From the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
Please join me in congratulating Cynthia Fasla as she takes on the role of interim registrar upon Mark Bausili’s departure.

Fasla joined Buffalo State College in 2005 and currently serves as associate registrar. She has aided the institution with the transition from SABRE to BANNER and is responsible for the coordination of registration, the master schedule, and room scheduling. She also oversees the use of Schedule Planner. In addition to her experience at Buffalo State, she has served as the registrar at Boston Architectural College and the Western New York market registrar at Bryant & Stratton College. Her education and experience will continue to aid her in service to Buffalo State as interim registrar.

The final College Senate meeting for the spring 2015 semester will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 8, in Butler Library 210. Please note the one hour earlier start time. The meeting agenda is posted on the College Senate website.

The College Senate Caucus (election of officers) will be held immediately before the Senate meeting, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., in Butler Library 210. Please e-mail Vince Masci, secretary to the College Senate, with questions.

As previously announced in the Daily Bulletin, a new airline contract between New York State and Child Travel New York Inc. (also known as Albany Travel) went into effect in January, and new procedures have been implemented. NYS procurement teams and Child Travel negotiated airline rates in the contract, and Buffalo State considers these rates as meeting the reasonableness test. If a traveler wishes to use these contracted rates, no further investigation is needed. Please note that these rates are refundable.

When planning airline travel for official business purposes, please start by using the campus’s Business Travel Account with Child Travel as outlined in Buffalo State's travel policy. Buffalo State airline travelers are encouraged to establish a profile with Child Travel as soon as possible by contacting Mary Taylor or Dave Lysiak in the Travel Services Office. Child Travel agents will not set up a profile for the traveler over the phone. Information needed for this profile is brief and must be provided to Buffalo State's travel services manager, 878-4117. Soon after this information is submitted to Travel Services, Child Travel will send a welcome e-mail to the traveler's e-mail address, providing registration and training instructions to access the Online Travel Reservation System (Concur).

Once a profile is established, travelers can book airfare through Child Travel over the phone with an agent at (800) 774-0655 or through the website at a reduced fee. Airline and rail transaction fees through the Online Travel Reservation System (Concur) are $4.95. This is significantly less than the agent-assisted airline transaction fee of $14.95. Please be assured that the information provided to Child Travel New York is not shared with any third party.

Please call the Travel Services Office at 878-4117 with questions or to set up a user profile with Child Travel. Travel Services thanks the campus community for its cooperation during our time of transition.

Please note that the location for today’s presentation by Julia Hall, candidate for the position of Woods-Beals Endowed Chair in Urban and Rural Education, has been changed to Butler Library 210.

From the Chair of the Woods-Beals Endowed Chair Search Advisory Committee
Our second candidate for the position of Woods-Beals Endowed Chair in Urban and Rural Education is Jevon D. Hunter, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and assistant professor of elementary education and reading at Buffalo State. Dr. Hunter will present to the campus community on Thursday, April 30, at 3:30 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 418.

Download the curriculum vitae for Jevon Hunter (PDF).

The campus community is encouraged to provide feedback about Dr. Hunter’s candidacy by completing a survey that will be available at the open forum.

Thank you for your help and support during this important process.

Sincerely,

Lawrence J. Maheady
Horace Mann Endowed Chair, Exceptional Education Department

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
The College Senate will hold elections from Monday, April 27, to Friday, May 1, to fill two at-large senator positions for faculty and one at-large senator position for professional staff or faculty.

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 began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 27, and continues until 11:59 p.m. Friday, May 1.

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, secretary 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 your message on voice mail, 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, secretary to the College Senate.

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 Friday, May 1, in order to be counted.

Thank you for your participation in this year’s election. Please share any feedback, questions, or concerns with Amitra Wall, chair of the 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 27, to Friday, May 1, to fill two at-large senator positions for faculty and one at-large senator position for professional staff or faculty.

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 began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 27, and continues until 11:59 p.m. Friday, May 1.

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, secretary 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 your message on voice mail, 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, secretary to the College Senate.

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 Friday, May 1, in order to be counted.

Thank you for your participation in this year’s election. Please share any feedback, questions, or concerns with Amitra Wall, chair of the 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 27, to Friday, May 1, to fill two at-large senator positions for faculty and one at-large senator position for professional staff or faculty.

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 began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 27, and continues until 11:59 p.m. Friday, May 1.

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, secretary 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 your message on voice mail, 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, secretary to the College Senate.

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 Friday, May 1, in order to be counted.

Thank you for your participation in this year’s election. Please share any feedback, questions, or concerns with Amitra Wall, chair of the 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 27, to Friday, May 1, to fill two at-large senator positions for faculty and one at-large senator position for professional staff or faculty.

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 began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 27, and continues until 11:59 p.m. Friday, May 1.

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, secretary 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 your message on voice mail, 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, secretary to the College Senate.

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 Friday, May 1, in order to be counted.

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

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
The College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee will host the annual College Senate Caucus for current and newly elected senators on Friday, May 8, at 12:30 p.m. in Butler Library 210. During the caucus, elections will be held for the chair and vice chair of the College Senate as well as for chairs of the Senate’s standing committees. Should two or more individuals seek the same position, electronic elections will take place beginning May 18.

The following positions will be filled:

College Senate Chair
College Senate Vice Chair
Academic Plan Committee Chair
Budget and Staff Allocations Committee Chair
Bylaws and Elections Committee Chair
College Senate Curriculum Committee Chair
Faculty Welfare Committee Chair
Instruction and Research Committee Chair
Standards for Students Committee Chair
Student Welfare Committee Co-Chair                

Please e-mail Amitra Wall, chair of the Bylaws and Elections Committee, to nominate yourself or someone else for any of these positions. Please remember that nominations will be taken only up until and during the caucus session.

New College Senate members are encouraged to attend the College Senate meeting immediately following the caucus.