From the Chair of the College Senate
The first College Senate meeting of the fall 2017 semester will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 8, in Butler Library 210. The meeting schedule is posted on the College Senate website. Please visit the College Senate website to catch up on past Senate news, listen to podcasts of past meetings, read minutes from past meetings, or review meeting summaries.

The College Senate Office is located in Cleveland Hall 211. Howard Reid, professor of psychology, will serve as chair of the College Senate for the 2017–2018 academic year. For general questions and information, please stop by the office, call 878-5139, or e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate.

All goldenrod receiving reports and invoices for payments must be forwarded to the Accounts Payable and Travel Services Office, Cleveland Hall 414, and delivery confirmations for office supply and Dupli orders be forwarded to Procurement Services, Cleveland Hall 406, no later than the close of business Friday, August 11. All travel vouchers for trips before June 30, 2016, must also be received by this date. Thank you.

From the Chair of the College Senate
New Senator Orientation for all newly elected faculty, staff, and student senators who will serve on the College Senate for the 2017–2018 academic year will take place on Tuesday, September 5, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the Carmine A. Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. New senators are strongly encouraged to attend so that they can become familiar with Senate protocol before the first College Senate meeting on Friday, September 8. For more information, please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The first College Senate meeting of the fall 2017 semester will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 8, in Butler Library 210. The meeting schedule is posted on the College Senate website. Please visit the College Senate website to catch up on past Senate news, listen to podcasts of past meetings, read minutes from past meetings, or review meeting summaries.

The College Senate Office is located in Cleveland Hall 211. Howard Reid, professor of psychology, will serve as chair of the College Senate for the 2017–2018 academic year. For general questions and information, please stop by the office, call 878-5139, or e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate.

This is an update to the related Daily Bulletin notice of June 26, 2017.

The Bishop Hall Renovation – Residence Hall Conversion project will begin Friday, August 4, with the installation of site fencing around Bishop Hall. During the initial phase of the project, which is expected to last from August 4 to November 1, the east-west walkway north of Bishop Hall (between Bishop Hall and the Campbell Student Union) will be closed to allow for the replacement of water and sewer lines. Pedestrian access to Cleveland Hall will be available through the Campbell Student Union or via the east-west walkway south of Bishop Hall (campus map, PDF, 3 MB).

The converted Bishop Hall will house about 200 Buffalo State students in a traditional doubles corridor-style setting. A new main entrance on the south side will provide an updated identity for the building. Amenity spaces will be distributed throughout. The renovation will include new mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems; architectural improvements; and safety-related enhancements. Bathrooms will be reconfigured, and new finishes will be added throughout the building. Occupancy is expected to begin in fall 2018.

Please visit the Facilities Planning website for additional information about this and other construction projects on campus.

From the Chair of the College Senate
New Senator Orientation for all newly elected faculty, staff, and student senators who will serve on the College Senate for the 2017–2018 academic year will take place on Tuesday, September 5, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the Carmine A. Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. New senators are strongly encouraged to attend so that they can become familiar with Senate protocol before the first College Senate meeting on Friday, September 8. For more information, please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate.

From the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities
To serve students more effectively and efficiently, various reorganizations have been initiated in Academic Affairs. After significant review and analysis of data, recommendations of reaccreditation visitors, and consultation with faculty and staff members, the visual arts have been reorganized into two departments. Art Conservation continues as an independent department, and the Art and Design Department (A&D) has been newly formed to serve students and faculty of the former departments of Art Education, Design, Fine Arts, and Interior Design. With 30 full-time faculty members and more than 400 students, A&D has enhanced opportunities to facilitate student degree and course mobility; design and strengthen curriculum; collaboratively recruit, retain, and advise students for all programs; and expand off-campus opportunities for the variety of visual arts students. Stephen Saracino is serving as summer chair, and Jörg Schnier will be chair in the fall. The Art and Design office is located in Upton Hall 402; the telephone number is 878-6032.

From the Chair of the College Senate
New Senator Orientation for all newly elected faculty, staff, and student senators who will serve on the College Senate for the 2017–2018 academic year will take place on Tuesday, September 5, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the Carmine A. Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. New senators are strongly encouraged to attend so that they can become familiar with Senate protocol before the first College Senate meeting on Friday, September 8. For more information, please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate.

Degree Works will be off-line from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 27, for system maintenance.

From the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities invites applications for 2018 Summer Stipends to support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. Eligible projects usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials and publications, archaeological site reports, translations, or editions. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development; however, projects must not result solely in the collection of data; instead they must also incorporate analysis and interpretation. 

Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply.

The NEH encourages the submission of applications from independent scholars and faculty members at Hispanic-serving institutions, historically black colleges and universities, and tribal colleges and universities.

Nominating Procedures and Timetable
Faculty members teaching full time at colleges or universities must be nominated by their institution’s nominating official* to apply for a Summer Stipend. Each college and university in the United States and its jurisdictions may nominate two faculty members. Any faculty member is eligible for nomination. Ben Christy, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, will serve as Buffalo State’s nominating official. The academic deans will appoint a faculty committee to review proposals and recommend two nominees.

Please submit your proposal draft via e-mail to Dean Christy by Monday, August 21, 2017. Buffalo State applicants will be informed of their nomination status by Thursday, August 31. Nominees will submit their applications via Grants.gov. The NEA submission deadline is Wednesday, September 27.

Please direct questions to Dean Christy, 878-6326. More information is available on the NEH website.

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*The following individuals may apply without a nomination: 

• independent scholars not affiliated with a college or university; 
• college or university staff members who are not faculty members and will not be teaching during the academic year preceding the award tenure; 
• community college faculty; 
• emeritus faculty; and 
• adjunct faculty, part-time faculty, and applicants with academic appointments that terminate by the summer of the award tenure.