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[SADivision 0356] Remote Access from Home
by Irving R Uribe 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Good afternoon Student Affairs, Attached is the link to the Queens College IT page that shows you how to a connect a computer at home to your work computer. https://www.qc.cuny.edu/computing/Pages/New.aspx. Please follow the VPN Information according to you work and Home system PC or Apple. Best,

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[SADivision 0359] Human Resources Administration Resource Guide
by Irving R Uribe 20 Mar '20

20 Mar '20

??Good afternoon Student Affairs, The link below/attached file is a guide to how all public benefits have been updated at this time... 1)Fair hearing: · No show to hearing will reschedule the meeting. All aid will continue until resolution of the case · OTDA is manually cancelling over 9000 fair hearings · New hearings will have the option to be heard by phone 2)Housing court: · No eviction starting from 3/16 · No new court cases will be heard 3)SSA: · All in person interviews closed from 3/17 until further notice · You can email them at www.social<http://www.social>security.org or call 1800 772-1213 4) Cash assistance: · Offices will remain open - participants can report to any center · There will be no negative action on any case for any reason · You can upload documents and submit recertification's VIA the Access HRA app 5) unemployment: · You can now apply for benefits if you are quarantined, no working due to risk of exposure or infection or caring for a family member · NYS has waived the 7 day waiting period There is also information about : · SNAP · School lunch · WIC · Medicare · Housing · NYCHA · Taxes · Paid sick leave · Con Edison Updated March 19, 2020 - A Resource Guide: Coronavirus & Impact on Public Benefits<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cssny.s3.amazonaws.com…> Best, ?

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[SADivision 0358] Important Update!
by Adam Rockman 18 Mar '20

18 Mar '20

Dear Student Affairs Family: I wanted to take a moment to once again thank you all for being so wonderfully understanding, flexible, caring, and hard-working during this very difficult time. I feel truly honored every day to be able to work with this incredible team. I also wanted to let you know that in a few minutes you will be getting a QC Mailer from President Tramontano indicated that QC is closed tomorrow and Friday. This is due to two new confirmed cases of Coronavirus on campus we just learned of. Although campus is closed, all distance instruction and student services will continue. So, these are not days off as a normal closing would be; these are days that the provision of distance instruction and student services will and must continue. As such, the telecommuting and service continuation plans drafted by your department leaders will be in full effect starting tomorrow, and through the rest of the Spring 2020 semester. I hope this makes sense, but please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or concerns about this. I am very much looking forward to the day that we can all return to campus and gather as a team to celebrate getting through this unusual time. Remember to take care of yourselves first, then take care of your loved ones. Also, I highly recommend you check in with each other on as regular a basis as possible. None of us are truly alone during this time, so let's be sure to voice or video call our colleagues and coworkers. Thank you! Sincerely, Adam (he, him, his; what does this mean?)<https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> [cid:image001.png@01D5FD53.949F7A10]<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/administration/affairs/Pages/default.aspx> Adam L. Rockman, Ed.D. | Vice President for Student Affairs Queens College, CUNY<http://www.qc.cuny.edu/> | 6530 Kissena Blvd, Queens NY 11367-1597 718-997-5501 | Fax: 718-997-5640 | adam.rockman(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:adam.rockman@qc.cuny.edu> @VPRockman

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[SADivision 0357] Re: Remote Access from Home
by Irving R Uribe 18 Mar '20

18 Mar '20

Good afternoon Student Affairs, It seems many of us "who use PC at work" are stuck on Step 5., as ITS by default has disabled the ability for us to "Enable Remote Desktop" I will contact IT for a work-around. Best, Irving R. Uribe, M.F.A. (He, Him, His) Executive Assistant for the Vice President for Student Affairs CREAR Futuros<https://www.crearfuturos.org/> Campus Liaison Queens College<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/Pages/home.aspx>, CUNY | 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367-1597 718-997-5501 | irving.uribe(a)qc.cuny.edu | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/irvingruribe>

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[SADivision 0355] QC Updates!
by Adam Rockman 16 Mar '20

