Weigel Wellness Center employees Juanita Jones, RN, and Rita Sumers, RN, will speak about their pathways and careers in nursing and health promotions and offer advice to current health and wellness majors and pre-health professions students on Monday, November 12, at 5:15 p.m. in Classroom Building B309.

Ms. Jones has worked as coordinator of health education programs in Buffalo State's Weigel Wellness Center since November 2017. Previously she worked as a college health nurse at the Weigel Health Center for 20 years. She earned her B.A. in health services administration from the University at Buffalo and her A.A.S. in applied sciences/nursing from Erie Community College. She is also a certified American Heart Association CPR instructor and HIV testing coordinator.

Ms. Sumers entered the field as a certified surgical technician in 1984. She relocated to Massachusetts and worked in the operating room at two hospitals. She returned to Western New York in 1987 to go to nursing school at Niagara County Community College (NCCC), graduating in 1989. She has been employed at Buffalo General Hospital, the Visiting Nurses Association, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Niagara County Community College, and Buffalo State. Ms. Sumers’s nursing experience is in intensive care, surgery, operating room management, visiting nursing, LPN RN, surgical tech, and college health. She has been employed at Buffalo State for eight years.

Representatives from Buffalo State's health insurance providers—the Empire Plan, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Independent Health—will be on campus for the annual NYS Employee Health Benefits Fair on Thursday, November 29, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Campbell Student Union Assembly Halls 1 and 2.

Representatives will be available to answer questions regarding the current health insurance plans and changes in coverage for 2019. Staff members from the Employee Benefits Office will also be present to assist employees in making changes to health insurance coverage. This is an opportunity to ensure that you are enrolled in the health insurance plan that is best for you and your family.

Information on dental and vision benefits will also be available. Attendees can have their blood pressure checked, find out their body mass and pulse index, learn the benefits of and sample massage therapy, and learn about the Weight Watchers program, all free of charge.

Meet our EAP coordinators and obtain helpful information regarding our Employee Assistance Program. Call Human Resource Management at 878-4821 with questions, and please stop by our benefits fair on November 29.

Please join the Biology Department and the Great Lakes Center today for the seminar "Regulation of Body Temperature by Autonomic and Behavioral Thermoeffectors," presented by Zachary Schlader, assistant professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at the University at Buffalo, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 424. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome.

Abstract
Thermoregulation is accomplished via autonomic and behavioral responses. Recent evidence indicates that autonomic responses may influence decisions to behaviorally thermoregulate. For instance, in addition to changes in body temperature, skin wettedness and involuntary muscle contraction, which occur subsequent to sweating and shivering, likely modulate thermal behavior. This talk will provide an overview of temperature regulation in humans as occurs via both autonomic and behavioral responses.

Please join the Biology Department and the Great Lakes Center for the seminar "Regulation of Body Temperature by Autonomic and Behavioral Thermoeffectors," presented by Zachary Schlader, assistant professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at the University at Buffalo, on Monday, November 12, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 424. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome.

Abstract
Thermoregulation is accomplished via autonomic and behavioral responses. Recent evidence indicates that autonomic responses may influence decisions to behaviorally thermoregulate. For instance, in addition to changes in body temperature, skin wettedness and involuntary muscle contraction, which occur subsequent to sweating and shivering, likely modulate thermal behavior. This talk will provide an overview of temperature regulation in humans as it occurs via both autonomic and behavioral responses.

The University Police Department has temporarily suspended the grooming standards for the department to allow officers to participate in the sixth annual Goatees and Beards for Charity fundraiser. Participants contribute $50 each to grow a goatee or $75 to grow a beard for eight weeks, until December 31, to benefit this charitable event. Funds raised will be donated to the Western New York Police Helpline, which provides 24/7 confidential assistance, information, and referrals by trained police peers to working and retired police officers, corrections officers, dispatchers, and their families. The helpline assists with any issues that may affect work and family life.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The next College Senate meeting of the fall 2018 semester will be held tomorrow, November 9, at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 217 (not 214; please note the room change for this and next month’s meetings). The meeting agenda (PDF, 99 KB) is posted on the College Senate website. Senate meetings are recorded and posted as podcasts following the meetings. The meeting schedule for the 2018–2019 academic year and all past agendas are available on the College Senate website. 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
Reports to the College Senate are posted on the College Senate website. The most recent reports are from the October 12, 2018, 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 also posted to the website after they are presented to the Senate.

If you happen to have an HSBC account, please check to see if your account was hacked. Read about credential stuffing attack in Data Breach Today.

The Buffalo State Research and Creativity Council (RCC) will conduct the workshop "Preparing an Incentive Grant Proposal" on Thursday, November 29, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 418. Feel free to bring a brown-bag lunch.

Do you need base funding for your research project? Do you want to launch your creative ideas into bigger projects? The Research Incentive Awards Program, sponsored by the RCC, funds a variety of research, scholarly, and creative projects with the intention of enhancing future proposal submissions to outside agencies. Jessica Berg, director of pre-award and contract services, will provide an overview of the program and offer tips for proposal preparation. Robert Warren, Research and Creativity Council chair and a past recipient of the program, will be on hand to share his know-how in preparing a competitive application.

A successful research incentive grant proposal is one that is well-prepared, thoughtfully planned, and concisely packaged. The RCC wants to help make your research incentive grant proposal a success. The maximum request for an incentive proposal is $7,000. The funds support activities that lead to the preparation of a competitive proposal to an external agency. For example, these funds could be used to perform preliminary survey research, gather pilot data, hire a graduate assistant to perform literature reviews, or cover travel expenses to meet with experts in the field. Salary for the faculty or staff member developing the grant is not supported. The next deadline date is February 28, 2019.

RSVP to Gina Game, Research and Creativity Council administrator, by Monday, November 26.

Winterim, the period between the fall and spring semesters when a variety of activities are held on campus to support the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of faculty and staff, will be held January 15–18, 2019. Winterim is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and learn from one another. If you have a skill or talent you would like to share with the campus community, please complete and submit the Winterim Session Submission form by Monday, November 26. Please contact the Professional Development Center, 878-5364, with questions. For more information, please visit the Winterim website.