IT Alerts are posted whenever it is known in advance that maintenance will be performed on an IT system or server. When unplanned outages occur, IT posts information about them on the IT Alerts page as well. You can check this page anytime to see if maintenance is planned. If you try to log in to a system and cannot, please check the IT Alerts page to see if the system is down and when it should be back up.

Please do not confuse IT Alerts with any other alert system on campus. IT Alerts are placed on the IT Alerts page in the IT self-service portal.

IT Alerts are posted whenever it is known in advance that maintenance will be performed on an IT system or server. When unplanned outages occur, IT posts information about them on the IT Alerts page as well. You can check this page anytime to see if maintenance is planned. If you try to log in to a system and cannot, please check the IT Alerts page to see if the system is down and when it should be back up.

Please do not confuse IT Alerts with any other alert system on campus. IT Alerts are placed on the IT Alerts page in the IT self-service portal.

IT Alerts are posted whenever it is known in advance that maintenance will be performed on an IT system or server. When unplanned outages occur, IT posts information about them on the IT Alerts page as well. You can check this page anytime to see if maintenance is planned. If you try to log in to a system and cannot, please check the IT Alerts page to see if the system is down and when it will be back up.

Please do not confuse IT Alerts with any other alert system on campus. IT Alerts are placed on the IT Alerts page in the IT self-service portal.

Please remember that the 2018–2019 fiscal year closes June 30. Because June 30 is a Sunday, please be sure to submit all foundation and state payment requests, with applicable backup, to the Accounts Payable and Travel Services Office, Cleveland Hall 414, by Friday, June 28. Thank you.

Questions can be directed to Accounts Payable and Travel Services at 878-4117.

From the Chair of the College Senate
Reports to the College Senate are posted on the College Senate website. The most recent reports are from the May 10, 2019, Senate meeting.

Podcasts serve as the official audio record of each College Senate meeting. If you missed a Senate meeting and want to catch up, podcasts are posted to the Senate's podcasts web page. Senate meeting summaries are posted to the website after they are presented to the Senate.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The College Senate will hold its annual New Senator Orientation for all newly elected senators on Thursday, September 5, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. This annual session, hosted by the chair of the College Senate and the College Senate parliamentarian, gives newly elected faculty, professional staff, and students an overview of the official rules and basic protocol of College Senate meetings. The College Senate follows Robert’s Rules of Order, as is mandated by its bylaws. Attendance is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged. Formal invitations will be sent to all newly elected senators in late summer. Please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, or phone the office at 878-5139 with questions.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The campus community is invited to comment on the SUNY Green Paper on General Education Revision, which is available on the College Senate’s General Education Ad-Hoc Task Force on Curriculum web page. Please send comments to SUNY.

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
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.

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.