Juan Enríquez looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal privacy, something he calls "digital tattoos," in this Ted Talk video (just over five minutes).

This powerful video created by the United Kingdom’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure illustrates the importance of following security procedures and how everyday measures can help reduce vulnerabilities in an organization. Please watch the video (it is just over 11 minutes long) and share it with your students, friends, and family members. This video covers shared passwords, shared devices, talking in an open space, physical (building) security, national security, and infrastructure vulnerabilities.

The Small Business Development Center will present "Survive and Thrive: Essentials for Starting Your Own Business," a workshop covering all the essential information needed to start a business, on Tuesday, June 26, from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Burchfield Penney Art Center (second floor). Specific topics include creating a business plan; competition analysis; and tax, legal, and insurance issues. The workshop is free for Buffalo State College faculty, staff, students, and alumni as well as U.S. military veterans and $20 for all others.

Registration will take place immediately before the workshop, from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. To register in advance, please call the SBDC at 878-4030.

Common Sense Media has published 13 simple tips that can help you protect your family's data—and your Buff State family's data.

Certificates allowing mobile devices such as phones and tablets to access the campus’s secure wireless network expired June 23. Certificates must be renewed in order to connect devices to the secure wireless network.

Please note: The campus has more than one wireless network. The Buffalo State secure wireless network is called Bengal. To enroll a device on this network, you must provide your Buffalo State credentials. The other wireless network, BengalOpen16, is a public network. "Public" means that information sent over this network is not encrypted. In addition, users are logged off after 15 minutes of inactivity and must log in again.

If you have not yet re-enrolled your device(s) on Bengal, the secure wireless network, there are two very important reasons to do so: security and convenience.

Security: Wireless communication over this network is encrypted.

Convenience: Faculty, staff, and students can enroll their devices and log in just once a year. Persistent wireless connectivity is then provided across campus without the need to log in each time. Individuals may enroll up to five devices on the network (e.g., smartphone, tablet, laptop). Users must download the app and re-enroll each mobile device every year.

To recap, Bengal is the secure wireless network; BengalOpen16 is the public wireless network. To use the secure wireless network (Bengal), you must download the Cloudpath application. You may link to it from the Secure Wi-Fi page on the RITE website by clicking one of the green “Enroll Your Device” boxes. Follow the instructions. You may delete the Cloudpath application once you have enrolled.

Why is the Cloudpath app so poorly rated in my app store?

If you read the reasons people give low ratings to the Cloudpath app, you will see that they are actually rating their wireless service as slow and mistaking Cloudpath as the wireless service. Cloudpath is simply the application that allows you to enroll your devices on the secure wireless network using your Buffalo State credentials. It is not the wireless technology itself, and it provides no bandwidth. Once you have enrolled your devices on the Buffalo State secure wireless network, you can uninstall Cloudpath. It has done its job. You must download it yearly to re-enroll on Buffalo State secure wireless.

There are two very important reasons to use the Buffalo State secure wireless network named Bengal: security and convenience.

1. Security. Wireless communication over this network is encrypted.

2. Convenience. Faculty, staff, and students can enroll their devices and log in only once a year. Persistent wireless connectivity is provided each time you come to campus, without the need to log in each time. Individuals can have up to five devices on the network (e.g., smartphone, tablet, laptop). Yes, you must re-enroll each August, and that means you must download the app yearly to each mobile device.  

Please note: The campus has more than one wireless network. BengalOpen16 is a public network. By "public," we mean that information sent over this network is not encrypted. In addition, users are logged off after 15 minutes of inactivity and must log in again.

To recap, Bengal is the secure wireless network; Bengal16Open is the public wireless network. To use the secure wireless network, you must download the Cloudpath application. You may link to it from the Secure Wi-Fi page on the RITE website by clicking one of the green “Enroll Your Device” boxes. Follow the instructions. You may delete the Cloudpath application once you have enrolled. 

Why is the Cloudpath app so poorly rated in my app store?

