Meet Instructional Resources' newest assistant: Jimmy Jib. He joined the staff in July, spends all his time in the Bulger Communication Center basement-level television studio, and doesn't need food or a paycheck. That's because Jimmy Jib's not human.

Dubbed "Jimmy" by the staff, the jib is the latest update to IR's vast array of outstanding professional equipment. According to Pat Trinkley, Buffalo State's television production specialist who had 25 years of live television production experience in the Midwest and Western New York prior to joining the college in 1988, IR's television studio and equipment "rival any Midwest television station."

"I've always said that this is one of the campus's best-kept secrets," said Trinkley. "We're here to serve the campus, and our facility can do a lot of things."

The jib, which is a large tripod and adjustable arm that stretches up to 38 feet, allows a television camera to pan horizontally, vertically, forward, and backward.

"It gives us some really nice shots," said Trinkley. "People today grew up with television, but in this 'MTV age,' they want more than just 'talking heads.' We're no less focused on capturing the content—it's just that the jib delivers it in a more compelling way."

The production team of four—Ken Giangreco, David Ross, Paul Smith, and Trinkley—have decades of collective experience. "We're professionals, so you can expect professional results," says Ross, television engineer.

IR's equipment can help faculty and staff produce videotapes, DVDs, and Internet clips, and can even provide satellite feeds. "SUNY and UB have turned to us when guests couldn’t make it in person to important meetings," said Trinkley. IR also provides post-production editing of footage and records major campuswide events such as convocation, graduation, and the president's address.

"We have room in Bulger to handle audience overflow, which is so important, given the growing number of students on campus," said Melaine Kenyon, associate director for instructional technology. "The video feeds from Rockwell Hall come back to the studio like a live show, giving the guests in Bulger a variety of views. We also offer a closed-captioning service, too."

In addition to the jib, another major undertaking of IR's television studio is the ongoing conversion from analog to digital recording. IR is currently entering its fourth and final year in the process.

"This change provides us with tapeless applications," said Ross. "Digital clips are far more accessible for courses, are easier to share and distribute, and are archivable."

As mandated by the Federal Communications Commission, all television feeds must be digital-compatible by February 17, 2009. According to Giangreco, the fact that Buffalo State is just one year away from being ready—ahead of time—is a testament to Ross's planning.

"David had the foresight to work on this ahead of time, and to budget the transition over a span of [four] years," said Giangreco, multimedia production specialist. "We're really ahead of the curve, and are probably the only SUNY school that's this prepared. David provides the dedication and knowledge to make the transition happen. He thinks of everything—just like when he designed the studio to allow enough space for bands and orchestras to perform."

The digital transition, as well as electronic-clip capability, makes resources flexible, according to Trinkley. "We're heading into an age where everyone wants clips on portable devices," he said. "I think these new tools are particularly helpful for distance learning, especially for those studying from other continents."

The television studio is used for a variety of purposes, including public-speaking classes, guest lecturers, and recording lectures onto DVDs that can be marketed later. The room seats a class of roughly 30 students. According to IR staff members, groups that use their services the most include Creative Studies, Communication (particularly speech classes), Hospitality and Tourism (especially Campus House), Music (online content), Performing Arts, Physics, and the School of the Professions. Project examples are available on IR's Web site.

Faculty members should request help by first calling someone in IR. IR might then request a meeting to discuss help with scripts, lighting, graphics, and content editing.

Giangreco believes that Buffalo State's technology gives the campus a distinct advantage over others. "Between 'Jimmy,' the studio, our other equipment, and our team's expertise, we're able to provide faculty with multimedia that looks more than just 'educational,'" he said. "Having the best quality adds credibility. We'll take your ideas and make them shine."

The Buffalo State campus community is invited to officially commence the 2007–2008 academic year during the annual Academic Convocation ceremony at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, September 20, in Rockwell Hall Auditorium. Convocation is an important tradition on our campus, a time when we celebrate learning and excellence. Please join us in recognizing the accomplishments of our faculty and staff colleagues receiving President's and Chancellor's awards.

