IN THIS ISSUE

• Coronavirus update: Seven students have tested positive
• COVID-19 testing tip: Make sure your addresses match in the SUNY Upstate app
• Eligible campus community members can get onto the vaccine standby list at the Ulster County Fairgrounds
• New Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion trainings announced for April
• Office of Student Accounts will place holds on unpaid accounts beginning March 29
• Biology faculty's research on climate and lake ecology gets Cary Institute feature article
• From Hudson Valley Magazine: How to spend a day in New Paltz
• A March Madness throwback from a former Hawks basketball champion
• Events and resources
• The latest from media
• From our community: Chancellor Malatras sporting NPSA gear

Coronavirus updates

March 26 report on confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the campus community
Seven students have tested positive

Testing tip: Make sure your addresses match in the SUNY Upstate app
Use your local New Paltz address in both the Current Address and Legal Address fields to save time in contact tracing and expedite updates to your testing and screening profile

New York State Vaccine Tracker
State now averaging more than one million doses administered weekly

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

Eligible campus community members can get onto the vaccine standby list at the Ulster County Fairgrounds
Those on the list are not guaranteed an appointment, but may be offered a vaccination in the event the site has a surplus on any given day

New Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion trainings announced for April
Brush up on Office 365 skills, get tips for better listening, and much more

Office of Student Accounts will place holds on unpaid accounts beginning March 29
Students who have not yet made payment and accepted financial responsibility will lose access to course registration, grades and transcripts; Head to my.newpaltz.edu if you have not yet paid to avoid having a hold placed on your account

Biology faculty's research on climate and lake ecology gets Cary Institute feature article
David Richardson, professor of biology, co-authored an analysis of 35 years of temperature data for Mohonk Lake that found warming temperatures and increasing stratification

From Hudson Valley Magazine: How to spend a day in New Paltz
True locals, let us know: Did they get it right?

Events, resources and reminders

AC² Women of Color in STEM panel and networking event, today at 4 p.m.
Alumnae return to share experiences with current students in science & engineering fields

Lunch and Learn! EAP hosts cooking demo with trainer Sandy Rasque for ‘Try a new healthy recipe’ WellNYS challenge
How to make a delicious and easy Tarragon Chicken Soup, March 30 at noon

College welcomes Simi Linton, author, filmmaker, and arts consultant specializing in Disability Studies, on March 31
An opportunity to learn more about this field of knowledge from a foundational contributor

Save the date: A farewell celebration for Shana Circe ’02 ’08g, March 31
Join us for a reception honoring our outgoing director of alumni relations

COVID-19 and Communities of Color: A Liberal Arts & Sciences panel, March 31 at 5 p.m.
Explore the disparate impacts of the pandemic with scholars who have studied its local and global impacts, from initial outbreak to vaccination

The latest from media

PBA of New York State donates PPE to Ulster County
PBA President and New Paltz UPD Officer Ryan Law joins State Senator Michelle Hinchey, County Executive Pat Ryan and SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras in delivering sanitizer to Kingston vaccination site
Mid-Hudson News, 3/25/21

From Our Community

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