Do you want an easy way to share your video and audio files with your students? Ensemble is the media server solution that allows the Buffalo State community to manage and publish audio and video files in a learning management system such as Blackboard and on other websites.

If you would like to learn more about Ensemble, please join us for an Ensemble: Campus Video Solution Introduction and Demo. Workshops will be offered in Bulger Communication Center 104 on the following dates. Please register in advance.

Tuesday, July 15: 10:00–10:50 a.m. (BCC 104
Tuesday, August 19: 2:00–2:50 p.m.
Wednesday, September 17: 2:00–2:50 p.m.
Wednesday, October 15: 11:00–11:50 a.m.

Buffalo State continues to engage in efforts to promote accessibility of course materials in all classes. Workshops are scheduled to provide support for Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and audio and video. Register through the CyberQuad Workshop Registration System.

Spot Coffee will be open for breakfast and lunch during the summer, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For lunch today, enjoy roasted garlic meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, Caesar salad, garden salad, and soup of the day.

For lunch tomorrow, June 26, enjoy fried chicken, mac and cheese, vegetable medley, rice pilaf, spinach salad, mixed green salad, and soup of the day. 

Get one entrée, two sides, and a fountain beverage for only $8.79. Faculty and staff members, save 10 percent on every purchase when you use your Bengal Bucks. For information on how to sign up for a Bengal Bucks account or for a full list of summer hours of operation, please visit our website.

The Caudell Hall project, which will rehabilitate spaces for departments in Buffalo State’s School of the Professions, is under way. Classrooms, labs, and offices will be renovated, and corridors will be relocated. An updated southwest entrance will provide new restrooms, an elevator, and an accessible ramp. In addition, the building's exterior will be reclad with aluminum, glass, and terra cotta panels.

The campus has relinquished access to Lot U and the lower portion of Lot T for construction purposes through summer 2016. Staff members formerly housed in Caudell Hall have moved to new locations, and parking demand is expected to shift westward along with staff, who have relocated primarily to Buckham Hall.

The Caudell Hall renovation project includes the removal of the Caudell Annex, which will ultimately allow the connection of lots T and U, thereby providing improved traffic flow.

Questions about this project may be e-mailed to vpfm@buffalostate.edu. For more information about capital projects on campus, please visit www.buffalostate.edu/construction.

The Student Life Office is excited to collaborate with offices, departments, and organizations across campus to offer Weeks of Welcome 2014, a series of events designed to welcome new first-year, transfer, and graduate students to SUNY Buffalo State, as well as to welcome back returning students.

Everyone is invited to offer ideas and suggestions and to contribute to the schedule. The calendar of events spans the first four weeks of the fall semester, beginning immediately after Orientation, August 22, and concluding with Homecoming and Family Weekend, September 17–20.

Weeks of Welcome programs continue the orientation process for new students by elaborating on the information and opportunities initially presented during the Orientation program and motivating new students to reach their full potential at Buffalo State through engagement. Events and activities are also designed for returning students, to welcome them back to campus and enhance their connection to Buffalo State.

Please complete this form so that we know what events are being planned and can add them to the WOW schedule. Include how each program fits the stated goals and objectives for WOW2014.

Look to the WOW2014 website and calendar (will be updated soon) so that you know what events are already being planned. While we are not suggesting that more than one program can’t happen at the same time, we’d like to spread similar events across the schedule.

For additional information regarding Weeks of Welcome 2014, please contact Kristen Catalano, assistant director of student life, ext. 4631.

Come and visit the Anthropology Department’s Archaeological Field School on Grand Island as part of its Public Archaeology Open House on Wednesday, July 9, and Thursday, July 10.

Between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., project director Lisa Marie Anselmi and the field school participants will be on hand to guide visitors around the current excavations and to answer questions relating to the history of Native occupations on Grand Island and basic archaeological techniques. Also present will be representatives of the Grand Island Historical Society, who will discuss the historic property of River Lea and more modern occupations along the East River.

Activities will take place along the East River Trail in Beaver Island State Park, behind River Lea. Enter Beaver Island State Park at the admission booths and then follow the signs to River Lea. Please park your vehicles in designated areas only. You may enter the East River Trail through the iron gates at the edge of the River Lea property. Don’t forget your bug spray and sunscreen!

Spot Coffee will be open for breakfast and lunch during the summer, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

For lunch today at Spot, enjoy chicken Alfredo pasta, vegetable medley, roasted sweet potatoes, sautéed seasoned cabbage, mixed green salad, potato salad, and soup of the day.

For lunch tomorrow, June 25, at Spot, enjoy roasted garlic meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, Caesar salad, garden salad, and soup of the day.

Get one entrée, two sides, and a fountain beverage for only $8.79. Faculty and staff members, save 10 percent on every purchase when you use your Bengal Bucks. For information on how to sign up for a Bengal Bucks account or for a full list of summer hours of operation, please visit our website.

The Small Business Development Center now provides assistance for entrepreneurs seeking to directly address social and environmental problems through their businesses. A workshop titled Social Enterprise 101 will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 27, to introduce you to the SBDC's social enterprise counseling services and to the following four areas of training: social business planning, legal form for social entrepreneurs, social impact measurement and reporting, and financing your social enterprise. This event is free and open to the public. To register, please e-mail delmonas@buffalostate.edu or call ext. 4030.

After many years of service to Buffalo State, Ray Lonsdale has announced his retirement. To celebrate his accomplishments, you're invited to join the Computing and Technology Services team for a reception in his honor on Thursday, June 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. Please add this date to your calendar and help us celebrate Ray's career at Buffalo State.

The Professional Staff Caucus will hold its annual PSC Corn Fest on Wednesday, July 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Perry Quad (rain location: Ice Arena). The committee is planning an exciting summer fun country and western theme and a menu that includes Sahlen’s hot dogs, all-you-can-eat corn, and picnic fare.

Bring loose change for the 50/50 and raffle baskets; necklaces will also be available for purchase. Necklace proceeds will go toward the Alzheimer's Association and the PSC Scholarship Fund.

An array of auction items will be available, including theme baskets and gift certificates. Hurry and get your tickets today. Tickets can be purchased online or from the following individuals:
 
Josie Adamo,  South Wing 530
Kelly Boos, Classroom Building A113
Andrew Chambers, E. H. Butler Library 147B
Paul Bentkowski, Twin Rise 208
Claire Collier, Cleveland Hall 312
Kim Jablonski, Weigel Health Center
Jude Jayatilleke, South Wing 620
Maria Kendzierski, Moot Hall 110
Megan Keogh, Cleveland Hall 214
Debbie Sarratori, Weigel Health Center
Terri Locher, Clinton Center 229

A portion of the proceeds will go toward the PSC Scholarship Fund. If you would like to donate a raffle item or door prize, please call Deborah Sarratori at ext. 6711. The event is sponsored by PSC, UUP, and Chartwells.