From the Chair of the Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
The College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee will host the annual College Senate Caucus—the election of Senate officers for the upcoming academic year—on Friday, May 10, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Caudell Hall 110.

Candidates for officer positions must be senators who will be in office for the 2019–2020 academic year. Candidates should be present at the caucus to announce their candidacy. Alternatively, e-mails of interest for committee chairs may be e-mailed to Amy Rosen-Brand by 11:00 a.m. May 10. Candidates who e-mail their interest must specify which standing committee(s) they wish to chair. Should a chair seat be contested, an election will be held expeditiously after the caucus.

Questions may be directed to Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139.

Faculty members, after you have completed (submitted and saved) your spring 2019 grades in Banner, please go back in to your roster and double-check that all grades are there as you intended.

If you have any questions about grading, please call the IT Help Desk at 878-4357 or the Registrar's Office at 878-4811. 

The spring 2019 grading window opens Monday, May 13, at 9:00 a.m. and closes Wednesday, May 22, at 9:00 p.m.

Faculty members will enter their spring 2019 grades using Banner. The grading window will open Monday, May 13, at 9:00 a.m. and close Wednesday, May 22, at 9:00 p.m. In preparation, faculty members are encouraged to log on to Banner to be sure that all their courses are listed under their accounts. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the IT Help Desk at 878-4357 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

Please call the Registrar's Office at 878-4811 with questions about grading. We have provided a grading tip sheet (712 KB) to assist you in successful grading.

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
Two at-large College Senate positions, one University Faculty Senate position, and one University Faculty Senate alternate position will become vacant on August 30, 2019. All full-time faculty and professional staff members are eligible to run for these seats provided they meet other eligibility requirements (see below).

At-large senators represent the entirety of the college. University Faculty senators are senators within both the Buffalo State College Senate and the SUNY University Faculty Senate. The alternate attends SUNY University Faculty Senate meetings only in the absence of the university faculty senator.

A call for nominations and information about candidates’ statements can be found on the College Senate website. The call for nominations began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 15, and continues through 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, April 19. Elections for these positions will run from 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 22, to 11:59 p.m. Friday, April 26.

Senate elections conducted by the schools of Arts and Humanities, Education, Natural and Social Sciences, and the Professions as well as the Professional Staff Caucus (PSC) should be concluded before the election cycle for the at-large seats.

Eligibility: Current College Senate members who are completing two consecutive terms in their respective positions are not eligible for reelection. For additional information on eligibility requirements, please consult the College Senate bylaws.

Campaigning: The College Senate Elections and Bylaws Committee strongly discourages using college e-mail services for campaigning. Please limit campaigning to the candidate statement posted on the College Senate website.

Please note: Individuals running for a senator position in another election may not also run for at-large senator or university faculty senator positions while the other election is being conducted. If the other election concludes during the period when nominations for at-large or university faculty senator are still being accepted, eligible individuals may self-nominate for either position.

If you are interested in being a candidate, please contact Vince Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139. We look forward to your participation in the vital process of campus governance.

Please note: The official voting portal (log-in required) is closed until April 22.

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 April 12, 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 final College Senate meeting of the spring 2019 semester will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 10, in Bulger Communication Center 215. Please note the one-hour time change. The meeting agenda will be posted on the College Senate website on May 3.

The College Senate Office is located in Cleveland Hall 211. Joseph Marren, professor of communication, serves as chair of the College Senate for the 2018–2019 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 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.

Faculty members will enter their spring 2019 grades using Banner. In preparation, faculty members are encouraged to log on to Banner to be sure that all their courses are listed under their accounts. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the IT Help Desk at 878-4357 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you have questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at 878-4811.

The spring 2019 faculty grading window opens Monday, May 13, at 9:00 a.m. and closes Wednesday, May 22, at 9:00 p.m.

The Great Lakes Center is pleased to release the spring issue of our newsletter (PDF, 1.5 MB). This issue focuses on habitat enhancements to the Field Station, sending specimens for genetic barcoding, an expanded watercraft inspection program hosted by WNY PRISM, and upcoming research.

If you'd like to be added to the mailing list for future editions of the newsletter, please e-mail the GLC with the subject line "Newsletter mailing list add."

Blackboard Learn, Banner, Confluence, Degree Works, and other systems supported by SUNY's Information Technology Exchange Center (ITEC) may be down or intermittently available between midnight and 6:00 a.m. Saturday, April 27, while the SUNY ITEC Internet service provider performs scheduled maintenance.