Internal Controls
Internal controls function to minimize risks and protect assets, ensure the accuracy of records, promote operational efficiency, and encourage adherence to policies, rules, regulations, and laws.
Contact Person: Karina Benninger
Online using Brightspace
Dates: Offered online until the end of December, an in-person version is offered in January during professional development week for those who prefer an in-person format.
Requirement: All employees must complete training every 2 years. Training is offered to managers in year one and all other staff members in year two, rotating every other year.
Cyber Security Training
The training provided aims to spread awareness of the dangers of cyberthreats and make SUNY Cobleskill more proactive toward these threats
Contact Person: Andy Martin- ITS
Dates: Fall Semester - Annually
Requirement: All employees
Title VI
SUNY stands firmly against antisemitism, Islamophobia, and discrimination of any form on our campuses. Student safety is paramount, and an inclusive campus environment is essential to student success. We issue this guidance to emphasize the importance of the Title VI requirements, the U.S. Department of Education’s
Contact Person: Mary Elhakam- Human Resources
Dates: August – September Annually
Requirement: All Employees (Faculty/Staff/Student)
Title IX
Title IX training is a requirement for educational institutions that receive federal funding to educate students, faculty, and staff on how to prevent, report, and address sexual misconduct. The training also aims to create a safe and inclusive learning and working environment.
Contact Person: Mary Elhakam- Human Resources
Dates: August-September Annually
Requirement: All Employees (Faculty/Staff/Student)
Preventing Harassment & Discrimination
SUNY Cobleskill is committed to providing a work environment for all employees that is free of harassment and discrimination. This training provides an overview of how to identify harassment and discrimination and what to do when it is witnessed.
Contact Person: Nicole Field - Human Resources
Dates: October - Annually
Requirement: All Employees
Ethics
Ethics training covers the Public Officers Law and other related ethics laws and regulations, and provides information on how employees can avoid conflicts of interest and be good stewards of State resources
Contact Person: Nicole Field - Human Resources
Dates: Upon Hire and Annually by December 31.
Requirement: All Employees
Executive Order 31
To focus on improving the unemployment rate of people with disabilities and add 1,200 disabled persons to state employment.
Contact Person: Nicole Field - Human Resources
Dates:
Requirement:
Alcohol & Controlled Substance
GOER's policy on Alcohol and Controlled Substances in the Workplace encourages training to prepare supervisors to identify and address alcohol and drug problems.
Contact Person: Nicole Field - Human Resources
Dates: Upon Hire
Requirement: Supervisors
Child Abuse Reporting & Prevention Policy
On December 17, 2012, the State University of New York Board of Trustees adopted a new policy to mandate the reporting of incidents of child sexual abuse on University property and at University-sponsored events, and to take steps to prevent such incidents. The SUNY policy goes above and beyond all reporting requirements currently mandated by New York State law. The Board directs all SUNY campuses to adopt local procedures to: Provide employee and student training on the identification of such crimes and proper notification requirements.
Contact Person: Mary Elhakam- Human Resources
Dates: Upon Hire/Enrollment
Requirement: Faculty, Staff & Student
Public Employer Workplace Violence Prevention
Every employer is to provide each employee with information and training on the risks of workplace violence in his or her workplace or workplaces at the time of the employee’s initial assignment and at least annually thereafter
Contact Person: Nicole Field - Human Resources
Dates: October - Annually
Requirement: Faculty & Staff
Inclusion Communications
This course focuses on the importance of considering impact not intent when engaging with identity terminology and self-identification. Microaggressions are defined and explored with an emphasis on the impact of unchecked microaggressions.
Contact Person: Derwin Bennett
Brightspace
Dates: Annually
Requirement: Faculty, Staff & Student
The Influence of Unconscious Bias
This course defines and examines unconscious bias as a challenge employees from all identity groups must face.
Contact Person: Derwin Bennett
Brightspace
Dates: Annually
Requirement: Faculty, Staff & Student