From the Chair of the College Senate
If you are interested in serving on one or more of the eight College Senate standing committees for 2019–2020, the Committee Interest Form will be available on the College Senate website July 1.

The College Senate Office will forward all information to the committee chairs for review and consideration. Committee membership is determined solely at the discretion of committee chairs. Not all committees may need members.

All final reports from the College Senate standing committees, presented at the May 10, 2019, College Senate meeting, are now posted on the College Senate Standing Committees web page.

From the Chair of the College Senate
College Senate meetings for the 2019–2020 academic year will be held on the following dates:

Fall 2019
September 13  |  3:00 p.m.  |  Bulger Communication Center 423
October 11  |  3:00 p.m.  |  Bulger Communication Center 423
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.  |  TBA
March 13  |  3:00 p.m.  |  TBA
April 10  |  3:00 p.m.  |  TBA
May 8  |  2:00 p.m.  |  TBA

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.

The Graduate School is pleased to announce it will hold its fall Orientation for new graduate students on Monday, August 19, from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union.

Come and celebrate the First Friday of each month at 8:00 am. in the Newman Center Chapel. We will gather for Mass and start the month with a renewed perspective. Stay for a cup of coffee afterward or take a cup to go. Our next celebration will take place this Friday, June 7. All are welcome!

The Newman Center is located at 1219 Elmwood Avenue, across Elmwood from the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

The American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) reported to Quest Diagnostics that unauthorized users gained access to its internal systems, exposing the Social Security numbers, financial information, and medical information of close to 12 million Quest patients. AMCA is still working to verify whose data was breached and the level of risk to each individual. Quest reports that no lab results were stolen. Read more about it on the Identity Theft Resource Center website.

The Center for Global Engagement is updating its records to capture contact information for faculty and staff members with international backgrounds or interests. All faculty and staff members who are proficient in another language or whose professional qualifications contain a significant international component (training, teaching, research, service, or even residence or frequent travel abroad) are invited to submit their names for inclusion in the directory.

Collected data will be used to create an online directory of people on campus who have international experience or speak another language. The directory will be used as a resource for others who are seeking expertise in the international arena.

We invite you to take a few minutes to tell us about your international experience so that others on campus who wish to travel, create or improve existing faculty-led programs, or study abroad can seek out your guidance. The survey will be open for responses until Thursday, August 1.

The Writing Center—which offers free assistance to all Buffalo State students with any type of writing, at any stage of the writing process—is open this summer.

Tutors are available to work with students either face-to-face in Butler Library 310 or online. Students may visit the Bengal Success Portal to make an appointment for either type of assistance.

Summer Hours (through August 8)
Monday–Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For more information, please visit the Writing Center website or contact Maggie Herb, director of the Writing Center.

Concrete repairs in various locations are scheduled to begin Thursday, June 6, and continue through Friday, June 28. The primary locations will be along Bengal Walk and the Perry Quad area. Questions regarding this work can be directed to Facilities Operations at 878-6111. Thank you for your understanding as we continue to make improvements to our campus.

The Anne Frank Project's sixth student delegation to Rwanda arrived on June 1. We encourage you to read their blogs as they navigate this heart-stretching study-away experience.

Rwanda 2019 Blogs

More info about AFP in Rwanda