The Weigel Wellness Center will again offer ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to interested faculty and staff members during the summer months. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is a technique used to estimate true blood pressure over a 24-hour period. The monitor can be worn on a belt or in a pouch, but the blood pressure cuff must be worn on the participant's nondominant arm for a full 24 hours. The monitor is programmed to take readings every 20 minutes when the wearer is awake and every 60 minutes when the wearer is asleep. While wearing the cuff, participants must keep their arms relatively still each time the cuff is inflating. Participants are also unable to shower or exercise while wearing the monitor. At the end of testing, results are downloaded and printed for the participant. The readings are very reliable, accurate to within 5 mmHg of readings taken with a manual blood pressure cuff.

The Weigel Wellness Center is not responsible for treatment or follow-through on results but asks participants to follow up with their doctors accordingly. Weigel will not use the results of any tests performed for any purpose.

Nearly one in five people has high blood pressure, or hypertension, but is unaware of it. Almost 75 million people in the United States have high blood pressure, and 90 percent of adults ages 45–64 will develop hypertension. Hypertension increases the risk for heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, and stroke, the third leading cause of death in the United States. Take an active role in your health and get your blood pressure checked regularly. Know your numbers!

If you are interested in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, please call Julie Mondanaro, nurse practitioner in the Weigel Wellness Center, at 878-6711. Please wear loose-fitting clothing the day of your appointment. The cuff will be placed on your non-dominant arm.

We look forward to seeing you and answering any questions you may have.

Water service will be shut off in the Classroom Building for four hours on Tuesday, May 29, beginning about 8:00 a.m. as part of the water main line replacement project related to the ongoing renovation of Bishop Hall.

For more information about this or other projects, please visit Buffalo State’s Facilities Construction and Maintenance website. Your patience is appreciated as these important summer projects are completed.

Buffalo State’s annual First-Year Convocation for fall 2018 will be held on Friday, August 24, at 9:00 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall as part of Orientation 102. This event officially introduces and welcomes our newest students to the campus community with the hope that they will embrace Buffalo State College as their alma mater.

This event requires the enthusiastic participation of our campus community to succeed. All departments and offices are encouraged to allow their staff members to support this event as a work assignment for that morning by marching in convocation or volunteering to assist with the event. Faculty, librarians, and professional staff members are urged to process in regalia to demonstrate Buffalo State's commitment to incoming students and welcome the Class of 2022. Please register online by Wednesday, August 1, if you are available to march or volunteer for the event.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The College Senate Standing Committee Final Reports for 2017–2018 are posted on the Senate website. The College Senate wishes everyone a safe and happy summer!

From the Chair of the College Senate
Beginning in fall 2018, College Senate meetings will be held in Bulger Communication Center West, as Butler Library 210 undergoes extensive renovations. The meeting schedule for the 2018–2019 academic year will be posted on the Senate website.

From the Chair of the College Senate
If you are interested in serving on one or more of the eight College Senate standing committees for 2018–2019, the Committee Interest Form will be available on the College Senate website beginning July 6.

The College Senate Office will forward all information to the committee chairs for review and consideration. Committee membership is determined solely at the discretion of committee chairs. Not all committees may need members.

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
Reports to the College Senate are posted on the College Senate website. The most recent reports are from the May 11, 2018, Senate meeting.

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.

If you are taking your laptop home for the summer, please familiarize yourself with Buffalo State Data Risk Classification Policy (PDF, 145 KB) and Guidelines for Storing and Transmitting College Data (PDF, 382 KB). Please do not store any high-risk data on your laptop or Office 365 One Drive folders.

Please join us in the Barnes & Noble Café in the Campbell Student Union for our summer lunch promos:

• $5 pizza every Thursday
• 50 percent off sandwiches every Tuesday (begins June 5)

Come in and try one of our limited-time-only beverages (begins May 29):

• Horchata almond milk frappuccino
• Cold brew iced coffee with vanilla sweet cream