Buffalo State faculty and staff members are invited to an open house at the Burchfield Penney Art Center on Thursday, May 19, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. to celebrate Museum Day. Join center staff for gallery tours, coffee and donuts, and more. Join us!

The Buffalo State Pedagogical Institute will present Integrating Shakespeare’s Sonnets into the Curriculum on Wednesday, May 18, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Bacon Hall 115. Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, first published in 1608, constitute one of the most eloquent and enigmatic collections of love poetry in literary history. As the world commemorates 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, we will explore ways to use individual sonnets, or the entire collection, in any classroom to examine language, gender, rhetoric, sexuality, social class, love, jealousy, desire, self-delusion, patriarchy, comedy, adapting to rules, breaking rules, racial identity, invention, soliloquizing, communicating, failing to communicate, unoriginality, working on commission, working for yourself, relating parts to wholes, reading carefully, aging, scholarly authority, proofreading, editing, trust, stalking, theft, self-promotion, textual analysis, dishonesty, compromise, and genius.

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Facilitators
Lisa Berglund, Chair and Professor, English
Anthony Chase, Assistant Dean, School of Arts and Humanities
 

The Buffalo State Pedagogical Institute will present Working with Students Who Are on the Spectrum on Tuesday, May 17, at 9:30 a.m. in Bacon Hall 115. According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 1 percent of individuals worldwide have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), currently affecting about 3.5 million Americans (2016). The latest statistics released by the CDC, in April of this year, indicate that the prevalence of ASD in the United States is currently 1:68 births. It is estimated that 0.7 to 1.9 percent of students in higher education have an ASD, and that merely 20 percent of these students will complete their college degree (VanBergeijk, Klin & Volkmar, 2008). This presentation will discuss what characteristics of ASD you may see from adult students in your classroom or on campus, how to best support colleges students with an ASD, and the best teaching strategies to implement in your coursework to increase student success.

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Panel Participants
Stephen Anderson, Executive Director, the Summit Center
Frederick Floss, Professor, Economics and Finance
Sumana Silverheels, Accommodations Coordinator, Disability Services
Kathy Doody, Assistant Professor, Exceptional Education

The Buffalo State Pedagogical Institute will present Greater Expectations on Monday, May 16, at 1:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Participants will explore the relationships among student characteristics, institutional language and polices, instructor expectations, and student academic success. The roles of students' individual and collective identities and their conflicts will be discussed. Examples of practical applications that have been effectively used to support student academic success in mathematics classrooms will be shared.

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Facilitators
Angela Thering, Lecturer, Computer Information Systems and University College
Kevin Railey, Associate Provost; Dean, Graduate School
Beth Delecki-Earns, Lecturer, Mathematics
Reva Fish, Associate Professor, Social and Psychological Foundations of Education

The Buffalo State Pedagogical Institute will present Modeling Community and Collaboration on Monday, May 16, at 9:30 a.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. The Anne Frank Project (AFP) facilitates a kinesthetic story-building workshop to teach tools and vocabulary for community building, conflict resolution, and identity exploration that are applicable in all disciplines and professions. This workshop will focus on developing workplace collaborative processes. Provost Melanie Perreault will kick off the Pedagogical Institute with opening remarks.

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Facilitators
Drew Kahn, Professor, Theater; Director, AFP
Eve Everette, Assistant Director, AFP

The call for proposals is still open for the eighth annual Anne Frank Project, "Engage. Lead. Improve the World," to be held on campus September 28 and 29. Please submit your proposal by Wednesday, June 1.

Think of the theme as an equation: Engagement + Leadership = Improving the World. If we use our unique skills to bring people together and build community, we foster leadership and a commitment to making our world a better place. At AFP 2016, we are interested in learning and practicing how you engage, lead, and improve the world.

Submit your proposal.

AFP’s annual social justice festival is an experiential exchange of ideas with a focus on processing theory into practice. We seek diverse performances, workshops, and exhibits that actively engage participants in kinesthetic learning opportunities and connect to the theme, AFP's mission, and the life and work of Anne Frank.

For more information, please review highlights from past festivals or contact Eve Everette, AFP assistant director and festival curator, 878-5559.

All members of the Teacher Education Unit (TEU) are invited to attend the Teacher Education Council (TEC) meeting on Friday, May 13, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 418. Current issues of teacher education, test vouchers, and student teaching will be discussed.

When issuing a student a non-passing grade, that is, an E, F, U, I, or N grade, please also report the student's last date of attendance when entering the grade online. This helps the Financial Aid Office in determining whether a student unofficially withdrew and whether the student is able to retain the aid that he or she received.

The last date of attendance is the last date the student sat in class, took an exam, handed in homework, or actively participated in an online course. If assigning an I or N grade, the last date of attendance is the last date you met with the student to discuss progress in the course. If you have no record of the student attending, do not enter a date. Instead, use the grade of EV, which indicates that the student never attended the course.

Questions regarding this policy or procedure should be referred to the Financial Aid Office, 878-4902. The grading guide (PDF, 402 KB) on the Financial Aid website may also assist you.

Spot Coffee will be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. all summer long. Enjoy a buffet lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. featuring the chef's entre of the day, various sides, and a beverage for only $8.19. All other dining locations will be closed for the summer. Bon apptit!

Spot Coffee will be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. all summer long. Enjoy a buffet lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. featuring the chef's entre of the day, various sides, and a beverage for only $8.19. All other dining locations will be closed for the summer. Bon apptit!