Announcements
Posted: Friday, September 9, 2011Commencement Committee Membership
From the President
I am pleased to announce the membership for the 2011–2012 Buffalo State College Commencement Committee:
Chair: Myrtle Welch, Assistant Professor, Elementary Education and Reading
Co-Chair: James Sobol, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
Patricia Alessandra, Senior Staff Associate, Academic Affairs
Sarbani Banerjee, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems
Peter Carey, Chief of Police, University Police
Nancy Chicola, Chair and Associate Professor, Elementary Education and Reading
Thomas Coates, Director, Events Management
Bonita Durand, Chief of Staff, President’s Office
Andrea Guiati, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Modern and Classical Languages
Jennifer Heisey, Director, Alumni Affairs
Kimberly Jackson, Assistant Dean, Strategic and Enrollment Planning, Graduate School
Melaine Kenyon, Director, Instructional Technology
Joseph Marren, Interim Chair andAssociate Professor, Communication
William Raffel, Associate Professor, Communication
Jean Salisbury, Secretary 2, University College
Raquel Schmidt, Associate Professor, Exceptional Education
Jamie Warnes, Assistant Manager, Personnel Operations, Human Resource Management
Gail Wells, Director, Student Life
Amitra Wall, Associate Professor, Sociology
Rita Zientek, Associate Dean, School of the Professions
Joshua Lipka, Student Representative
This committee serves as an advisory committee to the president, reviewing and forwarding recommendations for procedural and operational changes to the Commencement ceremony, as well as other processes involved with Commencement.
