From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
The College Senate will hold elections from Monday, April 17, to Thursday, April 27, to fill two at-large senator positions for professional staff or faculty, one University Faculty senator position, and one alternative University Faculty senator position.

The College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee will again use an electronic voting system supplemented by paper ballots to conduct the elections. All elections are for three-year terms. Voting begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 17, and continues until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, April 27.

Our primary goals are to encourage participation in the shared governance of Buffalo State and to share information on each candidate. If you have not already visited the College Senate’s elections information site to review the candidates’ qualifications, please do so.

Voter Eligibility
All full-time academics and professionals (NU = 8; negotiating unit 8)

Electronic or Paper Ballot
If you plan to vote electronically:

• The election e-booth is located on the College Senate’s College Elections voting site.
• Log in using your e-mail user name and password.
• When you log in, the system will identify the election(s) in which you are eligible to vote. If you think you have been misidentified or some other issue arises, please contact Slade Gellin, College Senate parliamentarian.
• For general questions, please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139.

If you plan to vote by paper ballot, you must request a ballot. Ballots will be sent only to voters who request them. Please request a paper ballot in one of the following ways during the election period:

• Call the Senate Office at 878-5139. Provide your name and phone number. If you leave a voice mail message, a follow-up call will be made to you before we send out the ballot to make sure we correctly record your name.
• E-mail Vince Masci, assistant to the College Senate. Please provide your name and phone number.

Paper ballots will contain the same information about each candidate as the electronic site (with the exception of photographs or information from candidates’ web sites, should any of the candidates have web sites). They must be returned to the Senate Office by the close of business Thursday, April 27, in order to be counted.

Thank you for your participation in this year’s election. Please share any feedback, questions, or concerns with Lynn Boorady, chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee.

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
The College Senate will hold elections from Monday, April 17, to Thursday, April 27, to fill two at-large senator positions for professional staff or faculty, one University Faculty senator position, and one alternative University Faculty senator position.

The College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee will again use an electronic voting system supplemented by paper ballots to conduct the elections. All elections are for three-year terms. Voting begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 17, and continues until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, April 27.

Our primary goals are to encourage participation in the shared governance of Buffalo State and to share information on each candidate. If you have not already visited the College Senate’s elections information site to review the candidates’ qualifications, please do so.

Voter Eligibility
All full-time academics and professionals (NU = 8; negotiating unit 8)

Electronic or Paper Ballot
If you plan to vote electronically:

• The election e-booth is located on the College Senate’s College Elections voting site.
• Log in using your e-mail user name and password.
• When you log in, the system will identify the election(s) in which you are eligible to vote. If you think you have been misidentified or some other issue arises, please contact Slade Gellin, College Senate parliamentarian.
• For general questions, please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139.

If you plan to vote by paper ballot, you must request a ballot. Ballots will be sent only to voters who request them. Please request a paper ballot in one of the following ways during the election period:

• Call the Senate Office at 878-5139. Provide your name and phone number. If you leave a voice mail message, a follow-up call will be made to you before we send out the ballot to make sure we correctly record your name.
• E-mail Vince Masci, assistant to the College Senate. Please provide your name and phone number.

Paper ballots will contain the same information about each candidate as the electronic site (with the exception of photographs or information from candidates’ web sites, should any of the candidates have web sites). They must be returned to the Senate Office by the close of business Thursday, April 27, in order to be counted.

Thank you for your participation in this year’s election. Please share any feedback, questions, or concerns with Lynn Boorady, chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee.

Chapter 491 of the Laws of 2011, which implemented the 2011–2016 Agreements between the State of New York and the CSEA, provides for payment of the 2017–2018 Longevity Payment effective April 2017 as a one-time, lump sum payment in the amount of $1,250 or $2,500.

A side letter to the agreement dated 12/16/2011 states that upon expiration of the 2011–2016 Agreements, employees eligible for longevity payments as of April 1, 2016, and before shall continue to receive them in the event that no successor agreement is in place. Employees who were eligible for an LLS payment in April 2016 shall continue to receive LLS payments in each succeeding April, at the same rate received in April 2016, until a successor agreement is negotiated. Payments will be made to such employees in April 2017 provided they continue to meet the eligibility criteria.

Any employee who becomes eligible for an LLS payment for the first time after April 1, 2016, will not receive payment until a successor agreement is negotiated.

Please call the Payroll Office with any questions: 878-4124.

The Senate Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee (SIFOC) is currently overseeing the five-year review of the Intellectual Foundations program. SIFOC seeks to hear from as many members of the campus community as possible concerning Buffalo State’s general education program. Please take a few minutes to complete the faculty and staff survey before Friday, April 28. 

The link provided below will take you to a secure server to complete the survey. All responses are anonymous. Survey results will be shared with the General Education Task Force. Thank you for your participation in this important process.

https://buffalostate.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3PpHHXGvC7FjD7v

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
The College Senate will hold elections from Monday, April 17, to Thursday, April 27, to fill two at-large senator positions for professional staff or faculty, one University Faculty senator position, and one alternative University Faculty senator position.

The College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee will again use an electronic voting system supplemented by paper ballots to conduct the elections. All elections are for three-year terms. Voting begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 17, and continues until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, April 27.

Our primary goals are to encourage participation in the shared governance of Buffalo State and to share information on each candidate. If you have not already visited the College Senate’s elections information site to review the candidates’ qualifications, please do so.

