Train Grill, located in the Campbell Student Union Food Court, is now open for breakfast. Stop by and try a made-to-order breakfast sandwich, fresh omelet, pancakes, or French toast.

Buffalo State Dining Hours of Operation through Friday, January 24

Monday–Friday
Train Grill: 8:00–10:00 a.m.
2.mato: 10:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
(2.mato cuisine is temporarily being served from Spot Coffee because of minor construction within the unit.)
Spot Coffee: 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Saturday–Sunday
All dining units closed

For more information on Buffalo State Dining, please visit our website.

Open SUNY is a systemwide effort to embrace and expand online-enabled education to improve education access and to help more students complete their degrees and be successful after graduation.

This webinar on Tuesday, January 7, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. is part of a series that will take place through January and early February to engage SUNY faculty about the Open SUNY effort.

SUNY participants in the meeting:

• Carey Hatch, associate provost 
• Ken O’Brien, chair of the Provost’s Open SUNY Advisory Committee
• Several faculty and professional staff members involved in the Open SUNY effort

Open SUNY Webinar Overview – Meeting Agenda
1. A status report on Open SUNY, with special attention given to faculty-related topics
2. Answers to the most frequent questions raised about the effort
3. A request for the reflections and feedback from each campus

Getting Ready to Participate
This webinar may be watched on or off campus. To check whether you have the appropriate players installed for UCF (universal communications format) rich media files, go to https://mckinsey.webex.com/mckinsey/systemdiagnosis.php. 

Session Participation Information
Please dial in to the conference call via telephone and sign on to the webinar roughly 10 minutes before start time to ensure that you have connectivity and adequate audio.

Telephone dial-in: (212) 798-0808; Passcode: 24667885#

Web-Ex Meeting: To Join the Online Meeting (Now from mobile devices)
1. Go to https://mckinsey.webex.com/mckinsey/j.php?ED=232733472&UID=0&PW=NOGUzYTQ0ODE5&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. If requested, enter your name and e-mail address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: open
4. Click "Join."

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: 
https://mckinsey.webex.com/mckinsey/j.php?ED=232733472&UID=0&PW=NOGUzYTQ0ODE5&ORT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D

For Assistance 
1. Go to https://mckinsey.webex.com/mckinsey/mc 
2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support"
Or e-mail Emily Schwartz or Melaine Kenyon

Open SUNY is a systemwide effort to embrace and expand online-enabled education to improve education access and to help more students complete their degrees and be successful after graduation.

This webinar on Tuesday, January 7, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. is part of a series that will take place through January and early February to engage SUNY faculty about the Open SUNY effort.

SUNY participants in the meeting:

• Carey Hatch, associate provost 
• Ken O’Brien, chair of the Provost’s Open SUNY Advisory Committee
• Several faculty and professional staff members involved in the Open SUNY effort

Open SUNY Webinar Overview – Meeting Agenda
1. A status report on Open SUNY, with special attention given to faculty-related topics
2. Answers to the most frequent questions raised about the effort
3. A request for the reflections and feedback from each campus

Getting Ready to Participate
This webinar may be watched on or off campus. To check whether you have the appropriate players installed for UCF (universal communications format) rich media files, go to https://mckinsey.webex.com/mckinsey/systemdiagnosis.php. 

Session Participation Information
Please dial in to the conference call via telephone and sign on to the webinar roughly 10 minutes before start time to ensure that you have connectivity and adequate audio.

Telephone dial-in: (212) 798-0808; Passcode: 24667885#

Web-Ex Meeting: To Join the Online Meeting (Now from mobile devices)
1. Go to https://mckinsey.webex.com/mckinsey/j.php?ED=232733472&UID=0&PW=NOGUzYTQ0ODE5&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. If requested, enter your name and e-mail address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: open
4. Click "Join."

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: 
https://mckinsey.webex.com/mckinsey/j.php?ED=232733472&UID=0&PW=NOGUzYTQ0ODE5&ORT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D

For Assistance 
1. Go to https://mckinsey.webex.com/mckinsey/mc 
2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support"
Or e-mail Emily Schwartz or Melaine Kenyon

The Center for Development of Human Services (CDHS) College Partnership Development Office is accepting graduate and undergraduate student applications for its Public School Mentoring Program for the spring 2014 semester. Applicants must be enrolled full time at Buffalo State, have excellent written and verbal skills, and have previous experience tutoring or working with groups of children in an educational setting. Undergraduate students must be at least second-semester sophomores with a minimum GPA of 2.5. Positions are available immediately; interested students should pick up an information packet as soon as possible from Bacon Hall 114, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, and complete and return the application as soon as possible.

The seventh issue of Nutrition Provision—the Dietetics and Nutrition Department’s newsletter—is now available online. If you have comments or questions about the newsletter, please contact Suk Oh, professor and chair of the Dietetics and Nutrition Department, ext. 5913. The department wishes a happy, fulfilling, and successful new year to all!

The SUNY IITG online application web link is now available to accept project proposals for round three (2014) of the Innovative Instruction Technology Grants. The application site will remain open until midnight Saturday, March 1. 
 
Please visit http://commons.suny.edu/iitg for application details and to:

• read the announcement letter from Interim Provost Bringsjord,
• review the 2014 Request for Proposals,
• register for informational webinars (January 16 and February 12),
• access the necessary supporting documents and the FAQs,
• create a profile in the SUNY IITG online application website.

If you have previously applied for an IITG, the same log-in credentials can be used in the application website (a "password reminder" prompt is available).

1. Choose the funding tier for your proposal.
2. (Optional) Print the application question guide and budget worksheet.
3. Remember to "save draft" frequently.
4. Submit before the March 1 deadline.

Please refer to the FAQs if you have questions regarding the application. Important things to keep in mind:

• IITG funding is made available through university-wide funding distributed to campuses (including community colleges) each fall as part of the normal budget process. It is not connected to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York.
• Expenditures must follow normal campus procurement guidelines.
• Funds will not be available for awards until fall 2014. Any project expenditures needed before the distribution of fall 2014 funds must be advanced at the campus level.

The IITG website also contains a "Call for Reviewers" link. All SUNY faculty and staff members are invited to fill out a brief online form to volunteer as a 2014 reviewer.

Buffalo State’s 2014 Faculty and Staff Directory is now available in PDF format. As an environmentally friendly and cost-conscious measure, a bound copy of the directory will not be supplied to each employee this year, but the PDF version is available for those who would like to print their own copy. In addition, the online Faculty and Staff Directory provides users with a digital directory that is searchable by first name, last name, and department.

Effective January 1, 2014, the standard mileage reimbursement rate for employee travel is 56¢ per mile. The IRS website contains additional mileage information. Please call Travel Services at ext. 4117 with questions.

The last day to access ANGEL will be Friday, January 17. If you have items within ANGEL that need to be retained for research, student grades, or future semesters, please be sure to print, export, or save a copy outside of ANGEL. Visit the Blackboard migration website for assistance with these tasks and information about Blackboard. For additional assistance, call the SUNY Learning Network at (800) 875-6269.

Blackboard Learn will be the learning management system for the entire campus effective January Term 2014. To be certain you are completely prepared, please visit the Instructional Design website.