The Becoming HIP mini-conference will provide select full-time faculty members and lecturers with an opportunity to integrate high-impact practices (HIPs) into one of their fall courses. If selected, participants will receive $500 for completing a two-day mini-conference on Thursday and Friday, June 1 and 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Participants will also receive an additional $250 for a follow-up activity at the end of the fall 2017 semester. To learn more about Becoming HIP, please visit the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning website.

Larry E. Jones, professor of history at Canisius College, will present a public lecture on his new book, Hitler versus Hindenburg: The 1932 Presidential Elections and the End of the Weimar Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2016),? on Wednesday, March 8, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West 2.? With a series of path-breaking publications that stretch back over four decades, Professor Jones has established an international reputation as one of the most respected historians of the Weimar Republic. Please join us.

The Buffalo State Theater Department and Casting Hall Productions proudly present The Doctor in Spite of Himself, a play by Moliere, in Upton Hall's Warren Enters Theatre, adapted and directed by Aaron Moss, assistant professor of theater.

When a peasant woodcutter, Sganarelle, is mistaken for a renowned doctor and called upon to cure a girl who's grown mute, his unorthodox remedies sets off raucous, inappropriate hilarity! In spite of his lack of medical knowledge, with a dose of stupidity and a touch of heart, he proves that love and laughter are the best medicine.

Tickets are on sale now at the Rockwell Hall Box Office, by phone at 878-3005, or online.

Special pricing for preview night, Wednesday, March 1, at 8:00 p.m. Runs March 2, 3, 9, and 10 at 8:00 p.m. and March 4 and 11 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

The Small Business Development Center presents “Survive and Thrive: Essentials for Starting Your Own Business,” a workshop covering all the essential information needed to start a business, on Tuesday, March 7, 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.

TIAA will present an interactive series of live webinars in March that will focus on information and strategies to help you plan for your financial future. Register online for any of the following webinars:

Dismantling Myths about Annuities
Tuesday, March 14
Noon
Annuities are commonly misunderstood financial products in the marketplace. Learn about their unique characteristics so you can determine if they should be part of your overall financial plan.

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Healthy Numbers: Integrating Health Care into Your Retirement Plan
Tuesday, March 14
3:00 p.m.
Understand and plan for the cost of health care in retirement, and learn about supplemental insurance and the real benefits and costs of Medicare.

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Top Five Estate-Planning Mistakes
Wednesday, March 15
Noon
Done correctly, estate planning serves as an essential part of an individual’s overall financial plan. This webinar will discuss the most common errors people make in estate planning, and how to help steer clear of them to help provide greater peace of mind both now and down the road.

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Charting Your Course: A Financial Guide for Women
Wednesday, March 15
3:00 p.m.
Discover how to create a retirement savings plan and help make your money work harder.

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Paying Yourself: Income Options in Retirement
Thursday, March 16
Noon
Learn the rules that govern retirement assets and find out when to consider using different income sources.

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Halfway There: A Retirement Checkup
Thursday, March 16
3:00 p.m.
Give your retirement savings a checkup and learn steps to help you get back on track if you’re behind.

Faculty, staff, and administrators: Online registration for Commencement is open. The Class of 2017 eagerly anticipates celebrating graduation at the 145th Commencement on Saturday, May 13, in the Sports Arena. Your participation in the most auspicious campus event of the year makes it especially meaningful for our graduates and their families. Please honor them by marching in the procession or serving as a volunteer usher to help with graduate lineup or to greet and guide guests.

Degree and certificate of advanced study candidates will attend their ceremonies by school as follows:

9:00 a.m. ceremony for bachelor’s degree candidates: School of Education, School of the Professions, University College (Individualized Studies)

1:00 p.m. ceremony for bachelor’s degree candidates: School of Arts and Humanities, School of Natural and Social Sciences

5:00 p.m. ceremony for master’s degree and C.A.S. candidates: the Graduate School

Volunteers ushers register at http://commencement.buffalostate.edu/volunteer-ushers. Marchers, including all Platform Party members, register at http://commencement.buffalostate.edu/marchers. The rehearsal schedule is posted at http://commencement.buffalostate.edu/rehearsals.

Note about regalia: The bookstore will take orders for regalia rentals until Saturday, April 15. (Order by March 14 if you wish to use regalia for both Honors Convocation and Commencement). Information with pricing is posted on the marchers page. A limited number of doctoral gowns will be available to borrow on a first-come, first-served basis in the Academic Affairs Office. Marchers provide their own hoods, either owned or rented. Please e-mail to make arrangements to borrow regalia.

Thank you for your dedicated service on Commencement day.

The Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall appliances stopped functioning as of October 28, 2016, when the campus concluded its transition to Office 365. At that time, all incoming and outgoing mail ceased to pass through this spam-filtering system; however, Barracuda continued to capture and retain spam until the October cutoff date. Buffalo State employees are encouraged to sign in to Barracuda before Friday, March 31, to check for legitimate messages that were mistakenly quarantined and to review their whitelist/blacklist entries. E-mail addresses previously whitelisted or blacklisted in Barracuda were not automatically added to Office 365. Addresses previously whitelisted or blacklisted in Barracuda can be added to the safe or blocked sender lists using either the Outlook desktop client or Outlook web access. After the March deadline, Barracuda will be permanently removed from the campus network and will no longer be accessible to faculty and staff members.

Buffalo State Educational Opportunity Program students will join with the University at Buffalo, Buffalo EOC, SUNY Fredonia, and other SUNY institutions to attend the UUP-sponsored EOP/EOC Advocacy Day in Albany at the State Capitol on Wednesday, March 8. This is a great opportunity for our students to return to Albany and meet with state Senate and Assembly members to express concerns about the future of opportunity programs and the importance of access. As always, we send a special thank-you to chapter president Rick Stempniak and the Buffalo State Chapter of UUP for assisting with the collaboration in support of our students.

The grading window for 2017 Summer Sessions C and II will close tomorrow, August 16, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the RITE Support Desk at 878-4357 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at 878-4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF, 712 KB) to assist you in successful grading.

Faculty members will enter their summer 2017 grades using Banner. The grading window for Summer Sessions C and II is now open and will close Wednesday, August 16, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the RITE Support Desk at 878-4357 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at 878-4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF, 712 KB) to assist you in successful grading.