If you read the reasons people give low ratings to the CloudPath app, you will see that they are actually rating their wireless service as slow and mistaking CloudPath as the wireless service. CloudPath is simply the application that allows you to enroll your devices on our secure wireless network using your Buffalo State credentials. It is not the wireless technology itself, and it provides no bandwidth. Once you have enrolled your devices on the Buffalo State secure wireless network, you can uninstall Cloudpath. It has done its job. You must download it yearly to re-enroll on Buffalo State secure wireless. This just occured on June 23, so if you were enrolled in secure wireless and you haven't re-enrolled for the 2018–19 school year, you must do that now.

For the past four years, Buffalo State has collaborated with SUNY System Administration, fellow SUNY campuses,* and their respective research foundations to electronically streamline the SUNY Procurement to Payment (P2P) system. The benefits of an electronic P2P system include cost savings, increased productivity, paperwork reduction, expedited transactions, and a standardized buying environment. We have selected a new software program, Jaggaer eProcurement (ePro), for implementation this fall. Pilot testing will occur for select areas before we deploy the system campuswide.

The ePro software is intended to create a one-stop marketplace for goods and services. It combines catalog and contract management tools to connect end users with suppliers, commodity contracts, and products based on established procurement policies and procedures.

Currently many of our procurement processes rely heavily on the use of paper.  This runs contrary to Buffalo State’s strategic plan, which calls for the campus to move all paper processes to electronic where possible. The ePro software should eliminate many of the current paper processes and allow for electronic submission and approvals. This should reduce the number of paper files, increase usable space, and facilitate record and file retrieval.

The ePro system should also aid in identifying local and minority and woman-owned business enterprise (MWBE) suppliers that each campus can do business with. This aligns with the Buffalo State strategic plan directive for the campus to connect procurement to local suppliers where possible.

More information will be forthcoming. In the meantime, if you have questions concerning the ePro system, please contact one of the following team members:

Robert Baumet, Business Services
Terri Locher, Procurement Services
Bonnie McKay, Procurement Services
Steve Olsen, Procurement Services
Penny Reusch, Procurement Services
?Mary Taylor, Accounts Payable and Travel Services
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?*Alfred State, Alfred University, SUNY Brockport, Erie Community College, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Geneseo, Monroe Community College, Niagara Community College, Stony Brook University, and the University at Buffalo

If you use MyHeritage, please check the company's website for information about a recent breach. The service has reported that 92 million e-mail addresses and hashed passwords were disclosed, but says that DNA results were not breached. This breach illustrates two key points: 1. When you use a DNA analysis service, ask what the company does with your DNA results once they are passed on to you. 2. This site did not use two-factor authentication. Be aware, stay safe. Read more about the breach through Reuters.

Buffalo State will host a Day of Play for children, families, and early childhood educators on Tuesday, June 26, in Rockwell Hall. Special events will be held on this day to celebrate the benefits of children's play, especially in the performing arts.

Event Schedule

8:00–10:00 a.m.
Keynote address: "Movement, Rhythm, and the Primacy of Play! What Nature Wants You to Know About…Play," by Stuart Brown, M.D., founder of the National Institute for Play.
Performing Arts Center, Rockwell Hall
Free to all Buffalo State faculty and staff members with Buffalo State ID.

2:00–3:00 p.m.
Interactive play-based music and movement activities for children ages 3 to 8 and their families (children of other ages are also invited to also attend).
Rockwell Hall, Third Floor
Free to all Buffalo State faculty and staff members and the Buffalo community.
Online registration required.

3:00–4:00 p.m.
Family music concert featuring Noise Lab Creative Music Community, a music group from Stanford University that specializes in interactive children’s concerts.
Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall
Free to all Buffalo State faculty and staff members and the Buffalo community.
Online registration required.

The Buffalo State Day of Play is sponsored by the Buffalo State Grant Allocation Committee, the Academic and Student Affairs offices, the Faculty-Student Association Founders Fund, the School of Arts and Humanities, the School of Education, and the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association. The event is part of the 2018 Early Childhood Music and Movement Association International Convention, being held at Buffalo State June 24–27. For more information about other convention events, please visit the ECMMA Convention website. CTLE hours are available for early childhood educators attending the convention.

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.