Parking spaces in the southeast portion of Lot R-6 on Academic Drive (PDF, 4.3 MB) will be off-line Monday and Tuesday, March 25 and 26, to accommodate needed repairs to the roof of South Wing. Work is scheduled to begin Monday, March 25, and is expected to last through Friday, March 29. Parking restrictions will allow a crane west of the building to move materials to the roof.

Questions about this project may be addressed to vpfm@buffalostate.edu. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we make this necessary repair.

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 March 8, 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 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 will be posted on the College Senate website. The call for nominations begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 15, and continues through 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 19. Elections for these positions will run from 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 22, to 11:59 p.m. Friday, April 26. The link will be live on April 15.

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.

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.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The next College Senate meeting of the spring 2019 semester will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 12, in Bulger Communication Center 215. The meeting agenda will be posted on the College Senate website on April 5.

The final meeting of the spring 2019 semester will be held on May 10. Meetings are held on Fridays at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 215 unless otherwise noted.

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.

Access to file shares for faculty, staff, students, and departments will be unavailable from 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. Monday, March 25, during infrastructure maintenance to the campus-based server. Restored access is expected by 7:00 a.m.

Wondering if a system you're trying to use is down? Check the IT Alerts page.

Access to file shares for faculty, staff, students, and departments will be unavailable from 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. Monday, March 25, during infrastructure maintenance to the campus-based server. Restored access is expected by 7:00 a.m.

In recent weeks, several people on campus have reported problems signing in to the new build of Windows 10. The two most common errors received are

• "Windows couldn't connect to the User Profile Service."
• "Group Policy client service failed the sign in. Access is denied."

This currently affects only a small percentage of people on campus; however, an increasing number of people will be affected as more devices with this build are added to the fleet of Windows computers on campus.

To address this issue, Information Technology will apply a slight modification to faculty, staff, and student network user profiles on Monday, March 25. Essentially, this will adjust how the Z: drive (personal drive) is mapped when logging on. There will be no change in appearance or functionality.

We don’t expect the change to negatively affect users in any way; however, if you notice a problem after the modification is made on Monday, please open a ticket and describe the problem.

Consultants from Rickes Associates and HBT Architects will be touring campus today and tomorrow, March 21 and 22, perusing buildings' interior spaces to collect data for Buffalo State’s ongoing Instructional and Space Needs Analysis Study. They will be identifiable by name badges indicating the project. The consultants will not disrupt any classroom or working environments, though they may request access to spaces. Your cooperation and support in this endeavor are appreciated.

Questions about this can be directed to Sarah Reid, facilities planner, 878-5489.

To Do Before Spring Recess: Register for Commencement! The Class of 2019 eagerly anticipates celebrating graduation at the 147th Commencement on Saturday, May 18, in the Sports Arena. Your participation in the most auspicious campus event of the year makes it especially meaningful for our graduates and their families. Please honor them—and thereby all your hard work and encouragement—by marching in the procession or serving as a volunteer usher to help with the graduate lineup, greet and guide guests, or distribute programs.

Ceremonies by school are as follows:

• 9:00 a.m. Baccalaureate Ceremony: School of Education, School of the Professions
• 1:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Ceremony: School of Arts and Humanities, School of Natural and Social Sciences, Individualized Studies
• 5:00 p.m. Graduate School Ceremony: Master's Degrees and Certificate of Advanced Study

Visit the For Faculty and Staff section of the Commencement website. Registration is online.

• Volunteer ushers registration
• Marchers* registration, including all platform party members and administrators
• Rehearsals

*Note about regalia: The Buffalo State Bookstore will take orders for regalia rentals until Monday, April 22. Commencement marchers who ordered regalia for Honors Convocation may use it for Commencement. All rentals are to be returned by Monday, May 20. A limited number and variety of gowns are available for loan through the Academic Affairs Office. A Regalia Loan Request form is provided on the Marchers web page. Please provide your own hood and cap, either rented or owned, if possible.

Thank you to the campus community for your dedicated service on Commencement day.