CAMP is also looking for a good home for the attached moveable
blackboard/white board. It's on wheels and can be moved any where.
Thanks.
Maria
--
*Maria G. Freitas Ladouceur*
Executive Assistant to Director Marilyn Freeman
CAMP- Center for Advanced Materials Processing
Clarkson University
8 Clarkson Avenue #5665
Potsdam, NY 13699
PH: (315) 268-3749
Mobile: (315) 212-4975
FAX: (315) 268-7615
To anyone interested.
CAMP has 8 these chairs free to a good home. We need to move them to new
homes or send them to the dumpster by the end of this week.
Please let us know if you are interested.
Thanks.
Maria
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*Maria G. Freitas Ladouceur*
Executive Assistant to Director Marilyn Freeman
CAMP- Center for Advanced Materials Processing
Clarkson University
8 Clarkson Avenue #5665
Potsdam, NY 13699
PH: (315) 268-3749
Mobile: (315) 212-4975
FAX: (315) 268-7615
Sent on behalf of Kelly Chezum <%20kchezum(a)clarkson.edu>, VP for External
Relations and Kerop Janoyan <kjanoyan(a)clarkson.edu>, Dean of the Graduate
School
Colleagues and Graduate Students,
The most recent proposed Federal Tax Reform legislation has generated much
discussion among faculty, staff and graduate students about the impact on
the higher education sector. While the legislation can still be fluid until
it is voted upon by both the House & Senate, and signed by President Trump,
what we have now as information from the National Association of
Independent Colleges and Universities on what has been presented is as
follows for what was retained, meaning no changes to their current status:
*Student Aid & Family Benefits*
· Student Loan Interest Deduction was RETAINED.
· The American Opportunity Tax Credit was RETAINED
· Lifetime Learning Credit was RETAINED
· IRC Sec. 117(d)5 graduate student tuition remission benefits were
RETAINED.
· IRC Sec. 117(d) college employee tuition remission benefits were
RETAINED.
· IRC Sec. 127 – employer-provided tuition assistance – was RETAINED.
*Charitable Giving & Institutional Benefits *
The Charitable Deduction was RETAINED, however, the overall effects of the
other tax rate reductions may influence charitable giving so the impact is
still unknown.
The IRA Charitable Rollover was RETAINED.
A new Endowment Tax on certain private colleges and universities using the
Senate formula of $500,000 per FTE was ADDED. The tax itself was LOWERED
from the original proposed 2% to 1.4%. Through six rewrites from its
original introduction in the House, the tax transitioned from affecting 250
private colleges to affecting approximately 32 private colleges. Based on
the size of our endowment and the number of students we have, Clarkson is
not among those 32 institutions at this time.
In other legislative proposals, it may be prudent to continue to understand
and be aware of what is included in the PROSPER Act, which reauthorizes the
Higher Education Act last updated in 2008 (Read More Here
<http://www.acenet.edu/advocacy/Pages/Higher-Education-Act.aspx> with links
from the American Council On Education) as it again has some provisions
that will change how federal work study and financial aid is administered
to students including borrowing limits on federal loans.
You may also be following the next steps following the FCC decision to end
net neutrality and sharing your opinion with your elected officials. New
York State is among those States that has been reported on its plan to sue
the FCC over the decision.
If you have questions, please feel free to reach me. Your opinion and voice
to your representatives <https://whoaremyrepresentatives.org/> matters
most.
Thanks and enjoy the holidays.
Kelly Chezum, VP for External Relations kchezum(a)clarkson.edu
Kerop Janoyan, Dean of the Graduate School kjanoyan(a)clarkson.edu
All-
There are free poinsettias for the taking (picture attached). These are first come first serve in the IRC at the top of the entrance stairs.
Thank you,
Adam Marlowe
Clarkson University
amarlowe(a)clarkson.edu
315-268-6425
More items have become available as the result of renovations on campus.
Please let us know if you are interested in these cabinets, counter and
sink for personal, off-campus use.
Anyone interested should reply to this email by end-of-business on
Wednesday, December 13.
Once we know who is interested we will set up a time for folks to look at
the items in person, and discuss cost.
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Facilities & Services
*Locks and Keys*
*Fleet Vehicle Rental*
*Building & Equipment Maintenance*
*Custodial Services*
*Grounds Maintenance*
*Plant Operations & Maintenance*
Mailing address: 8 Clarkson Ave Box 5550, Potsdam, NY 13699
Physical address: 41 Elm Street, Potsdam, NY 13676
PH 315.268.4000
FAX 315.268.4438
Federal Legislative Season Greetings,
In my role as VP for External Relations, a number of Clarkson faculty and
staff have approached me about how to contact federal representatives
regarding the various bills and legislative actions occurring in Washington
DC right now. The easiest and most effective way to reach them is via
phone. The numbers as well as e-mail addresses and forms are at
https://whoaremyrepresentatives.org/ to express your opinion directly.
These are a number of issues under immediate review that are good to be on
our radar as members of the higher education community. Your individual
opinions and experiences on how these issues impact you, our students and
our sector do matter to our elected officials.
As part of a major Federal Tax Reform initiative to rewrite the USA tax
code, there are numerous changes being proposed that will lead to personal
financial changes for students, families and our employees, including the
graduate students who receive benefits for teaching and research work done
at the University. These are still “in committee” being hashed out so not
a done deal*.* The American Council on Education keeps it comprehensive,
easy-to-read digest
<http://www.acenet.edu/Pages/Higher-Education-and-Tax-Reform.aspx#tabContent…>
of the proposed changes up to date and includes ways to express your
opinion with various links.
Congress is moving quickly to also move PROSPER forward (Promoting Real
Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform), which is a
bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Authorization Act last updated in
2008. The mark up of the bill begins today at 10am --- again there are a
number of proposed changes that will impact the availability of aid to our
undergraduate and graduate students, and we understand there may be
amendments proposed on the mobility of transfer credits across the sector.
Graduate students in the current proposed version could lose work-study
eligibility and have limits placed on federal loans. Read more
<http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Other-Higher-Education-Groups-HEA…>
.
Another item of particular interest is the topic of net neutrality. Net
neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers must treat all
data on the Internet the same, and not discriminate or charge differently
by user, content, website, etc. The FCC has said it will vote on whether to
keep or repeal these protections on December 14th. This could result in
Internet traffic to/from the University being relegated to 'slow lanes'
unless the University pays for prioritization of its traffic. For more on
this topic, please see this statement released by EDUCAUSE, the American
Library Association, the American Council on Education and others:
https://library.educause.edu/~/media/files/library/2014/7/epo1305_1-pdf.pdf .
The FCC can be reached at 1-888-CALL FCC (225-5322), with option #5 on this
issue.
If you have questions, please feel free to reach me as well. Your voice to
your representatives <https://whoaremyrepresentatives.org/> matters most.
**
*Kelly O. Chezum, MBA ’04, DLP*
*Vice President for External Relations | Clarkson University
*
Box 5500 | 8 Clarkson Avenue | Room 333 Cora & Bayard Clarkson Science
Center
Potsdam, New York 13699
Office: 315.268.4483 | Cell 315.345.5454 | chezumk(a)clarkson.edu
Meetings By Appointment at Capital Region Campus
80 Nott Terrace | Schenectady, NY 12308
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
- Albert Einstein
If anyone is interested in a *free 10ft tree* for the Holidays, please let
me know. I would like to re-purpose the trees after the completion of the
December Events. First Come First Serve. Pick-up only! Contact me for
details.
Thanks,
Marcy Bennett
Cheel Campus Center 221
315.268.2189 <(315)%20268-2189>
mbennett(a)clarkson.edu