16 Mar '20

Dear Student Affairs Family: As promised, I am sending you the most up-to-date information discussed at today's President's Cabinet meeting. This information was also shared individually with department directors and several others who are responsible for programs and services. Some of the bulleted information below is specific to one or more people/departments, but I'm providing it publicly so that everyone is on the same page. * Queens College is open again starting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17! * All personnel must report to work except: those who may have already been approved by Jennifer or me for telecommuting; those on approved annual leave or sick leave. * All department directors should report to work (unless in the categories described immediately above), and must work on their office/department plans for providing ongoing services. * Directive from the Chancellery is that as many staff members as possible should be telecommuting, and essential services should continue on-campus (in-person) with limited personnel. As such, department directors must include this in their plans, keeping in mind the information in CUNY's Flexible Work Arrangements<https://www.cuny.edu/coronavirus/flexible-work-arrangements/> website. * All plans (for the provision of services, as well as for staff telecommuting) must be submitted for approval to Jennifer and me (copying Irving) as quickly as possible, but no later than Wednesday, March 18 at 4:00pm. * Rosenthal Library will not be open for at least the next week, but students can use computer labs in the I Building as needed. Library staff are working to make additional materials available to students electronically (e.g., textbooks and other materials that are on reserve at the library). * Students who may need a laptop computer to use at home for remote instruction will be able to request such at the Student Affairs Office - SU 327. Unfortunately, the number of available computers is very limited. * The Summit, the Child Development Center, Health Services, and the Knights Table Food Pantry are considered essential programs and must remain open and available for in-person services during this time. * Work Study students can report to work in office that remain open and staffed; work study students can telecommute if doing so fits in with the plan for the office. * The deadlines for students to request Unevaluated Withdrawals and Pass/No Credit (P/NC) options are extended to the last day of spring semester classes - May 14, 2020. * Keep records of all coronavirus-related expenses realized by your offices, as CUNY will be requesting federal aid in recouping these expenses. Please check with your department director for specific information/updates for your offices, and do not hesitate to let me know if you have other questions or concerns. Thank you all for your continued hard work, support, and assistance to our students. Take care of your students, take care of your colleagues, and most importantly, take care of yourselves. Sincerely, Adam (he, him, his; what does this mean?)<https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> [cid:image001.png@01D5FBA5.500C0BC0]<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/administration/affairs/Pages/default.aspx> Adam L. Rockman, Ed.D. | Vice President for Student Affairs Queens College, CUNY<http://www.qc.cuny.edu/> | 6530 Kissena Blvd, Queens NY 11367-1597 718-997-5501 | Fax: 718-997-5640 | adam.rockman(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:adam.rockman@qc.cuny.edu> @VPRockman

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[SADivision 0354] Clarifying todays Announcements
by Adam Rockman 15 Mar '20

15 Mar '20

Student Affairs Family: My hope is to provide a little clarity regarding the announcements via CUNY’s twitter account, CUNYA!ert, and several emails you may have received. Tomorrow, Monday, March 16, 2020, only essential personnel will report to campus. Essential personnel include building engineers, B&G, and Public Safety. For the Division of Student Affairs, the only essential personnel include the amazing team in The Summit. Since this is a residential building housing students 365 days per year, it cannot close its doors even if the rest of campus has done so. All other departments and offices will be closed tomorrow. I will be on campus tomorrow as well, trying to keep you updated about this fast-changing situation. I had a long conference call with the President’s Cabinet this evening, or I would have communicated with you earlier. I am truly sorry if this delay caused any additional anxiety or concern. Over the next several days, we will be moving to telecommuting for as many staff members as possible; other staff members may stagger the times of their commutes to avoid busier commuting times; others may condense their workweek similar to Summer hours. More guidance on this will be coming shortly. Please remember that we, as Student Affairs professionals, are the ones who are attuned to the students we serve, their emotional states, what assistance they may need whether or not they know it. Remember also that we ourselves are human beings, and we may need to be taken care of, whether or not we know it. Please care for our students, care for each other, and most importantly, care for yourselves. I am so very grateful for every Student Affairs team member and the incredible work you do. I look forward to getting back to “business as usual” as quickly as possible, and seeing everyone soon back on campus. Sincerely, Adam [/Users/adam/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/Library/Caches/Signatures/signature_681528183]<http://www.qc.cuny.edu/> Adam L. Rockman, Ed.D. | Vice President for Student Affairs Queens College, CUNY<http://www.qc.cuny.edu/> | 6530 Kissena Blvd, Queens NY 11367-1597  718-997-5500 | Fax: 718-997-5640 | adam.rockman(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:adam.rockman@qc.cuny.edu>

