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.
Center
for Leadership, Teaching and Learning
Scholarly and Creative Endeavors Work Groups (SCE) are
taking on a new format this semester. Beginning Aug. 31,
there will be three groups led virtually via Zoom from
noon to 1 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Zoom
details were shared via email. Also, due to budget
constraints, the CLTL is no longer able to provide lunch
tickets. In addition, for health and safety reasons,
Weller Room (Library 212) will not be available for
faculty and staff to access this fall. Skidmore ID
access has been suspended until further notice.
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. Virtual office
hours will
be held every Monday from 2 to 2:30 p.m. beginning Aug.
31. To schedule an individual appointment, email Michelle
Hubbs and
she will send you a meeting request. If you are looking
for voter registration information, please see "How to Register to
Vote In Your
State."
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
OCSE
staff will continue walk-in advising from 1 to 4 p.m. in
a virtual format. Check out their remote advising
webpage for
links to daily walk-ins, scheduling a time to speak with
and advisor and online resources to help you decide on a
program for spring 2021 and beyond. Please follow
@globalskidmore on
Instagram and watch for upcoming events.
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.
Scheduling
Office
The
Scheduling Office collaborated with Academic and Student
Affairs to ensure students have space for quiet study
and extracurricular activities while following health
and safety guidelines. For policies regarding use of
space this fall, visit the
webpage or
check availability in EMS. For
more information about policies or how to request a
space in EMS, email the Scheduling
Office.
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 is open with first-floor access only, with
the exception of scheduled classes on the upper floors.
Hours are 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. This fall, all
appointments will be online. Fall 2020 tutoring 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. Students may check
the schedule for
appointment
times.
