Students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to join the Career Development Center for the annual Greater Western New York Law School Fair on Monday, September 25, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Buffalo Marriott Niagara. This free event is a great opportunity for those interested in attending law school to meet with admissions recruiters from more than 75 programs across the country. A complete list of programs is available on the CDC website.

The Career Development Center will host more than 65 graduate schools and programs at its annual Graduate School Fair on Thursday, October 19, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. All students and alumni are encouraged to attend this free event. This is a great way to learn more about a variety of programs and the admission process, as well as make face-to-face connections with recruiters.

If you watch television news, listen to the radio, or receive feeds on your phone, you have likely heard that Equifax, a credit reporting company, suffered a data breach in July-August. Exposed were individual names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases, driver's license numbers, according to the company's news release. Read the news release, and check to see if your information was exposed. This summary published by Data Breach Today is full of information and links to Equifax.

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Today is the deadline for faculty and staff members to submit information about their awards and grants for the Faculty and Staff Recognition Ceremony. Categories are significant awards and honors (state, national, international), significant grants ($50,000 or more), and previous SUNY awards while working at other SUNY institutions. Specific criteria and online submission forms are provided on the Faculty and Staff Recognition Ceremony web page.

The ceremony takes place on Thursday, October 5, at 12:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall and will honor this year’s recipients of the SUNY Chancellor’s Awards and President’s Awards for Excellence. The campus community is invited to attend the ceremony and reception that immediately follows.

Please e-mail the Academic Affairs Office with any questions about the awards and grants criteria.

Please join the Great Lakes Center today for our annual open house from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Field Station. We will present our 2016–2017 annual report and discuss current and potential projects. Refreshments will be served. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

Please join us for the Great Lakes Center's annual open house on Thursday, October 12, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Great Lakes Center Field Station. We will present our 2016–2017 annual report and discuss current and potential projects. Refreshments will be served. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

The Buffalo State College Professional Development Center invites staff and faculty to take advantage of the following professional development opportunities in Butler Library 181B. To register for a session or for details, please click the session title link, which will take you to the Workshop Registration System. 

Enhancing Productivity

• Rethinking Productivity: Methods for Managing Time and Task
  Tuesday, September 26, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
• Facilitating and Structuring Effective Meetings
  Tuesday, October 24, 9:00 a.m.–noon

Leadership Development 

• Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce
  Thursday, October 12, 9:00 a.m.–noon
• Managing Student Workers Part 1: Supervising as a Coach
  Tuesday, November 7, 9:00–11:00 a.m. 
• Polarity Management: Overcoming Paradoxical Challenges at Work and in Life
  Thursday, November 16, 12:15–1:45 p.m.

Change Management

• Facilitating Change for a Department, Committee, Program, Process, or Initiative
  Wednesday, November 15, 9:00 a.m.–noon
• The Times Are Changing: Strategies to Personally Manage Transitions at Work
  Thursday, October 26, 12:15–2:15 p.m.

Relationship Management

• Retooling Customer Service Practices
  Tuesday, November 28, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Health and Wellness

• Quick Tips for Wellness at Work
  Tuesday, October 3, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
• Go at Your Own Pace: Buffalo State College Running and Walking Group (Thursdays)
  Begins October 5, 9:00–10:00 a.m. (Hosted every Thursday)
• Go at Your Own Pace: Buffalo State College Running and Walking Group (Fridays)
  Begins October 6, noon–1:00 p.m. (Hosted every Friday)

Light snacks will be provided for all professional development opportunities. Please e-mail the Professional Development Center with questions.

The Travel Services Department will begin its 2017 fall semester travel training on Thursday, September 21. Training dates may be found on the Travel Services website.

In addition to travel policies and procedures, training sessions will cover the New York State Travel Card. Please consider joining us and bringing your questions. Light refreshments will be served.

To register, please contact David Lysiak, office assistant 2 in Accounts Payable and Travel Services, 878-4118.

The Empire Knowledge Bank (EKB) eLearning Program allows UUP-represented employees to access e-learning products provided by Enterprise Training Solutions Inc. through the EKB license. Employees can access thousands of e-learning courses, e-books, and short course videos for opportunities to enhance their professional and career development, certification preparation, and continuing education in a variety of areas. The EKB license can be accessed anytime and anywhere with an Internet connection and is provided at no expense to the campus or the employee.

Communication and time-management online training courses may be particularly useful at this busy time of year. Offerings include Analyzing Your Use of Time; Planning and Prioritizing Your Time; Communicating Assertively; Communicating with Confidence; Written Communication; Culture and Its Effect on Communication; Communicating across Cultures; Improving Communication in Cross-Cultural Relationships; Communication Skills; and Conflict, Stress, and Time Management.

This program is offered through the NYS/UUP Joint Labor-Management Committees.

Program guidelines and applications for a Knowledgebank license can be found on the NYS/UUP Joint Labor-Management Committees website.