Hello, runners, walkers, and sitters. We are getting ready for the J. P. Morgan Corporate Challenge on Thursday, June 14, at Delaware Park. You may register for the Buffalo State College team online.

Last year's Buffalo State team had so much fun, we decided to do it again! The $37 challenge registration fee includes a Corporate Challenge T-shirt, a Buffalo State Challenge T-shirt, refreshments at the hospitality tent, conviviality, and camaraderie. Registration closes Tuesday, May 15. Don't miss out! Faculty and staff members who wish to join for the hospitality only should contact Jude Jayatilleke, senior academic adviser in EOP, or Kelly Boos, executive assistant to the dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences.

We thank the following sponsors and offices who support this endeavor:

President Conway-Turner
Alumni Affairs Office
Chartwells
College Relations Office
Events Management Office
Professional Staff Caucus
United University Professions

Photos of the 2017 Corporate Challenge festivities can be found on the PSC website.

The spring 2018 RITE Report is now available. Please visit the RITE Newsletters page and link to the Flipbook or download the PDF (19 MB) to read the content online.

See what’s coming for fall, and find out what’s new that you may not know about.

The spring 2018 RITE Report is now available. Please visit the RITE Newsletters page and link to the Flipbook or download the PDF (19 MB) to read the content online.

See what’s coming for fall, and find out what’s new that you may not know about.

The spring 2018 RITE Report is now available. Please visit the RITE Newsletters page and link to the Flipbook or download the PDF (19 MB) to read the content online.

See what’s coming for fall, and find out what’s new that you may not know about.

The Academic Calendar Committee is happy to announce confirmed dates for the 2018–2019 academic year. Those dates have been appended to the 2017–2018 academic calendar and can be found on the Academic Calendar website.

In early August, the committee will provide a new platform for sharing and displaying the academic calendar to campus. The new platform will allow users to see the dates as a list or as a calendar and to import the dates to their Outlook calendars. Additionally, the academic calendar will display dates for the next five years.

Several campus construction projects will be under way during summer 2018, some of which will temporarily affect parking and wayfinding.

As part of the ongoing renovation of Bishop Hall, the sidewalk north of the building will be closed from May 14 through mid-August for a water main line replacement project. Additionally, water service to Campbell Student Union, Cassety Hall, Chase Hall, and Classroom Building will be interrupted Monday, June 4, from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Additional water interruptions will be necessary with dates to be determined as the project progresses. Bishop Hall is being converted to a 207-bed corridor-style residence hall for students in the honors program. 

A steam line replacement project south of Ketchum Hall will temporarily eliminate 10 non-faculty-staff parking spaces at the west end of Lot R-2 from May 20 through August 15. This project will also affect Lot R-4, eliminating seven spaces in the metered lot from June 18 through July 6.

Parking on the north side of Rockwell Road (Lot R-1) adjacent to Neumann Hall will be interrupted the week of Monday, May 21, as furniture is removed from the building to prepare for an asbestos-abatement project. Trailers will be parked on the sidewalk at the building’s main entrance, and dumpsters will displace three parking spaces on the north side of Rockwell Road for the duration of the project, which is expected to run through August 21.

Restrooms on the west end of Bacon Hall will be renovated this summer. Related work will eliminate three parking spaces in Lot I-32 beginning May 21.

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

In support of a statewide flag retirement initiative, Buffalo State’s University Police Department (UPD) will collect worn and tattered American flags at the Chase Hall Dispatch Desk from Wednesday, May 9, to Tuesday, May 22. The collected flags will be disposed of as part of the Memorial Watchfire, hosted by the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 103, on Sunday, May 27, at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York. 

All flags collected will be properly folded before disposal and will be delivered by UPD to the Senator Walter J. Mahoney State Office Building, 65 Court Street in Buffalo, for transport to the Memorial Watchfire.

Questions about this undertaking may be e-mailed to police@buffalostate.edu.

The Alumni Association will host a picnic and barbeque for the Buffalo State community on Friday, June 29, at Darien Lake Amusement Park.

The Alumni Association encourages guests to enjoy Darien Lake’s rides and entertainment any time during regular park hours (10:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.), then join fellow Buffalo State alumni, faculty, and staff for lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for alumni and $30 for non-alumni and include entrance to the park and wrist bands for the picnic pavilion for the all-you-can-eat lunch. Season pass holders are invited to attend the lunch and pay just $15 a person. Registration is open through Wednesday, June 20. To register, please visit the Alumni Association website or call 878-6001.

When issuing a student a non-passing grade (E, F, U, I, or N), please also report the student's last date of attendance when entering the grade online. This assists the Financial Aid Office in determining whether a student unofficially withdrew and whether the student is able to retain the aid he or she received.

The last date of attendance is the last date the student sat in class, took an exam, handed in homework, or actively participated in an online course. If assigning an I or N grade, the last date of attendance is the last date you met with the student to discuss progress in the course. If you have no record of a student's attending, do not enter a date. Instead, use the grade EV, which indicates that the student never attended the course.

Questions regarding this policy or procedure should be referred to the Financial Aid Office, 878-4902. The grading guide (PDF, 162 KB) may also assist you.

Tomorrow, May 11, is the final day for online registration for Commencement marchers and volunteer ushers. Thank you to the many members of the Buffalo State community who have already registered to march or greet and assist graduates and their families on this most auspicious occasion.

Following the close of online registration, marchers and hooders who have not yet registered or who have changes to their current registrations should e-mail Patricia Alessandra in the Academic Affairs Office.

Volunteer ushers who have not yet registered or who have changes to their current assignments should e-mail Mary Beth Wojtaszek in the Events Management Office.

Thank you for your Bengal Pride and supporting the Buffalo State Class of 2018!