From the Chief of University Police
Buffalo State’s University Police Department, working with the Buffalo Fire Department, will conduct its annual fire safety training exercise for Residence Life staff, CERT, and University Police student assistants on Friday, August 19, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Tower 4.

For this exercise, you may see fire trucks along Iroquois Drive or Tower Road, police action, and actors portraying victims in the area of Tower 4. Please do not be alarmed; this is a simulated event.

If you have questions, please call University Police at 878-6333.?

We have received notification from the Office of the University Controller of the deadline for payments using state-appropriated funds for fiscal year 2015–2016. All goldenrod receiving reports and invoices for payments must be forwarded to Accounts Payable and Travel Services, Cleveland Hall 414, and delivery confirmations for office supply and Dupli orders must be forwarded to Procurement Services, Cleveland Hall 406, no later than Monday, August 22. All travel vouchers for trips prior to June 30, 2016, must also be received by this date.

From the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities invites applications for 2017 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, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development.

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 Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Buffalo State applicants will be informed of their nomination status by Tuesday, August 30. Nominees will submit their applications via Grants.gov. The NEA submission deadline is Thursday, September 29.

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

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 2016–2017 academic year will take place on Tuesday, September 6, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the Carmine Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. The orientation will include an overview of Robert’s Rules of Order, the protocol of the College Senate.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The first College Senate meeting of the fall 2016 semester will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 9, in Butler Library 210.

The College Senate Office thanks all those who submitted a Committee Interest Form. Information has been forwarded to the appropriate committee chairs. Standing committee chairs reserve the right to determine committee membership, and not all standing committees may need members. For general questions, please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate.

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 2016–2017 academic year will take place on Tuesday, September 6, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the Carmine Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. The orientation will include an overview of Robert’s Rules of Order, the protocol of the College Senate.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The first College Senate meeting of the fall 2016 semester will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 9, in Butler Library 210.

Tomorrow, August 5, is the deadline to submit Committee Interest Forms for those interested in serving on one of the eight College Senate standing committees for 2016–2017. The form is posted on the College Senate website. Forms received after August 5 will not be accepted.

Standing committee chairs reserve the right to determine committee membership and make all membership decisions. Not all standing committees may need members. Please submit completed forms to Vincent Masci, assistant to the Senate, in the College Senate Office, Cleveland Hall 211. Please contact the Senate Office at 878-5139 or mascivt@buffalostate.edu with questions.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The first College Senate meeting of the fall 2016 semester will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 9, in Butler Library 210.