post-Thanksgiving
Useful information about using Library services in the weeks ahead

News and opportunities from the Career Resource Center
Information on virtual consultations during Winter Session, and an upcoming info session on employment at Amazon

Applied learning, virtually: Digital Media & Journalism class interviews director and producer of "First Day," a new Hulu show about a trans pre-teen
Excerpts from a student-run Q&A with show runners Julie Kalceff and Kirsty Stark, facilitated by Adjunct Professor Michael Frank

Events and resources

Let us know how the technology support website is working for you
Take this brief survey and help Information Technology Services continue improving the design and content of support.newpaltz.edu

"If You Write It, They Will Fund": SUNY's popular workshop on grants and proposals returns, Jan. 5 - March 29
Scholarships available from the Research Foundation; Apply by Dec. 15

Suicide Prevention Symposium for professionals, faculty and students
Knowledge and strategies to enhance well-being of college students, including new research related to COVID-19, presented by SUNY and the NYS College Health Association, Dec. 1-10

The latest from media

SUNY chancellor says COVID-19 under control
While visiting New Paltz, Chancellor Malatras reports a 0.5% positivity rate out of 510,000 tests conducted system-wide since mandatory testing began
Mid-Hudson News, 11/21/20

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?