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[SADivision 0353] Maintaining Connections & Community in the midst of COVID-19
by Irving R Uribe 13 Mar '20

13 Mar '20

ACPA Members and Higher Education Colleagues: Spring in higher education is a busy time with end of semesters/quarters approaching, Commencement preparations underway, summer move-out and plans for work and internships forming. And we know that the recent COVID-19 pandemic is making this time of year even more difficult and stressful for students, staff, faculty, and yourselves. What our world is dealing with right now is hard, and the implications on higher education institutions is unprecedented. Many of you are being relied upon in new ways to help your colleges and universities design inclusive and flexible responses, while also continuing to care for your students. We appreciate you and sincerely applaud your efforts during this challenging time. We also recognize that higher education institutions are responding in different ways to this health pandemic. While social and news media are highlighting campus closures, transitions to online course delivery, bans on non-essential travel, and cancellation of athletic and other crowd events, we know that many campuses are currently selecting to remain operational as the best way to support their communities. Even for campuses that remain operational, we highlight that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> recommend isolation as both the way to protect us from getting sick, and also as the guidance for treatment. As a profession, we must use this moment to consider how we deliver a sense of community to individuals experiencing isolation, rather than expecting individuals to find community on their own. This is an opportunity to reconsider and reimagine the work of student affairs and student services on our campuses to potentially reach a greater number of students. Cancellations of events, restricted access, and moving teaching and operations virtually have disparate impacts on students, especially for those who already feel marginalized by their institutions. The potential for acts of hate rooted in xenophobia, racism, and discrimination are real on our campuses and in our students' lives, especially in times where the instinct to assign blame may be high. In the implementation of emergency plans, we must center the experiences of marginalized students, particularly international students, Asian American and Pacific Islander students, low income students, students with disabilities, and students who do not have or are unable to relocate to a permanent home, to name a few. We ask that all ACPA members and higher education professionals be especially vigilant in creating protocols and communications that demonstrate support for all students, whether on campus or remote, sick or well, majority or underrepresented, and that they condemn any discriminatory acts or hate speech targeting any identity group or community. At times like this, professional associations can and should be advocates for celebrating how the work you are doing matters to so many. We can and should remind you to take care of yourself and your colleagues, and to give yourself the grace to know that we are all dealing with something new, and hopefully temporary in its current form. We can and should encourage you to do the best you can, inspire others to do the best they can, and trust that it will be enough. We can and will provide ways to connect an international network of colleagues who are all facing similar challenges, questions, and concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have used the last several days to organize new, low-tech options for creating a network of support for each other to connect on a set of core issues facing campuses, professionals, and students right now. We invite you to join us for a daily series of virtual connections and crowd-sourced conversations next week, with each day focusing on a different, yet related topic. Below you will find a list of the first five topics scheduled for open conversation, and invite you to join us for one or more (the Go-To-Webinar technology is limited to the first 500-people to join for each session): Monday, 16 March at 1pm ET (10am PT) Maintaining Connections in a Virtual Environment<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Click here to join this Webinar<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Tuesday, 17 March at 1pm ET (10am PT) Supporting Students When Campus Services are Reduced or Interrupted<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Click here to join this Webinar<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Wednesday, 18 March at 1pm ET (10am PT) Caring for Self While Caring for Others<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Click here to join this Webinar<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Thursday, 19 March at 1pm ET (10am PT) Working Remotely in a Student Affairs Role<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Click here to join this Webinar<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Friday, 20 March at 1pm ET (10am PT) Spring Hiring Season<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> Click here to join this Webinar<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…> These sessions will be lightly facilitated, so join at your choice with the understanding that the intention is to provide a virtual space for participants to come together to share ideas, resources, and guidance on a particular topic each day next week. You are welcome to share these sessions with campus and network colleagues that you think might also benefit from connecting with each other. You will notice that each of these topics is hyperlinked to a Google spreadsheet that we have created to facilitate virtual idea-sharing across our field. We encourage you to use these crowd-sourced spreadsheets to ask questions, document ideas, link to resources, ask for help, or support others. These sheets will be occasionally reviewed by ACPA International Office staff to ensure that comments, language, and questions are congruent with Association mission, values<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…>, and principles of equity and inclusion<https://myacpa.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecdc1cf98fa8279a327c906f5&…>. Those found to be incongruent may be removed. We invite you to utilize and share these virtual tools for being in community with other colleagues facing similar questions, challenges, and concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have suggestions for additional virtual meet-ups or crowd-sourced resource sheets, please send those to us at info(a)acpa.nche.edu<mailto:info@acpa.nche.edu>. Again, thank you for all you are already doing to take care of yourself, your students, your colleagues, your campus, and your community. Like you, we continue to monitor the global health crisis and will continue to provide updates and opportunities to share resources, ideas, and connections as we learn more together in the coming weeks. Sincerely, Vernon A. Wall Chris Moody Tricia Fechter Gates 2020-2021 President Executive Director Deputy Executive Director

