Butler Library will present a series of workshops for faculty and staff members on topics related to research and library services. Discover more about what the library has to offer and how librarians can help you in your research and in your classroom. Each workshop will run for one hour and will be held in the Professional Development Center, Butler Library 181B, unless otherwise stated.

Library Resources for Faculty
Tuesday, February 20, 12:30 p.m.

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Introduction to U.S. Census Data Tools
Tuesday, February 27, 12:15 p.m., Butler Library 314

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Using Citation Managers in Your Research
Wednesday, March 14, 12:30 p.m.

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Understanding Scholarly Impact
Monday, April 2, 9:30 a.m.

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For more information or to register, please visit Butler Library's Workshops for Faculty page. This page also allows faculty members to request on-demand workshops on a variety of topics. Please contact Leah Galka, academic outreach and engagement librarian, or call the Butler Library Reference Desk at 878-6300 with questions.

Are you a secretary or office assistant interested in learning how you can use Excel at work to be more efficient or make sense of data and information more quickly? Do you use Excel for a current process in your unit but think there may be additional Excel tools to make that process more effective? Come to the session "Excel toward Productivity and Efficiency," facilitated by RITE Instructional Design and Training and the Professional Development Center, to learn more. Please use the links below to register for a session. All workshops will be held in Bulger Communication Center 122. After you register for a session, you will be sent a short survey to help us better understand your Excel needs during the session.

Thursday, February 15
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
12:30–1:30 p.m.

Friday, February 23 
9:30–10:30 a.m.
10:30–11:30 a.m.

Monday, February 26
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
12:30–1:30 p.m.

Requests for new fall 2018 service-learning designations are due to the Civic and Community Engagement (CCE) Office by Friday, February 16. Existing SL-designated courses do not need to reapply. Simply complete an online request form on the CCE website.

Why should your course be a designated service-learning course?

• Students will be able to easily identify service-learning courses in course listings.
• Service learning will be identified on students’ transcripts.
• You will be recognized as achieving the Senate criteria for service learning.
• The CCE can ensure accurate information on community engagement efforts.

Designated service-learning courses can also meet the IF Global Engagement requirement if the service activity in the course is dedicated to serving populations or communities where English is not the primary language. Additional information and IF Global Engagement application materials can be found on the Intellectual Foundations website.

The faculty and staff Bible study group will start meeting again this Friday, February 16, at noon in Cleveland Hall 416. It was postponed from last week because of illness. We usually meet every other week for just under an hour. All faculty and staff members are welcome.

Dance with a student and get a kiss...a Hershey's kiss, in honor of Valentine's Day, as the Buffalo State dance theater students host Valen-Vibe, an opportunity to dance with a Buffalo State dancer and share the Valentine's spirit today from 10:45 to 11:55 a.m. in the Campbell Student Union. Faculty and staff members, please join us for this interactive campuswide community-building event and spread the word to your students. Everyone can participate in the dance. Open to all regardless of experience or ability. Students will lead mini-dances to get all of Buffalo State dancing!

To mark the 2018 International Writing Centers Week, the Buffalo State Writing Center invites students to visit the center for a celebration of the written word, in particular, the Lost Art of Letter Writing, on Wednesday, February 14, between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. in Butler Library 157 B. We’ll have plenty of pens, paper, cards, and decorations on hand so that visitors may compose cards or letters—whether an old-school DIY Valentine, a letter to a friend, or a missive to a local representative. Come and join us to celebrate the season—and the power of the written word.

Please remind students that the ability to Late Add courses for spring 2018 ends at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, February 15. Students who wish to add a course during this time frame will be able to add the class to their ?Add or Drop Classes Worksheet? in Banner Self-Service (SSB). This action will generate an e-mail that the student can forward to the course instructor. If the faculty member accepts the request, he or she will enter an Instructor Permission override for the student in Banner, and the student will then register him or herself for the course. (Note: Additional overrides may be needed depending on course restrictions.) Students are strongly encouraged to have been attending the course, and instructors may decline this request if they feel the student has already missed too much class time. Each successful Late Add processed will be assessed a $20 late add fee.

Buffalo State’s Rotaract Club had another successful bake sale this February, thanks to the generosity of the Buffalo State community. The club made a profit of $303.05, which was donated to the Food Bank of Western New York’s Food for Kids initiative. Jean Salisbury was the lucky winner of the “Good Nutrition” gift basket. The club also sends a special thanks to everyone who purchased baked goods and raffle tickets as well as to the members of the club for committing their time to prepare, package, and sell the baked goods.

Applications are currently being accepted for the Ron Brown ITEC Scholarship. This scholarship will be given to a Buffalo State student who is enrolled for the fall 2018 semester and who shows promise in the use of computing and technology.

The application and information on the selection criteria are available through the Campus Application Portal for Scholarships (CAPS). The deadline for submission is Saturday, March 31.

Finalists will be interviewed by the selection committee. The selection committee's decision is final. Notification will be sent to all applicants via e-mail.

The dean of the Graduate School, Kevin Miller, will host a meeting of all graduate faculty on Friday, February 23, at 3:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210. The meeting will focus on updates from the Graduate School and new initiatives affecting graduate programs and students.