This year's Bonnie and Vern L. Bullough Academic Convocation Address will be delivered byKenneth Huff, two-time Buffalo State alumnus who received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching from President George W. Bush in 2006. A sixth-grade science teacher at Mill Middle School in Williamsville, Huff was the only science teacher in New York State so recognized, and one of 93 recognized nationally.

Huff, who earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Buffalo State, has received numerous awards and has served as chair of the National Science Teachers Association Aerospace Program Advisory Board and as teacher liaison for the Space Foundation. He was chosen by NASA as a field test teacher in 2001, and he continues to serve the agency in the development of its Engineering Design Challenges Program, SpaceSim Orbiter Docking Simulation, and Distance Learning Network.

President’s Awards for Excellence

President’s Awards for Excellence will be presented at Convocation to the following faculty and staff members for their outstanding contributions to Buffalo State.

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

R. Bruce Baum
Professor, Exceptional Education
Bruce Baum is admired by colleagues and students alike for his willingness to give generously of his time and his knowledge. His aptitude for humor and magic tricks has endeared him to decades of students, but it is his ability to use these tools to enhance learning and to model effective ways of teaching that has earned him respect and admiration. Well regarded for his scholarship, Baum has taught more than 20 departmental courses since coming to Buffalo State in 1972, and he has published and presented extensively. He has also served on departmental committees, on college committees, on the Senate Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee, and in many community organizations.

James F. Hamm
Professor, Art Conservation
James Hamm believes strongly that students learn best by doing. His students now work as conservators in major art museums in North America, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. Hamm provides professional services to entities such as the University of Rochester, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, and the Roycroft Revitalization Corporation. He is also active in service to his department, the college, and community partners such as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, and the Burchfield-Penney Art Center.

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND CREATIVITY

Gerard J. Puccio
Professor and Chair, Creative Studies
Gerard Puccio has made valuable contributions to the discipline of creativity studies. His scholarly accomplishments include more than 40 published works, many in refereed scholarly journals. He has presented his research at both national and international conferences, and he has provided training for nonprofit and business-related organizations. He is also lead author of the book Creative Leadership: Skills That Drive Change. Under Puccio's leadership, the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State has become one of the most active producers of scholarly research on individual creativity and its enhancement.

Zhang Jie
Professor, Sociology, and Director, Center for China Studies
Zhang Jie is an internationally renowned scholar on the subject of suicide. Zhang has published extensively, with more than 20 articles appearing in refereed journals. He has also coauthored four books and contributed chapters to numerous others. The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded him grants totaling more than $1.1 million. The Center for China Studies at Buffalo State has facilitated study and research in China for both faculty members and students, and has provided scholars from China with the opportunity to visit Buffalo State.

EXCELLENCE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EQUITY AND CAMPUS DIVERSITY

Wanda M. Davis
Associate Professor, Student Personnel Administration
Wanda Davis served as project director for the 10-part lecture series What Price Freedom? The Centennial Celebration of the Niagara Movement in Buffalo,which honored the 100th anniversary of the Niagara Movement and examined Buffalo's pivotal role in the founding of the civil rights movement. The initiative, funded by a major grant from the New York Council for the Humanities, was organized in collaboration with the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, the Langston Hughes Institute, the Organization of American Historians, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Davis has a lengthy career in higher education in which she has consistently demonstrated commitment to the principles of social justice while developing new courses and serving as both administrator and faculty member.

EXCELLENCE AS AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR

Howard M. Reid
Professor, Psychology
Howard Reid has served as a research mentor to undergraduates since coming to Buffalo State in 1977. Over the years, he has taken the time to work closely with students to get them excited about scholarship, to help them refine their ideas, to guide and direct them in the methods and conduct of research, and to support them in the presentation of their scholarship. As a thoughtful, selfless, patient, committed, and effective mentor, Reid has inspired not only students but also his colleagues. Working with students on independent projects, independent studies, and honors theses, Reid has helped each student to identify an area of interest and develop an appropriate scientific approach.

