Interested in going to graduate school in history? Unsure if graduate school is for you? The History and Social Studies Education Department will conduct a workshop on the graduate school experience on Thursday, October 13, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Classroom Building C214. Topics include finding graduate programs, the application process, what to expect in graduate-level classes, coping strategies, and potential pitfalls. All are welcome.

Please join us for the professional development workshop "Managing a Multigenerational Workforce" on Wednesday, November 2, from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Butler Library 181B.

Employees from three generations are working together across the country and struggling to understand how to effectively collaborate, communicate, and accomplish tasks. Baby Boomer, Generation X, and Millennial employees each have a unique and important set of skills that can contribute to a highly effective multigenerational work environment. This session will provide participants with a better understanding of generational differences and an opportunity to develop strategies to optimize generational strengths to produce desired results. 

Light snacks will be provided. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Please join us for the professional development workshop "Reframing Perspectives: Strategies for Effective Decision Making" on Thursday, October 20, from 12:15 to 2:15 p.m. in Butler Library 181B.

Colleges and universities have complex personnel structures, political agendas, and decentralized goals, which can present challenges when people attempt to make effective decisions. The practice of “reframing” enables campus constituents to view a situation through four different lenses to better understand and address the complex and ambiguous decisions in higher education. Participants will learn and practice how to evaluate situations using four frames of reference as a tool for making thoughtful and effective decisions. 

Light snacks will be provided. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

All SUNY campuses, state-operated, statutory, and community colleges are invited to submit abstracts to present at the 26th annual SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT 2017), on the campus of SUNY Oneonta May 30–June 2, 2017. Proposals from outside the SUNY system are welcome as well. Proposals are due by Saturday, December 31.

CIT is SUNY's largest and most prominent event on instructional technology, providing a forum for faculty, instructional support professionals, and policymakers to present, discuss, and explore innovative avenues for integrating technology into the teaching and learning environment. The conference is sponsored by the SUNY Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology (FACT²).

Guidelines for Presentation Submission
This year’s theme, Teaching and Learning in Multiple Dimensions, is supported by the following tracks:

• Diverse Learners, Diverse Learning Styles
• Post-Traditional Learners/Lifelong Learning/Career Retooling/Career Credentialing
• Student Success: Retention and Remediation
• Professional Partnerships
• Iterative Journeys

Abstract submissions are being accepted at the introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels in the following formats: presentation, panel, birds of a feather, hands-on demo, ignite, workshop, special interest group, and poster. 

Please visit the CIT website to view detailed descriptions and submit a proposal. To submit a proposal, click "Submit Your Proposal," and follow these steps:

1. New users click on Create New Account
2. Enter the Required information and click Next Step
3. Create a password and click Finish
4. Click on the link CIT Abstract Submission
5. Complete the Submission Form
6. Remember to “save draft” frequently
7. Click Submit Application when complete

The Professional Development workshop on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) on Tuesday, October 18, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. has been moved to Bishop Hall 18.

Light snacks will be provided. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Residence Life's Faculty Fellows program kicks off with a jazz concert today, October 6, at 6:30 p.m. in Moore Complex lounge, featuring the Buffalo State Jazz Ensemble under the direction of associate professor Rick Fleming, with guest soloist Bill Easley.

The Faculty Fellows program is a new initiative put on through the Residence Life Office that works to facilitate interaction between faculty and students living in the residence halls. This program allows students to get individual attention and time with faculty in a way that is not always possible in the time frame and structure of the classroom. The program also works to expose students to areas of study that they may not otherwise experience. Faculty fellows come from all disciplines at Buffalo State. If you are a faculty member interested in being a part of this program, please contact Mary Toll, assistant director for student success.

RITE Instructional Design and Training is now offering a four-workshop Blackboard Specialization Certificate. A new cohort begins Wednesday, October 19. Blackboard Learn is the official learning management system at Buffalo State that allows for dynamic learning to occur in the online environment. Earning a Blackboard Specialization Certificate will demonstrate your ability to enhance student learning and foster better engagement, interaction, and quality learning. This certificate is suitable for instructors teaching face-to-face, hybrid or blended, or online courses.

You may also earn an Advanced Blackboard Specialization Certificate by attending an additional four workshops.

Please download the Blackboard Training Workshops flier (PDF, 197 KB) to learn more about these courses. For more information, please contact Michael DiFonzo, Blackboard trainer.

Bruce Adams, lecturer of fine arts, will present  “Fuel for the Restless Mind: Russia, China, Italy, Paris, and Mexico” on Thursday, October 6, at 12:15 p.m. in Upton Hall 230. This lecture, the first in this fall semester’s series “Artists on the Road: Travel As a Source of Inspiration,” is free and open to the public.

Mr. Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references historical painting styles. He says that “it's often the odd little experiences that have the greatest impact. Traveling enriches your understanding of the world in many tangible and intangible ways.” He will discuss how his travels have informed his art, and have led to a deeper appreciation of people throughout the world.

Mr. Adams was director and curator of Peopleart/bflo, a storefront gallery in Buffalo, and a longtime board member and board president of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. His experience includes his work as a painter, installation, and performance artist; public school art teacher; college lecturer; and more recently critical and creative writer. His art has been exhibited extensively and is included in numerous private and museum collections including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum, UB's Anderson Gallery, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. In 2007, Mr. Adams was given an extensive mid-career survey exhibition titled Bruce Adams, Half Life 1980–2006 at the Anderson Gallery.

The Artists on the Road series is co-sponsored by the Design Department and the International and Exchange Programs Office.

For more information on the series, contact Carol Townsend, 878-4986.

The Economics and Finance Department invites the campus community to the seminar ''Public Finance and Institutional Economic Thought,'' presented by Hiroyuki Mori, professor in the College of Policy Science at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, and a visiting professor at Cornell University, on Friday, October 14, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Classroom Building B221.

Dr. Mori's award-winning book Public Works Reforms (2008) reflects his early concern with Japan’s infrastructure issues from regional socioeconomic perspectives. He has published numerous articles in public finance fields and has recently been engaged in asbestos problems concerning both labor and environmental issues. He is a co-editor of Asbestos Disaster: Lessons from Japan's Experience (2011), the first book on Japan’s asbestos problems in English. He has served on several boards of directors for academic societies in Japan.

The Economics and Finance Department invites the campus community to the seminar ''Public Finance and Institutional Economic Thought,'' presented by Hiroyuki Mori, professor in the College of Policy Science at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, and a visiting professor at Cornell University, on Friday, October 14, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Classroom Building B221.

Dr. Mori's award-winning book Public Works Reforms (2008) reflects his early concern with Japan’s infrastructure issues from regional socioeconomic perspectives. He has published numerous articles in public finance fields and has recently been engaged in asbestos problems concerning both labor and environmental issues. He is a co-editor of Asbestos Disaster: Lessons from Japan's Experience (2011), the first book on Japan’s asbestos problems in English. He has served on several boards of directors for academic societies in Japan.