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
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Kathleen E. O'Leary
Associate Director for Student Life and Alumni Relations
The Clarkson School & Honors Program
224 Price Hall
Clarkson University
P.O. Box 5650
Potsdam, NY 13699
315-268-4425
Per the former General Discussion email... there are items available left
over from a student business. Please let me or Sue Wood know if you are
interested in hair salon items. Otherwise, we will go off campus for
distribution.
Otherwise, sorry for the multiple emails!
Gina
Gina LaPointe
Director of Customer Service & Process Improvement
Facilities & Services
Clarkson University
Physical location: Old Snell
Mailing: 8 Clarkson Ave, Box 5550
Potsdam, NY 13699
315-268-6782
Hi Sue,
It would be most appropriate if the School of Business handle the selling
of these items. I have recently posted things on Craigslist for off-campus
selling and I have used General_Discussion(a)lists.clarkson.edu for items for
University use only. When money is exchanged, the individual simply writes
a check to Clarkson University and we take the check with deposit slip to
the cashier in Graham. The items may have to be moved to another location
until they sell. Since these items have limited interest, you might want
to just call around to salons in the area...I think I would consider North
Country This Week, too!
Hope that helps.
Gina
Gina LaPointe
Director of Customer Service & Process Improvement
Facilities & Services
Clarkson University
Physical location: Old Snell
Mailing: 8 Clarkson Ave, Box 5550
Potsdam, NY 13699
315-268-6782
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Susan Wood <swood(a)clarkson.edu> wrote:
> Gina:
>
> Marc Compeau mentioned that you were looking for answers on what to do
> with the hair equipment. We discussed this and think that it could be sold
> and the money could be put back into our freshmen business account. If you
> could list this the same place you listed the other Clarkson items, it
> would be appreciated.
>
> Sue
>
> --
>
> Clarkson University
> The David D. Reh School of Business
>
>
> *Susan M. Wood*Budget Officer and Manager of Operations
>
> 329 B.H. Snell Hall . P.O. Box 5765
> Clarkson University . Potsdam, NY 13699-5765
> (P) 315-268- <(315)%20268-6571>*2300*/4366 . (F) 315-268-
> <(315)%20268-4478>*2301/*3810
>
Empty filing cabinets currently located in the basement of Bertrand H Snell
Hall are available for University use. Please let us know by end of day
today if you are in need of a filing cabinet for your lab or office. You
can reply to this email if you are interested.
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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
Colleagues,
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.
The American Council on Education has provided a comprehensive,
easy-to-read digest
<http://www.acenet.edu/Pages/Higher-Education-and-Tax-Reform.aspx#tabContent…>
of the proposed changes being debated in Congress now and it would make for
prudent review this weekend by all of us who care about understanding
issues that may impact access to education for our students, leveraging our
grants and university resources, and how we plan as individuals based on
our employee and/or student benefits.
These proposals are under active consideration now by your Congressional
representative and could be moving to final stages of negotiation as early
as next week. Please refer to this landing page
<http://www.acenet.edu/Pages/Higher-Education-and-Tax-Reform.aspx#tabContent…>
and the categories for families, campus employees, university endowments,
etc. (
http://www.acenet.edu/Pages/Higher-Education-and-Tax-Reform.aspx#tabContent…
).
Some of us may also be getting communications on these issues through our
professional associations like CUPA-HR
<https://cupahr.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2l…>
, NACUBO <http://www.nacubo.org/Initiatives/Tax_Reform.html> and NAICU
<https://www.naicu.edu/policy-advocacy/tax-policy>, etc. to further inform
our understanding of the pros and cons of any change in tax code.
Many of the links above include ways to contact representatives and join
social media campaigns if you have concerns, questions or want to engage in
sharing your personal opinion outside of university business.
You may also look up your House and Senate representatives phone number and
Websites with contact forms via https://whoaremyrepresentatives.org/ and
express your opinion directly.
If you have questions, please feel free to reach me as well. Thanks and
have a great weekend.
Kelly
**
*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
Please reply to this email if you are interested in any of the items below
for your University space only. Facilities will deliver.
Metal cabinet, corner cabinet, or desk:
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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
We have approximately 10 of these shelving units, which measure
approximately 12'x12'x48", available for University use.
Please reply to this email if you are interested in any of these for your
office or lab.
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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
What: Tennis Clinics for kids ages 3-18 of all abilities level are
welcome. Campers will be grouped by age and coached by St. Lawrence Tennis
Players and Coaches
Where: St. Lawrence University Indoor Tennis Courts
When: October 21st, October 28th, November 4th, November 11th from 11 AM –
12 Noon
Cost: $15 per Clinic
Contact to Register or With Questions: Taylor Diffley tdiffley(a)stlawu.edu
