The
following resources and services are currently available
to the Skidmore community. Updates and additions to this
list will be posted each week in the Skidmore Weekly
Bulletin. Please submit
updates to this list by email.
Skidmore
College continues to provide campus-wide fall planning
updates
here.
Academic
advising
The
Office of Academic
Advising
is working remotely for the fall semester. Email is the
best way to contact staff, but you can also call and
leave a voicemail.
Accounts
Payable
Staff are working remotely and strongly encourage
sending documentation (invoices, check requests, expense
reports and other forms) electronically through scanned
email attachments to Accounts
Payable.
Original signatures are not required, and scanned copies
will be accepted. If a preparer or approver is unable to
physically sign a document, Accounts Payable will accept
an email directly from the individual. Please note in
the email, "As an authorized signor for my department, I
have reviewed and approved the attached payment
request." Please note that most vendor payments are now
being made by ACH transfer and employee reimbursements
are being processed as a check mailed to your home
address on file. Please
email Accounts
Payable if you
have any cash deposits, and special arrangements for
building access and drop-off will be made with Campus
Safety or the Card Office.
Career
Development Center
The Career Development
Center continues
to support all students. Students are invited
to schedule an appointment or have their documents
reviewed.
Community
Service
The
Office of Community
Service
Programs continues
to share ways to give
back.
Like the Skidmore Office of
Community Service Facebook page for
weekly updates.
Employee
Assistance Program
Employees
seeking counseling services may make use of the
Employee Assistance
Program.
Financial
Aid
The Financial Aid
Office staff
is fully available by
email and
by phone at 518-580-5750. They are checking voicemails
regularly.
First-Year
Experience
The First-Year
Experience office
is working remotely for the fall semester. Email is the
best way to contact staff, but you can also call
518-580-8111 and leave a voicemail.
Health
Services and the Counseling Center
Health
Services and
the Counseling
Center are
available to support students.
Human
Resources/Payroll
Human
Resources
continues to provide assistance to employees via phone or
email. HR is
also offering new resources such as guidance on
Best Practices for
Telecommuting.
Non-exempt
employees with questions concerning time entry should
contact Joan Rivers
in Payroll.
Information
Technology
Information
Technology asks
faculty to email all Help Desk requests to a new
Faculty Help
Desk
to expedite responses. In your email, it is essential
that you include a cellphone or landline number so
someone from IT can contact you. Calling the Help Desk
phone line will not be your quickest means of support.
Staff should continue to submit IT support requests by
emailing the Help
Desk
or calling 518-580-5900 from 8:30 a.m. to noon or 1 to
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The IT
Help Desk is now offering Live Chat Support. The chat
function can be accessed by clicking the Live Support
button on the left side of the IT Help Desk
webpage. It
will be green when support is available. This week, chat
support will be available from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1
to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Starting Aug. 24, Live Chat Support will be staffed by
full-time staff from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and until midnight and on weekends by Help Desk
student assistants.
Off-Campus
Study & Exchanges
The Office of Off-Campus
Study &
Exchanges is
working remotely for the fall semester. Email is the
best way to contact staff, but you can also call
518-580-5355 and leave a voicemail.
Opportunity
Program
The Opportunity
Program remains
available to offer support to all OP students, on campus
and off. Staff will be working remotely this fall
semester to assist with advising, academic support and
social support. OP students should feel encouraged to
reach out to staff by email and/or
schedule video conferencing for any needs that
arise.
Post
Office
Regular
academic year hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday have resumed. Skidmore IDs and departmental
purchasing cards are the only form of payment accepted;
cash is no longer accepted. Until further notice,
distributions and notices are no longer accepted. For
more information, email the Skidmore
Post Office.
Print
Services
Regular
academic year hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday have resumed. Until further notice, all finished
jobs must be picked up at Print Services; delivery
service has been suspended. Skidmore IDs and
departmental purchasing cards are the only form of
payment accepted; cash is no longer accepted. If you are
experiencing a service issue or have a printing
question, contact Jim
Pfoh.
Purchasing
The Purchasing Office is fully operational and
accessible by emailing Anne
Petruzzelli or
Carol
Schnitzer or
leaving a voicemail at 518-580-5848 or 518-580-5849.
Registrar�s
Office
The Registrar�s Office is working remotely for the fall
semester. Email is the best way to contact staff, but
you can also call and leave a voicemail. Contact
information for staff can be found here.
Residential
Life
Students
can reach the Office of Residential Life by email or
by phone by leaving a message at 518-580-5765. Messages
are checked regularly during business hours, 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. For more information, visit the Residential Life
webpage or
check Instagram for
updates.
Scribner
Library
Scribner
Library is circulating physical books from its
collections via �curbside� pick-up. To request
materials, fill out the
library�s online
form.
The library will open the week of Aug. 24 with
first-floor access only, with the exception of any
scheduled classes on the upper floors. Hours will be 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. Sunday. For the fall semester, there will be no
in-person research help at the desk, but there will be
plenty of ways for students and faculty to talk to a
librarian. Visit the �Ask Us� page
to connect with a librarian through chat, phone or
email. Email your subject
librarian to
make a one-on-one Zoom appointment, or search the
Library FAQs for commonly asked research/library
questions and submit more complicated questions.
A virtual Welcome
Packet for Students is available here.
Tang
Teaching Museum
The
Tang is open online while the building is closed. Find
exhibitions, at-home art-making projects and more on the
new Tang at Home
webpage.
Writing
Center
The Philip
Boshoff Writing
Center�s student
tutors offer one-on-one consultations for writers at
every stage of the writing process. Fall 2020 office
hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday; and noon
to 10 p.m. Sunday. Some appointments will be in person
at the Writing Center, on the fourth floor of Scribner
Library, and some will be online. There are no walk-in
hours this fall. Students may check
the schedule for
appointment times and the location of that appointment.
Masks will be required for all in-person
sessions.