Established in 2001, Campus House has been developed as a "teaching laboratory" for hospitality students as well as a social club for the Buffalo State community. Members can stop by for lunch or coffee, watch hospitality students in the open kitchen, or reserve space for business or social occasions.

Networking hours begin Tuesday, August 28, and dining rooms open Tuesday, September 4.
We invite you to become a member today!

Beginning this fall, E. H. Butler Library is getting a makeover with the creation of a new Academic Commons. The entire first floor is being reimagined as a space that will be more modern, welcoming, and student friendly. When the project is complete in January 2020, students will be able to access a variety of support services—tutoring, advising, and much more—in one convenient, highly visible place.

We are making every effort to ensure that all library collections remain accessible and all library services continue to be provided throughout the duration of the renovation.

With the start of the fall semester, most library services (including the circulation and reference desks) have been temporarily moved to the second floor. Please see our updated map of the library (PDF, 196 KB) for specific locations.

Other support services have also been temporarily relocated:

• The RITE Support Desk is now in Bulger Communication Center 200.
• The Writing Center is now on the third floor of the library in Butler 310.
• Drop-in advising is now located in the Academic Advisement Center in South Wing 100.

A limited number of computer workstations will be available in the library during construction. Please remind students that they can use Equipment Loan to borrow the laptop or tablet of their choice.

As construction progresses, certain areas of the library will be taken off-line, and some entryways will likely be closed. We ask that you please “pardon our dust” and plan ahead to avoid any potential inconveniences.

Follow project progress and stay up to date via the library’s renovation website.

Your input and feedback during this process are important and welcome. Please feel free to reach out to the new library director, Charles Lyons, 878-3026, Butler Library 315B.

Thank you for your patience and have a wonderful semester!

Employees may update their phone numbers, home addresses, and emergency contacts and view their legal name, demographics, and education information in the SUNY System Administration’s Human Resources Self-Service Module.

Employees are encouraged to review their records annually to ensure that their information is accurate and up to date. If a change is necessary, it may be requested via the Self-Service Module. A user guide (PDF, 723 KB) is available to assist employees in accessing and using the Self-Service Module. Home address and legal name changes may also be requested by completing the paper form. Campus directory updates may be requested using the paper or online Directory Add/Update Form. Departments with multiple directory edits for their staff members may e-mail a list of the changes to Lori Barry, office assistant 1 (keyboarding) in Human Resource Management.

Please call Human Resource Management at 878-4822 or e-mail Lori Barry with questions.

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 May 11, 2018, Senate meeting. The College Senate Standing Committee Final Reports for 2017–2018 are also posted on the Senate website.

Podcasts are now 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.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The College Senate will hold its annual New Senator Orientation for all newly elected senators on Thursday, September 6, during Bengal Pause in the Carmine A. Grande Room, Cleveland Hall 418. This informal session, hosted by the Senate chair and parliamentarian, gives newly elected faculty, professional staff, and students the basic protocol on Senate meeting etiquette. The College Senate follows Robert’s Rules of Order as is mandated by its bylaws. Attendance is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged. Please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, or phone the office at 878-5139 with questions.

From the Chair of the College Senate
College Senate meetings will be held in Bulger Communication Center 214 beginning in fall 2018, as Butler Library 210 undergoes extensive renovations. The meeting schedule for the 2018–2019 academic year (PDF, 32 KB) is posted on the Senate website.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The first College Senate meeting of the 2018–2019 academic year will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 14, in Bulger Communication Center 214. For more information, please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139.

The schedule of events is now posted for the 10th annual Anne Frank Project social justice festival, AFP 2018: Repair the World. The Time Is NOW. The event will take place on campus October 2 and 3. AFP’s annual festival is an experiential exchange of ideas with a focus on processing theory into practice.

About Our Theme
The last year has seen unparalleled changes in western philosophies, morals, and ethics. If parts of our world are indeed breaking, is it not our responsibility to repair them? Anne Frank dreamed of a world where "tikkun olam" (repair the world) was not just spoken but also practiced. AFP 2018 encourages presenters to share methods, practices, and experiences that teach tools and vocabulary to repair the world.

View the online schedule today. Registration coming soon.

Questions? Please contact Eve Everette, assistant director of AFP.

The content freeze for official Drupal websites has been lifted, and users are again able to make website content changes. Primary web contacts and users with editing access may log in with their Buffalo State usernames and passwords by appending "/adminlogin" (without the quotes) to the end of their site URLs, for example, departmentoroffice.buffalostate.edu/adminlogin.

We thank the campus for its patience during this time. Please send any questions, comments, or concerns to Colleen Callahan, associate director of web community and development, 878-6657.

Need some assistance in getting your Blackboard Learn course up an running for fall 2018? The Getting Started with Blackboard article in the RITE Portal will assist you with training opportunites, instructions on how to make your course available, copy course content, or request a course merge. 

If you need further assistance, please contact Open SUNY Support or open a ticket on the RITE Self-Service Portal.