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[SADivision 0352] Queens College Status Update
by Irving R Uribe 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

Dear Student Affairs, Please be advised that Queens College will remain open Weds. 3/11 through Weds., 3/18. All Student Affairs staff members should report to work (unless you are ill of course). Please check your QC e-mails for incoming updates this evening and tomorrow morning for "official" announcements. You may continue to check and advise the college community to keep checking their QC e-mails, QC homepage link at; https://www.qc.cuny.edu/StudentLife/services/health/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx, and the CUNY Central homepage link at; https://www.cuny.edu/coronavirus/ for "Official" updates. Just be careful what you may hear in the media. Best, Irving R. Uribe, M.F.A. (He, Him, His) Executive Assistant for the Vice President for Student Affairs CREAR Futuros<https://www.crearfuturos.org/> Campus Liaison Queens College<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/Pages/home.aspx>, CUNY | 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367-1597 718-997-5501 | irving.uribe(a)qc.cuny.edu | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/irvingruribe>

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[SADivision 0351] Seeking research participants for study on burnout in student affairs professionals
by Irving R Uribe 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Dear Student Affairs, If you have 5-8 minutes please take a moment to fill-out the following survey: https://sjfc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7Ax6LIxX9iWtkF. [cid:image001.png@01D5F241.72D93050] ************************************** Dear Student Affairs Colleagues: My name is Maria Patestas and I am seeking participants for my research study on burnout and Impostor Phenomenon among student affairs professionals. My hope is that the study results will provide insight to student affairs leaders as they design strategies for staff retention and support. You qualify for this study if you are currently employed full-time, part-time, or as a graduate assistant at an institution of higher education in the field of student affairs. The survey is completely anonymous, and will take approximately 5-8 minutes to complete. I would greatly appreciate your contribution and thank you in advance for your time! Feel free to forward to any others that qualify. If you have any questions, please contact me at mp04330(a)sjfc.edu<mailto:mp04330@sjfc.edu>. CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY<https://sjfc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7Ax6LIxX9iWtkF> You can also copy and paste the following web address to your browser: https://tinyurl.com/SABurnout <https://tinyurl.com/SABurnout> I appreciate you! Maria Patestas Doctoral Candidate St. John Fisher College Ed.D in Executive Leadership

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[SADivision 0350] Fr. Paul Memorial: Wed., 3/18 12:30pm @ QC Newman Center, SU 207/SU208
by Irving R Uribe 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

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