Karen Sands-O'Connor
Associate Professor, English
Karen Sands-O'Connor has demonstrated a commitment to helping students develop as scholars beyond the walls of the classroom. Thanks to her efforts, undergraduate students in the English Department have conducted meaningful academic research and presented their findings at prestigious national and international conferences including the Modern Critical Approaches to Children's Literature Conference, the Children's Literature Association Conference, and others held across the United States; at Cambridge and Newcastle in the United Kingdom; and in Paris, France.

Jill K. Singer
Professor, Earth Sciences and Science Education, and Director, Undergraduate Research Office
Jill Singer, has led the campus in promoting, fostering, and mentoring undergraduate research at Buffalo State since 1986. Although the Undergraduate Research Office was formally established on campus in 2003, Singer was providing the services it offers for many years prior. Thanks to her tenacious effort, the office establishes undergraduate research as integral to, and a hallmark of, the Buffalo State college experience. Singer has also served as a program director with the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education in Washington, D.C.; as president and executive board member of the Council on Undergraduate Research; and as a member of the Board of Governors of the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research. While performing these roles, she has continued to mentor undergraduate students through research projects, presentations, and publication.

EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT

Dwight A. Hennessy
Associate Professor, Psychology
Dwight Hennessy has committed himself to becoming an advisement champion and leader. Due largely to his efforts, in 2002 the Psychology Department created a departmental Advisement Committee to coordinate and orchestrate the department's advisement activities. As a result, advisement plays an enhanced role in the lives of psychology majors. In addition to helping students interpret the college's requirements and monitoring their progress toward their degrees, advisement also encompasses mentoring by both faculty members and peers. In addition, trained undergraduate psychology majors serve as peer advisers to their fellow students. Hennessy also presents a mandatory student orientation meeting each semester to help students track their academic progress, and he supervises the annual revision and publication of the Psychology Major Student Guide. 

EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE

Debra B. Howard
Secretary I, Sociology
Debra Howard has worked in many departments since becoming part of the Buffalo State community in 1972. In the Sociology Department, she works behind the scenes to ensure that the department chair and faculty members have up-to-date and accurate records of the progress that majors are making toward their degrees, greatly simplifying the task of advisement for faculty members. She is dependable, supportive of both students and faculty, and is instrumental in bringing department members together as one fully functioning unit.

Sean D. Hudson
Assistant Registrar, Registrar's Office
Sean Hudson is responsible for administration of the Degree Navigator Audit System software, maintenance of its database files, and coordination of related training and documentation. Hudson must know each department's program requirements, the catalog in use when each student first came to the college, and the general education requirements that apply to each student's academic career. When faculty members, staff, and students experience problems with Degree Navigator, Hudson is persistent in solving them. His efforts result in much better service to both students and faculty advisers who rely on this software to monitor students' progress toward their degrees.

Kaylene D. Waite
Computer Graphics Specialist, Instructional Resources
Kaylene Waite helps faculty members produce posters, brochures, fliers, online forms, and Web sites for their teaching, research, and presentations delivered at academic conferences from San Diego to Cambridge. She also provides training in the use of Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PhotoShop, and all the Macromedia software products. Everyone who works with her cites her positive attitude and willingness to accommodate requests. Waite's work has supported research and creative efforts across Buffalo State, including that of art education students, geology professors, librarians, ceramic artists, historians, and many others.

Chancellor's Awards for Excellence

Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Professional Service will also be awarded at Academic Convocation to Dennis McCarthy, associate dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, and Roswell Park, director of Academic Support Programs.

