Please join us for coffee, a light breakfast, and scholarly conversation about the importance of high-impact practices on Friday, March 3, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in Butler Library 181B. This session will focus on "A New Era in Learning-Community Work: Why the Pedagogy of Intentional Integration Matters," by Emily Lardner and Gillies Malnarich (2008), published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 40 (4): 30–37.

Please contact John Draeger, interim director of faculty development, or Lauren Turner, professional development assistant, 878-3841, with questions.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

The International Center for Studies in Creativity (ICSC) will present a one-day workshop, Creative Thinking, on March 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Chase Hall 215. The workshop is open to the public (registration fee of $295-$325) and is intended to provide participants with an introduction to creativity and creative problem solving. Presenters are Gerard Puccio, Ph.D., department chair and professor of creative studies, and Laura Ryan, M.S. in creativity, president of LAMA Innovation Inc., a facilitation and training firm specializing in creative problem solving and strategic planning.

Two seats are reserved for campus colleagues at a discount rate of $75. These will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact the department secretary, Debra Johnson.

Others may register on the event registration page. A workshop flier with more details is posted on the ICSC website.

The Institute for Community Health Promotion Collaborative Research Initiative (ICHP/CRI) is accepting graduate and undergraduate student applications for its Public School Mentoring Program for the spring 2017 semester. Applicants must be enrolled full time at Buffalo State College, have excellent written and oral communication skills, and have previous experience tutoring or working with groups of children in an educational setting. Undergraduate students must be at least second-semester sophomores with a minimum GPA of 2.5. All applicants must be available 12 hours per week during public school day hours to be considered for this position. Interested students should forward their current rsum to Gail Daniels, senior manager, ICHP/CRI.

The interim dean of the Graduate School, Kevin Miller, will host a meeting of all graduate faculty today, Friday, February 24, at 3:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210. The meeting will focus on updates from the Graduate School and reviewing the draft of the strategic plan.

The grading window will close tomorrow, May 17, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website. 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 spring 2017 grades using Banner. The grading window is now open for spring 2017 grading and will close Wednesday, May 17, 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.

After you have completed (submitted and saved) your spring 2017 grades, please go back in to your roster and double-check that all the grades are there as you intended.

If you have any questions about grading, please call the RITE Support Desk at 878-4357 or the Registrar's Office at 878-4811. 

The spring 2017 faculty grading window opens today at 9:00 a.m. and closes Wednesday, May 17, at 9:00 p.m.

Faculty members will enter their spring 2017 grades using Banner. The grading window will open Monday, May 8, at 9:00 a.m. and close Wednesday, May 17, at 9:00 p.m. In preparation, faculty members are encouraged to log on to Banner to be sure that all their courses are listed under their accounts. 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. Monday through Friday.

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

Please join us for the lecture "Highbrow and Lowbrow Art," presented by Alex King, assistant professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo, on Wednesday, March 1, at 3:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210.

What is it to have "highbrow" tastes? Is it just being able to recognize good art? And how has this concept transformed over the past hundred years? Dr. King will address these questions as well as some critiques of "highbrow" taste, and will argue that, even if we reject "highbrow" taste, we can still hold onto the idea of art that is genuinely good.

Today, February 28, is the last day to submit SUNY B-140W Tuition Assistance Program applications for the spring 2017 semester.

Staff members may apply for tuition assistance after six months of service; faculty members may apply after one semester of service. The following employees are eligible:

• Full-time Buffalo State faculty members and professional or classified employees
• Part-time or temporary Buffalo State faculty members and professional or classified employees who are employed at least half time (faculty members must teach at least two courses in the semester)
• Full-time Research Foundation employees, provided they work on the Buffalo State campus

Program funds may be used for courses at SUNY campuses only. Eligible employees may apply for a 50 percent waiver of SUNY tuition for up to two courses a semester, to a maximum of 15 credit hours an academic year. Tuition assistance is limited to regular in-state undergraduate or graduate tuition rates. The level of support may be adjusted when necessary if funding is not adequate to cover applications received.

After submitting an application, employees who decide to drop a class or find it has been covered by another source are asked to please notify Human Resource Management immediately to update their applications.

Please contact Human Resource Management, 878-4821, for applications and program guidelines.