Today, September 5, is the deadline for submitting your awards and grants information for the annual Faculty and Staff Recognition Ceremony program. Faculty and staff members who received significants awards and grants from September 1, 2017, through August 31, 2018, are invited to submit their information online for potential print in the program that is distributed at the ceremony. Awards and grants meeting the following criteria will be reviewed.

Criteria for Awards

• Yes: Recognized by academic, professional, or service organizations at the international, national, or state levels.
• Yes: Awards; senior officer elections to statewide, national, international organizations; juried competitions; Fulbright Scholarships; etc.
• No: Buffalo State College, WNY, or local organizations or chapters.
• No: Books, chapters, editorials, journal publications, etc.

Criteria for Grants Received

• Yes: $50,000 and above.
• No: Less than $50,000.
• Yes: Received as an individual or received as a group.

Additionally, new faculty and staff members who received SUNY awards such as the Chancellor's Award for Excellence or Distinguished Professorships while serving at other SUNY institutions at any time during their careers may submit that information. Also, the names of newly hired faculty and staff—initially hired September 1, 2017, through August 31, 2018—will be included in the program.

The ceremony will be held on Thursday, October 4, at 12:15 p.m.. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall with a reception immediately following. The campus community is invited to attend. Please e-mail Patricia Alessandra, commencement director for academics, with any questions about submitting award or grant information. Current SUNY awards and new hires for 2018 are automatically included in the program and do not need to be submitted.

Animals in the City, an exhibit of fieldwork photographs by Kimberly Hart, associate professor of anthropology, will be on display in the Margaret Bacon Gallery in Upton Hall. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 7, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The collection features photographs of the street animals of Istanbul, Turkey.

In addition, Dr. Hart will present a talk on her fieldwork and photography on Tuesday, September 11, at the Burchfield Penney Art Center during Bengal Pause (12:15 to 1:30 p.m.).

The deadline for submissions for the annual Faculty and Staff Recognition Ceremony program is Wednesday, September 5. Faculty and staff members who received significants awards and grants from September 1, 2017, through August 31, 2018, are invited to submit their information online for potential print in the program that is distributed at the ceremony. Awards and grants meeting the following criteria will be reviewed.

Criteria for Awards

• Yes: Recognized by academic, professional, or service organizations at the international, national, or state levels
• Yes: Awards; senior officer elections to statewide, national, international organizations; juried competitions; Fulbright Scholarships; etc.
• No: Buffalo State College, WNY, or local organizations or chapters
• No: Book, chapters, editorials, journal publications, etc.

Criteria for Grants Received

• Yes: $50,000 and above
• No: Less than $50,000
• Yes: Received as an individual or received as a group

Additionally, new faculty and staff members who received SUNY awards such as the Chancellor's Award for Excellence or Distinguished Professorships while serving at other SUNY institutions at any time during their careers may submit that information. Also, the names of newly hired faculty and staff—initially hired September 1, 2017, through August 31, 2018—will be included in the program.

The deadline for submitting information for all categories using the online forms is Wednesday, September 5. The ceremony will be held Thursday, October 4, at 12:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall with a reception immediately following. The campus community is invited to attend. Please e-mail Patricia Alessandra, commencement director for academics, with any questions about submitting award or grant information. Current SUNY awards and new hires for 2018 are automatically included in the program and do not need to be submitted.

The Buffalo State Intercollegiate Moot Court Team will hold an organizational meeting on Thursday, September 6, at 12:15 p.m. in Classroom Building B228.

Moot Court is appellate argument at its finest. Come learn how to win an argument and kick start a career. All our welcome and all can succeed.

For additional information, please contact Peter Yacobucci, associate professor of political science.

The Buffalo State Moot Court Intercollegiate Team will hold an organizational meeting on Thursday, September 6, at 12:15 p.m. in Classroom Building B228. All are invited.

Do you want to learn how to win an argument? Do you want to be a success in your career? Do you care about justice? If so, please join Buffalo State’s Moot Court team! For more information, please contact Peter Yacobucci, associate professor of political science.

Are you interested in learning more about any of the Office 365 apps available to you? What about Ensemble, our campus media server, for storing your work-related videos? We can even help you with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, our supported web-conferencing solution, or any technology you might find in our classrooms.

To learn more about upcoming workshops throughout the semester, please navigate to our Workshop Registration System and sign up for as many classes as you'd like.

If the dates in our Workshop Registration System don't work for you, you can always Request a Training from IDT, as well.

Please join us for the professional development workshop "Facilitating and Structuring Productive Meetings and Committees," presented by Jonathan Hulbert, director of leadership and organizational development, on Tuesday, September 18, from 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. in Chase Hall 109. 

Meetings and committees can sometimes feel unproductive, inefficient, boring, or unorganized; however, meeting conveners can use effective facilitation skills, an actionable agenda, role clarity, and structured content to make meetings fun, productive, and meaningful.

As a result of this session, faculty, staff, and administrators will be able to

• create an agenda that leads to productive meetings and minimal disruptions;
• implement meeting facilitation approaches to defuse conflict, generate innovative ideas, and make decisions supported by group consensus; and
• identify how to structure meetings and committees to motivate action from colleagues and minimize social loafing.

Light refreshments will be provided. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Join the Professional Development Schools (PDS) Consortium on Tuesday, September 11, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall for the 2018 Teacher Tailgate: Build Your Teaching Tooolbox, an open house gathering of education students, staff, and faculty to extend relationships across academic boundaries and share information and opportunities with teacher candidates.

Teacher Tailgate participants explore international opportunities for educators, teacher education organizations and clubs, certification information, graduate and undergraduate teacher education programs, the employment outlook for educators, and more.

This event is open to all; advance registration is not necessary. Food and prizes will be distributed.

Please join the Professional Development Schools Consortium (PDS) at the 2018 Teacher Tailgate: Build Your Teaching Toolbox (PDF, 46 KB), an open-house gathering of education students, staff, and faculty to extend relationships across academic boundaries and share information and opportunities with teacher candidates, on Tuesday, September 11, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.

Teacher Tailgate participants explore international opportunities for educators, teacher education organizations and clubs, certification information, graduate and undergraduate teacher education programs, the employment outlook for educators, and more.

Would you like to host a table so that you can share valuable information about your department or organization? Please visit our online Teacher Tailgate table registration form.

This event is open to all; advance registration is not necessary. Food and prizes will be distributed.

Please advise seniors who are expecting to graduate in December 2018 that the deadline to submit their online graduation application is Sunday, September 16. Once the deadline passes and the online system in turned off, only late applications will be available, in person, at the Registrar’s Office. Submitting a late application may delay the awarding of the degree.

The minimum number of credit hours required for an undergraduate degree is 120. Students should review their Degree Works audit to make sure all requirements have been met. More information and instructions on using the online graduation application system can be found on the Registrar's website.

Please contact the Registrar’s Office, Moot Hall 210, 878-4811, with questions.