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July 25, 2025

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SUNY Center for Professional Development OTTER Institute

The SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD) is hosting its OTTER Institute (Online Teaching: Technology & Educational Resources) from August 18 through August 22. The OTTER Institute is an opportunity for faculty and staff to learn more about the innovations, trends, and challenges of online and technology-enhanced teaching. This year, all workshops will focus on best practices for digital accessibility. This opportunity is FREE.

When registering, AU participants will need to choose the "SUNY Campus" registration type, and select "NYS College of Ceramics - Alfred" from the SUNY Campus List. If you have any questions or need assistance to register, please contact Meghanne Freivald in ITS.

Link: OTTER Institute

Submitted by: Meghanne Freivald

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New Student Check-In Bag Stuffing

Our annual bag stuffing for new student check-in will take place on Thursday, July 31st, at 10:00 a.m. in the McLane Center Classroom on the first floor.
This is for any office that would like information put in the bags given to new students as they check in.
Please bring 500 of your items and 1 person to help stuff bags to McLane Center promptly at 10am, we will not accept late items.
Please reach out to Eliza Ordway with any questions.

Submitted by: Eliza Ordway

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Donate USED Towels for the Equestrian Center!

Howdy y'all!

The Equestrian Center is looking for used bath towels to support our herd of horses! We use these all the time for cleaning the horses and drying them after baths and such. With our growing herd, we need a much larger volume of towels than we currently have!

**We kindly request that you do not donate shop towels or towels that have been used on any chemical spills!**

If you have towels you'd like to donate, here's how and when:

WHERE: McLane by the front entrance on the road side AND in Powell's top floor by Starbucks

WHEN: July 28 until August 8

** YOU CAN ALSO DROP OFF AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER M-F 8:00AM to 5:00PM. **

Link: EQUESTRIAN

Submitted by: Adam D'Agostino

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Self-Paced Canvas Course Available from ITS

Information Technology Services (ITS) is pleased to offer a self-paced course on the use of Canvas. The course includes information and instructions related to the following instructor tasks:

- Course Organization and Navigation
- Course Content (files, links, discussions, content pages)
- Assignments & Quizzes
- Accessibility

This course is available to any faculty and staff who would like to participate. Please contact Meghanne Freivald if you have any questions.

Link: Self-Paced Canvas Course

Submitted by: Meghanne Freivald

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Welcome Week Schedule for New Students

The Welcome Week schedule for New Students is up on AU Connect and the CORQ app. Please encourage students and their families to check those locations for the most up-to-date information. Attached is a print copy for those who would like it.

Link: AU CONNECT

Attachment: 39246_1.pdf

Submitted by: Eliza Ordway

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