Voter Eligibility
All full-time academics and professionals (NU = 8; negotiating unit 8)

Electronic or Paper Ballot
If you plan to vote electronically:

• The election e-booth is located on the College Senate’s College Elections voting site.
• Log in using your e-mail user name and password.
• When you log in, the system will identify the election(s) in which you are eligible to vote. If you think you have been misidentified or some other issue arises, please contact Slade Gellin, College Senate parliamentarian.
• For general questions, please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139.

If you plan to vote by paper ballot, you must request a ballot. Ballots will be sent only to voters who request them. Please request a paper ballot in one of the following ways during the election period:

• Call the Senate Office at 878-5139. Provide your name and phone number. If you leave a voice mail message, a follow-up call will be made to you before we send out the ballot to make sure we correctly record your name.
• E-mail Vince Masci, assistant to the College Senate. Please provide your name and phone number.

Paper ballots will contain the same information about each candidate as the electronic site (with the exception of photographs or information from candidates’ web sites, should any of the candidates have web sites). They must be returned to the Senate Office by the close of business Thursday, April 27, in order to be counted.

Thank you for your participation in this year’s election. Please share any feedback, questions, or concerns with Lynn Boorady, chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The next College Senate meeting of the spring 2017 semester will be held tomorrow, April 14, at 3:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210. The agenda (PDF, 106 KB) is posted on the College Senate website.

Business for the April meeting will include a vote on Institutional (All College) Learning Outcomes (the latest draft is posted for comment on the College Senate Forum site), a vote on a rewrite of the Academic Misconduct DOPS policy VIII:04:00, and the introduction of several items of business. All are welcome to attend.

If you missed a Senate meeting and want to catch up, podcasts of each meeting are now posted to the Senate's podcast web page. Senate meeting minutes and summaries are also posted to the website and distributed to Senate members with the monthly Senate packet.

Campuses of the State University of New York adhere to schedules for records retention and disposition to ensure that records are retained appropriately and, once their retention periods have lapsed, disposed of routinely. The campus website for records retention and disposition provides links to the schedules, the accompanying SUNY policy, and information about how to comply.

All Buffalo State offices and departments should document their records destruction activities during the 2016–2017 academic year using the certificate of records destruction and forward the completed certificate to the campus records management officer, Cleveland Hall 508, or via e-mail to Jill Powell, by Monday, July 17.

Once a certificate of records destruction has been submitted, Business Services staff members will be available to help offices dispose of large quantities of records.

If you are new to the records retention and disposition process, or if you would like a refresher for 2017, you are invited to attend a one-hour information session on one of these dates. All sessions will take place in the Carmine A. Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418:

Wednesday, April 26, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, May 16, 2:00 p.m.
Monday, June 5, 2:00 p.m.

Please register by e-mail, indicating the date of the session you plan to attend. You may also send an e-mail to request a presentation tailored for your office or department.

Thank you.

From the Chair of the Campus Safety Forum
One of the standing charges of the Campus Safety Forum is to review and respond to inquiries from concerned members of the college community regarding campus safety or related programs. While students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to address concerns directly with the areas of University Police, Equity and Campus Diversity, the Counseling Center, or the Dean of Students Office, the Campus Safety Forum is also available to receive and evaluate your feedback.

The forum, under my direction, has established an online form to collect inquiries from any campus constituent. Information may be submitted anonymously, or individuals who wish to be contacted by a member of the Campus Safety Forum can provide contact information. When submitting feedback, we ask that you please consider the various aspects of the campus environment that you interact with on a daily basis, including the physical campus (e.g., parking, buildings, lighting) and online presence and community, as well as any other aspect of the campus that may enhance the safety of the community.

For purposes of compiling a report before the end of the academic year, please submit your concerns by Friday, April 21. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Campus Safety Forum.

Sincerely,
Charles B. Kenyon
Associate Vice President and Dean of Students

From the Chair of the Campus Safety Forum
One of the standing charges of the Campus Safety Forum is to review and respond to inquiries from concerned members of the college community regarding campus safety or related programs. While students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to address concerns directly with the areas of University Police, Equity and Campus Diversity, the Counseling Center, or the Dean of Students Office, the Campus Safety Forum is also available to receive and evaluate your feedback.

The forum, under my direction, has established an online form to collect inquiries from any campus constituent. Information may be submitted anonymously, or individuals who wish to be contacted by a member of the Campus Safety Forum can provide contact information. When submitting feedback, we ask that you please consider the various aspects of the campus environment that you interact with on a daily basis, including the physical campus (e.g., parking, buildings, lighting) and online presence and community, as well as any other aspect of the campus that may enhance the safety of the community.

For purposes of compiling a report before the end of the academic year, please submit your concerns by Friday, April 21. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Campus Safety Forum.

Sincerely,
Charles B. Kenyon
Associate Vice President and Dean of Students

Please remember: When employees are traveling on state funds within New York State, taxes are not reimbursable. This applies to sales tax, hotel occupancy taxes, and taxes on rental vehicles. It is also highly recommended that travelers use tax-exempt certificates for other states when applicable. Hotel tax exemptions are currently available from Delaware, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, and Rhode Island. Please visit the Travel Services and Citi Corporate Cards websites for further information. You may also call Accounts Payable at 878-4117 with questions.