The Newman Center will celebrate Mass for the Feast of All Saints on Friday, November 1, at 8:00 a.m. in the Newman Center Chapel, located at 1219 Elmwood Avenue.

Our loved ones are part of what the church calls the "Communion of Saints." The church commemorates these "saints" by celebrating All Saints and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2. All are welcome.

The podcast of the October 11, 2019, College Senate meeting is now available on the College Senate's podcasts web page. Podcasts serve as the official audio record of each College Senate meeting.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The remaining College Senate meetings for 2019–2020 will be held as follows:

Fall 2019
November 8  |  3:00 p.m.  |  Bulger Communication Center 423
December 13  |  2:00 p.m.  |  Bulger Communication Center 215

Spring 2020
February 14  |  3:00 p.m.  |  Bulger Communication Center 217
March 13  |  3:00 p.m.  |  Bulger Communication Center 217
April 10  |  3:00 p.m.  |  Bulger Communication Center 217
May 8  |  2:00 p.m.  |  Bulger Communication Center 217

Senate Caucus
May 8  | 12:15 p.m.  |  Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418

The College Senate Office is located in Cleveland Hall 211. Joseph Marren, professor of communication, serves as chair of the College Senate for the 2019–2020 academic year. Please stop by the office, call 878-5139, or e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, with questions or for general information.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The next meeting of the College Senate for fall 2019 will be held Friday, November 8, at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 423. The meeting agenda will be posted on the College Senate website on October 31. Please direct questions to Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139.

Please join us for the Big Dig II Tree-Planting Day on Saturday, November 2, as Friends of the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum partner with the Campus Planning Office and the Grounds and Garage Department on a fun and productive morning of tree planting. Your participation is welcome.

Volunteers will work in teams to plant 35 trees on campus. The planting will increase the number and diversity of trees in the campus arboretum and offset trees lost to storm damage, construction, infestation, and disease.

“Big diggers” should meet in Cleveland Hall 205 at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 2. Please bring along your own work gloves and, if possible, a shovel. Planting will take place from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Refreshments will be provided.

We are delighted that Buffalo State students—members of the USG-recognized Rowing Club—have already signed up to help with Big Dig II.

For more information, please contact Susan McCartney, member of the arboretum's executive committee and director of the Small Business Development Center.

Please join us for the professional development workshop "Facilitating Conflict Resolution," presented by Susan Woods (PDF, 291 KB), managing partner for Henderson Woods LLC, on Thursday, November 14, from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Chase Hall 109.

Understanding how to respond to conflict is essential for leadership, especially when the tension involves others in the department or on a committee. How leaders respond can lead to mutual problem-solving and workplace improvement or to continued antagonism and disruption. Ignoring the tension, taking sides, or imposing a solution can make matters worse. Often leaders find themselves in a position of helping others have the conversation they are not able to have by themselves. This session introduces a common-sense three-phase process for diffusing tension and guiding others in conflict toward mutual solution-finding. We will explore strategies and techniques for leadership’s role in facilitating workplace conflict resolution and maintaining a culture of collegiality.

The session will present a process for facilitating conflict resolution and informal mediation. The design is participatory, combining practical application through the use of case simulations with self-reflective learning. Leaders will be invited to share observations on their experiences facilitating conflict resolution.

Participants will learn to

• use an interest-based, collaborative process to facilitate conflict resolution;
• redirect adversarial conflict to promote mutual solution-finding;
• create safety for dialogue to surface concerns and reveal missing information;
• use questions to move parties in conflict beyond self-focused stories to mutual purpose and mutual respect;
• assist parties in conflict to reframe issues as mutual problem-solving questions;
• recognize and avoid common missteps in facilitating conflict resolution.

Light refreshments will be provided. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Please join us for the professional development workshop "The Art of Diversity: How to Look at Images with Diverse Backgrounds," presented by Kathy Shiroki, curatorial associate for the Burchfield Penney Art Center, on Tuesday, November 12, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center lobby. 

Sharpen your observational skills while experiencing how a multitude of interpretations can be read from the same image. Participants will engage in conversations while observing works of art on exhibition. The Art of Diversity is an interactive professional development training at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

Ms. Shiroki, lecturer at SUNY Buffalo State, develops educational programming for the BPAC in which she invites visitors to enjoy the process of looking at art and to question their observations.  

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Please be sure to head over to Rockwell Hall this evening for the Garman Art Conservation Department's annual Open House from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. If you've ever wanted to learn more about the field of art conservation, tonight is your chance. Projects and demonstrations will be on display throughout the evening, and graduate students and faculty members will be available to answer questions and talk about treatment projects. Head over for a fun evening and light refreshments. Please call 878-5025 or visit the Garman Art Conservation website for more information or with questions.

Please join the Garman Art Conservation Department as we open our doors on the second floor of Rockwell Hall for our annual open house on Friday, October 25, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event gives visitors a peek into the world of art and cultural heritage conservation. Come and see what our graduate students and faculty members have been conserving this past year and take a tour of our state-of-the-art studios and labs. Projects and demonstrations will be on display throughout the evening, including a painting by Joseph Piccillo, professor emeritus of art education. This event is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served. Please call 878-5025 with questions.

Please join us for a scholarly conversation about how to become a student-ready campus on Friday, November 1, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in Caudell Hall 233. (Please note the room change). We will discuss chapter 4 of the book Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success, by Tia Brown McNair, Susan Albertine, Michelle Asha Cooper, Nicole McDonald, and Thomas Major Jr. (2016). The book can be retrieved from Butler Library's collection.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.