Children (grades K–12) of Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students are eligible for free literacy tutoring at the Buffalo State Literacy Center. Sessions begin in February on Mondays or Wednesdays from 5:00 to 6:45 p.m. There will be nine sessions and a parent conference. Please e-mail Keli Garas York, associate professor of elementary education and reading, if you are interested. Slots are limited, and sessions fill up quickly.

The 2015 Institute for Community Health Promotion (ICHP) Collaborative Research Initiative (CRI) Faculty and Staff Recruitment Book (FSRB) is now available online and in electronic form only. You can access the new document, formerly known as the CDHS Request for Proposals, at www.bsc-cdhs.org/CollegePartnershipProgram/FacultyStaffRecruitmentBook.aspx. 

We look forward to hearing from you.

This is a reminder that the Ingeniux server (www1) will shut down effective December 30, 2014. At that time, Ingeniux sites will no longer be accessible. If you have an existing Ingeniux site that needs to be migrated over to Drupal, please contact Melissa Meehan, director of web administration, to request a Drupal shell site and sign up for Drupal training. The next Drupal training session will be held Monday, December 22, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Migration Exceptions
The following sites should not be migrated into Drupal:

• Very low traffic sites or sites that were established for short-run, event-specific purposes, and completed initiatives
• Sites that are not actively updated

Launching Your New Drupal Site
High-profile Drupal replacement sites should be in place by December 30, in order to provide continuity of service to visitors. Also, it’s important to note that your old Ingeniux site will not be viewable once the server is taken offline, so please ensure that any important documents, content, and files are captured from legacy sites and saved locally in advance of the December 30 cutoff.

Drupal sites may be developed and worked on after December 30.

If you have any questions or are ready to launch your new Drupal site or migrate an Ingeniux site, please contact Melissa Meehan.

The Daily Bulletin will take a holiday break from December 24, 2014, to January 1, 2015. The deadline for submissions for the January 2 issue is 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 23. During the break, users may submit items for Friday, January 3, and beyond. Happy holidays from College Relations.

The Daily Bulletin will take a holiday break from December 24, 2014, to January 1, 2015. During this time, users may submit items for Friday, January 2, and beyond. Happy holidays from College Relations.

The Daily Bulletin will take a holiday break from December 24, 2014, to January 1, 2015. The deadline for submissions for the January 2 issue is 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 23. During the break, users may submit items for Friday, January 3, and beyond. Happy holidays from College Relations.

Buffalo State Dining is paying it forward with a special faculty and staff discount lunch today, December 11, in the Campbell Student Union Resident Dining Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Enjoy a delicious all-you-care-to-eat lunch buffet for only $6.

For a full list of winter break dining locations and hours of operation, please visit our website.

Please join Fred Floss, professor of economics and finance at Buffalo State and executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute; John Slenker of the New York State Department of Labor; and Howard Zemsky, chair of the Buffalo State College Council and co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council, for "Economic Recovery 2014 in New York State: Where the Jobs Are and Aren't" on Thursday, December 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

This presentation and discussion will review new research about what's working, what's not, and where Upstate New York's challenges remain. How has the economic recovery worked in New York State? Overall, New York has been on an upswing, but a closer analysis reveals that the recovery has been uneven.

The event will be hosted and introduced by Bruce Fisher, visiting professor and director of the Buffalo State Center for Economic and Policy Studies; the media co-sponsor is the Public.

When issuing a student a non-passing grade, i.e., an E, F, U, I, or N, you must also report the student's last date of attendance when entering the grade online. This helps the Financial Aid Office determine whether a student unofficially withdrew and whether the student is able to retain the aid 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 you are 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 EV, which indicates that the student never attended the course.

Questions regarding this policy or procedure should be referred to the Financial Aid Office, ext. 4902.

We are pleased to announce the 2015 United University Professions William Scheuerman Postbaccalaureate Scholarship. One-time scholarships of $3,000 will be awarded to SUNY postgraduate or professional school students who demonstrate a commitment to academic excellence, social justice issues, and labor ideals. The application deadline is Monday, March 2, 2015. Criteria for eligibility include the following:

• Candidates must be registered, full-time graduate or professional school students at a state-operated campus of SUNY;
• Candidates must possess the qualities and values represented by UUP: a dedication to the goals of the trade and labor union movements, integrity, a quest for academic and personal excellence, and service to the community;
• Candidates must have completed at least 9 credits at any SUNY graduate or professional school and hold a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.95;
• Applicants for law and health sciences programs must have completed at least one semester.

A complete list of scholarship eligibility requirements and applications may be obtained from the Buffalo State Financial Aid Office, Moot Hall 230; on the UUP website; or by U.S. mail: UUP College Scholarship Fund, PO Box 15143, Albany, NY 12212-5143.