The fall 2018 midterm grading window will close Friday, October 26, at 9:00 p.m. Students will be able to view their grades in Banner, Degree Works, and the Bengal Success Portal as soon as midterm grades are posted by faculty members. Advisers can obtain copies of the midterm grading reports for their academic intervention use through their deans’ offices.

Thank you for your commitment to our students’ success.

The midterm grading window will open in Banner at 9:00 a.m. Monday, October 8, and close at 9:00 p.m. Friday, October 26. In addition to a midterm grade, faculty members can mark how regularly a student has attended a course by entering 0 (never attended), 1 (sporadic, unsatisfactory attendance), or 2 (consistent, satisfactory attendance) in the “Hours Attended” field. Midterm grade submissions for all registered students are useful, as these grades are helpful for campuswide academic intervention and retention efforts. 

Students will be able to view their grades in Banner, Degree Works, and the Bengal Success Portal as soon as midterm grades are posted by faculty member. Advisers can obtain copies of the midterm grading reports for their academic intervention use through their deans’ offices.

Thank you for your commitment to our students’ success.

Aldon Nielsen, George and Barbara Kelly Professor of American Literature at Penn State, will read from his latest book of poetry, Tray (Make Now Press, 2018), at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 12, in Bacon Hall 115. These poems were inspired by the murder of Trayvon Martin in February 2012 and the activism in response to ongoing acts of violence against people of color in America. The reading and the Q&A session to follow offer an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and even community members to learn more about the origins of the Black Lives Matter movement, its continuing influence over present-day political movements, and its transformation through creative forums like poetry. Dr. Nielsen will discuss his motivations for writing Tray, the history of racial violence and struggles to establish activist movements that inform the American political climate, and the real social work that art can do. Open to students, faculty, staff, and the community. Sponsored by the Grant Allocation Committee, the President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity, the English Department, and the School of Arts and Humanities Dean's Office.

Casting Hall Productions is proud to present The Space Between, a student-created and produced theater production, coproduced with the Anne Frank Project.

Meet Avery: smart, misunderstood, bullied, and raised by a single parent who just doesn't get it… You know, a typical teenager. When the time has come for Avery to discover her true self, she is launched into the outer space of her imagination, where planets teach lessons, stars shine bright, and comets send her on a hyperspeed journey back to her same tedious high school life. Will Avery use her fantastic voyage to stand up for herself or will she take a back seat to her life? The performance will be followed by a kinesthetic workshop to support and process the lessons in the story.

Created by students in the THA 470: Ensemble Theater class of fall 2017, the show toured the Buffalo Public Schools in advance of these on-campus performances.

Thursday, September 27; and Friday, September 28, at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 29, at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday–Saturday, October 2–5, at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 2, at 10:00 a.m. as part of the Anne Frank Project

All performances will be held in the Donald Savage Building's Flexible Theatre. Tickets are available through the campus box office at 878-3005 or at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Please visit theater.buffalostate.edu for more information.

Please be sure to bookmark or print for reference the J-Term 2019 deadline calendar (PDF, 60 KB) and spring 2019 deadline calendar (PDF, 70 KB).

Rule of thumb: Begin studying for midterm and final exams three weeks before the exam date. Midterms are three weeks away! The academic coaches at the Tutoring and Learning Center (TLC) in South Wing 320 can help you prepare. Visit the tutoring website for more information.

Open SUNY Online Teaching has a number of ways that online instructional designers, online faculty, and online practitioners in any role can engage in the Open SUNY Online Teaching community.

The Open SUNY Online Teaching Community of Practice aims to leverage the expertise of our rich and vibrant community of online practitioners by facilitating engagement in the community and cultivating ways that online practitioners can effectively contribute to the community and enhance networking and visibility among peers with shared interests in online teaching and learning across the system. There are a number of ways to engage in the Open SUNY Online Teaching community of practice.

Community members can

• join the online teaching community as Open SUNY fellows in your self-selected role based on your expertise and desired level of commitment to the community;
• subscribe to the Open SUNY Online Teaching Gazette, a curated monthly newsletter for those interested in online teaching;
• volunteer to mentor others in the online teaching community;
• join the Online Course Reviewer Network, indicating your willingness to review online courses and provide feedback for improvements using OSCQR or other rubrics;
• submit and share an effective online practice; or
• be showcased individually for an online teaching and learning practice or innovation in our Open SUNY Fellow Chat monthly webinar series.

A free, informal informational webinar on Tuesday, October 2, will provide a brief overview of the many ways you can engage in the Open SUNY Online Teaching community of practice.  

Join the webinar at noon on October 2: Registration is not required.

Please join the Student INC.Ubator for a discussion and activity on October 2, 4, 16, and 18. All meetings will be held at 12:15 p.m. in our Student INC.Ubator suite, located in Buckham Hall A107. Free and open to all Buffalo State students. Follow @bscincubator on Instagram.

For more information, please contact the INC.Ubator team at 878-4030. To RSVP for this workshop, e-mail Olivia Harbol.

Thank you to all who showed their support for Buffalo State’s Rotaract Club during the September bake sale. We were able to raise a whopping $200! All proceeds are to be donated to Jericho Road Ministries. On behalf of the Rotaract Club officers, we cannot thank you enough for all the support to help make our bake sale a true success.

The Registrar's Office Courses web page has been updated to reflect the J-Term and spring 2019 semester. Banner Preview begins Wednesday, October 10. The master schedules for both J-Term and spring will also be available starting October 10. The web registration schedule (PDF, 82 KB) has been posted for students to bookmark. Registration begins Wednesday, October 31. Please encourage students to resolve any holds (if applicable) and know when they are eligible to register. Students will be able to view their assigned time tickets directly in Banner beginning with Banner Preview on October 10.