News Highlights

H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu ) Updates

http://www.upstate.edu/uh/healthinfo/swineflu.php

SUNY Upstate selected for President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

SUNY Upstate Medical University has been named to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in recognition of the community services activities undertaken by its students. http://www.upstate.edu/publicaffairs/public_media/?id=1306.htm
Congratulations to our students and the Office of Community Outreach and Global Health Education!

NEW! On-line enrollment certifications

The Registrar’s Office is excited to announce a new service to students through MyUpstate! You are now able to log onto MyUpstate and print your own enrollment certifications - these certifications can be used to show your student status (i.e. full-time/part-time) for health insurance companies, lenders, and anyone else who you need to notify that you are a student at Upstate Medical University.

The process is simple - log onto MyUpstate and click the National Student Clearinghouse link. This will automatically redirect you to the Self-Service page and all you the option to view your enrollment history and print your certifications. You will be able to print a certification for prior enrollment and for the current semester. Please note that your enrollment certification for the current semester is available beginning the third week of the semester (after the add/drop period has ended).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Registrar’s Office.

NYS Alert Survey

In light of recent Virginia Tech tragedy, SUNY Upstate (in conjunction with New York State) has decided to initiate an emergency alert process by which to communicate to students, faculty and staff. One of the initial steps in instituting a multi-prong communication system is to collect emergency contact information. The purpose of this survey is to ONLY collect emergency contact information to be used with NY-ALERT All-Hazards Alert and Notification system.

A survey will be posted to your ISIS account every semester (beginning this November) asking if you would like to participate. If so, this collection of emergency contact information will enable Upstate to have emergency and safety information via text messages and phone calls. Students have the option to Opt-In or Opt-out. There are two ways to opt-out: Either opting-out just temporarily (the student will be prompted again in 5 days) or opting-out for the entire semester.

Students will be allowed to update their information at any time or if they have opted out, opt back in at any point. If phone number or email addresses change, the menu item for NYS Alert remains on the students ISIS account and they can update the information at any point. However, students should note that this does not update SUNY Upstate’s data, just the information communicated to NY Alert. Changes to Upstate’s data needs to be made either through the links in ISIS or for permanent information through the Registrar’s office. There are restrictions to the types of Alert notifications that are allowed to be sent by SUNY Upstate.

Students will only receive a message if the following incident occurs:
• Bomb Threat – based on intelligence that indicates the threat is credible.
• Civil Disturbance – large group disrupting normal campus activities.
• Fire – large-scale fire to building(s), wildfires, local community or industry that endangers campus.
• Hazardous Material - dangerous material, chemical, biological, nuclear spreading from a contained area.
• Major Road Closing/Incident – unanticipated event that would disrupt safe passage to and from campus.
• Medical Emergency – pandemic or event with mass casualties.
• Personal Safety – situations that include use of weapons, violence, perpetrator(s) at large, active shooter, and hostage situation or missing persons. Any situation, on or off campus, that, in the judgment of the Chief Administrative Officer or designee, constitutes an on-going or continuing threat to person or property.
• Suspicious Package – reasonable belief that a package may contain chemical, biological or nuclear substance that would cause harm to persons or property.
• Utility Failure - a major disruption or damage to utilities including gas, electrical or water.
• Weather - severe weather conditions to include flooding, snow/ice/cold, thunderstorm, wind, tornado or hurricane.

Any questions regarding this process, please do not hesitate to contact Nicole
Morgante, Student Affairs 464-8812 or morgantn@upstate.edu. Directions for completing NYS Alert Survey are available at https://www.upstate.edu/currentstudents

Medical Alumni Career Advisory Network

The Syracuse Medical Alumni Association has created a Career Advisory Network for students to connect with alumni around the country. The system is available on-line. If there is a certain region or specialty that you are interested in, but not listed, the office will be happy to help you reach out to alumni who may not be on the list.

http://www.upstate.edu/medalumni/intra/