Do you use the same password for every account? Do you try to use the same password over and over and over? Then it’s just a matter of time before your identity is stolen or worse.

Never use the same password for more than one account. Never reuse a password. Use a password manager to manage your passwords. Read about password managers from sans.org.

Schedule Planner, the online planning tool that makes registration easier for students by simplifying and decreasing the amount of time involved in planning a schedule, had unveiled five new features:

• A Banner Reserved Seats Flag and Display
  This new icon alerts students when a section is using reserved seats and gives a breakdown of the reserved seats by line item. Schedule Planner is updated every minute so students can see actual seats reserved vs. seats available to them.
• A Style Change to the Back Button
  The Back button is now displayed with an orange background, making it easier to locate on the page.
• A Maximum Schedules Tip
  This added feature gives students a warning when they have generated 500 or more possible schedules. The warning reminds students to use breaks, locks, and course options to narrow their search results.
• A Low-Cost Materials Icon
  This new icon will display for sections that have a low-cost materials attribute. This is a great way for students to search and identify sections that offer the low-cost materials option.
• A Co-requisite Icon
  This new icon will display for sections that have co-requisite requirements.

As always, students are strongly encouraged to use Schedule Planner (PDF, 2.1 MB). They can send their final course selections directly to their shopping cart and submit!

The Undergraduate Admissions Office will host its next Fall Open House for prospective students and their families on Saturday, November 17, from 9:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The event will begin with a welcome address from the president in the Performing Arts Center. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the campus, meet with faculty and student support services, discuss financial aid options, explore career opportunities, and tour the surrounding cultural corridor. For more information, please visit our Open House web page. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help greet our guests, please contact Tom Karanas, admissions adviser, 878-4408.

The Tutoring and Learning Center (TLC) is happy to announce that Jared Rasheed is back, tutoring business, finance, and economics for the TLC in South Wing 320. We are also pleased to introduce our new economics tutor, Joe Brzozowiec, who started this week. More information such as tutoring schedules and help for specific courses can be found on the Tutoring and Learning Center website.

The campus community is urged to pledge to this year's SEFA Campaign in support of the United Way. Pledge forms are available through campuswide ambassadors within each department or by contacting campaign co-chair Tom Koller, senior associate athletics director, 878-6514. For those who would like to pledge electronically, please follow the directions below. The campaign ends November 16. 

1. E-pledge web site: https://uwbec.unitedwayepledge.org

2. Click [FORGOT USER ID OR PASSWORD?].

3. Enter your Buffalo State e-mail address.

4. Check the box marked [I'm not a robot].

5. Click [E-MAIL MY INFORMATION].

6. Check your Buffalo State in-box for an e-mail from donotreply@uwbec.org.

7. Click the "reset password" e-Pledge link in the e-mail (will expire within 24 hours).

8. Create a new password and click [Save].

9. Click the [Continue] button.

A representative from the NYS Employees' Retirement System will present a retirement-planning seminar for members only on Wednesday, November 7, from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. in Newman Lecture Hall (Bulger Communication Center 215). This is a great opportunity to learn about retirement system benefits and to ask questions.

Topics will include

• calculating benefits,
• determining final average salary,
• service credit rules,
• estimates,
• what to expect after retirement,
• cost-of-living adjustments,
• death benefits, and
• survivor benefits.                                                                                                            

Space is limited; reservations are required. If you wish to attend, please call the Benefits Office at 878-4821.

The New York State Teachers’ Retirement System will hold its fall 2018 Pension and Retirement Education Program (PREP) seminars on Wednesday, November 14, and Thursday, December 13, at Erie 1 BOCES, 355 Harlem Road, West Seneca, NY.

The seminars will include information on NYSTRS benefits; financial planning; Social Security; estate planning; retirement: a new beginning; filing for retirement; and retirement income.

The seminars will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; check-in begins at 8:00 a.m. PREP seminars are free, and spouses and partners may also attend, but advance registration is required. Seminars fill up quickly, so please book early. Visit NYSTRS.org using your My NYSTRS account ("my tools" tab) or call (800) 348-7298, ext. 6180, to register. When calling, you must provide your Employee ID or Social Security number, e-mail address, and phone number.

Please note: Seminars are not designed for one-on-one retirement counseling. Individual benefits consultations may be scheduled year-round online or by phone through NYSTRS.

Do you know a student who's a great member of the campus community? Nominate him or her to participate in Fiesta Friday. This celebratory event will be held on select Fridays throughout the academic year and is by invitation only. Each event will include light refreshments and opportunities for students to win prizes. Students can also self-nominate. Nominees may not have any Code of Conduct violations. Attendance is limited at each event. Students will receive a confirmation e-mail prior to the event. Nominations and self-nominations may be made online.

Daily Bulletin users are asked to refrain from submitting items to the Daily Bulletin beginning at noon today, November 9, through 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 13, as the Marketing and Communications Office moves the Daily Bulletin database and archives to an off-campus web host. This is the final stage in the campuswide migration of all official Buffalo State Drupal websites. Any entries submitted during this migration period will not carry over to the new system.

Only submissions to the Daily Bulletin will be affected during this window; readers will still receive the Daily Bulletin in their in-boxes each morning throughout the shutdown. The new Daily Bulletin site will be brought online with the same URL, and readers should see no discernible changes following the move.

Please send questions, comments, or concerns to Melissa Meehan, director of web administration, 878-3903. Thank you for your cooperation.

Daily Bulletin users are asked to refrain from submitting items to the Daily between noon Friday, November 9, and 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 13, as the Marketing and Communications Office moves the Daily Bulletin database and archives to an off-campus web host. This is the final stage in the campuswide migration of all official Buffalo State Drupal websites. Any entries submitted during this content freeze period will not carry over to the new system.

Only submissions to the Daily Bulletin will be affected during this window; readers will still receive the Daily Bulletin in their in-boxes each morning throughout the shutdown. The new Daily Bulletin site will be brought online with the same URL, and readers should see no discernible changes following the move.

Please send questions, comments, or concerns to Melissa Meehan, director of web administration, 878-3903. Thank you for your cooperation.