A reception will immediately follow the ceremony on the front lawn of Rockwell Hall. For more information, please contact Carolyn Martino in the Academic and Student Affairs Office at ext. 5903.

The updated Buffalo State College viewbook is available for viewing in the Admissions Office and online. This key student recruiting tool now includes a four-page gatefold layout in the center of the book, which features a page on each undergraduate school with enhanced information on academic offerings. The Admissions Office distributes the viewbook to prospective students who are seriously considering Buffalo State.

The viewbook debuted in 2005. It won a Gold Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) international Accolades Award program. CASE is the professional organization for advancement professionals comprising more than 3,200 colleges, universities, and independent elementary and secondary schools in 55 countries around the world.

The viewbook was created in house by the College Relations Office.

The Burchfield-Penney Art Center's opening of the biennial exhibition Beyond/In Western New York 2007takes place Sunday, September 16, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The Burchfield-Penney is one of 12 galleries in Western New York that have united to produce a two-month exhibition of works from 50 emerging and established artists in the eastern Great Lakes region. Artists featured at the Burchfield-Penney are Chris Barr, Jax Deluca, John Drummer, Carrianne Hendrickson, and Paul Nicholson. This show is on view through December 2. For more information about Beyond/In Western New York, visit www.beyondinwny.org.

I. Rationale
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued guidelines interpreting Section 703 of Title VII as prohibiting sexual harassment (29 CFR 1604.11). Sexual harassment is defined in these guidelines as follows:

"Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment."

Sexual harassment is an affront to human dignity and will not be tolerated at Buffalo State College. As an educational institution, we do not condone or tolerate any verbal or physical conduct that would constitute sexual harassment of any member of the college or college community. Buffalo State College is committed to the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of its students, faculty, and staff. The goal of the college is to inspire a lifelong passion for learning and to empower a diverse population of students to succeed as citizens within a challenging world. The college is dedicated to excellence in teaching and scholarship, cultural enrichment, and service in order to enhance the quality of life in Buffalo and the larger community. Actions of members of the college community that harm this atmosphere undermine and hinder the educational mission.

Sexual harassment is particularly serious when it threatens the relationship between faculty and students or supervisor and subordinate. In such situations, sexual harassment unfairly exploits the power inherent in the faculty member or supervisor's position. The college will not tolerate behavior that creates an unacceptable working or educational environment between or among members of the college community.

II. Policy
It is the policy of Buffalo State College to provide an employment and educational environment free of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct or communication, constituting sexual harassment as defined and otherwise prohibited by state and federal statutes.

III. Implementation
It shall be a violation of college policy for anyone who is in a position of authority to recommend or take personnel actions affecting an employee, or who is otherwise authorized to transact business or perform other acts or services on behalf of the college:

• To make sexual advances or request sexual favors when submission to or rejection of such conduct is the basis for either implicitly or explicitly recommending, imposing, granting, withholding, or refusing terms and conditions that either favor or adversely affect the employment or education of any member of the college community.
• To recommend, impose, grant, withhold, or refuse to take any personnel or other action consistent with his or her duties and responsibilities because of sexual favors or as a reprisal against an employee or other member of the college community who has rejected or reported sexual advances.
• To disregard and fail to investigate allegations of sexual harassment whether reported by the employee or member of the college community who is the subject of the alleged harassment or a witness, and to fail to take immediate corrective action in the event misconduct has occurred.

It shall also be a violation of this policy for any member of the college community to abuse another through conduct or communication of a sexual nature and constituting sexual harassment as defined in section II above. Whenever such misconduct exists, prompt and corrective action consistent with the discipline provisions of the college policy is required.

Whenever there is an abuse of authority or neglect of responsibility, the supervisor or other responsible individual is required to take prompt and corrective action consistent with the discipline provisions of the college policy.

The violation of this policy can result in discipline and discharge for employees, and such penalties, sanctions, and impositions against other individuals or parties as may be available to the college, given the nature of the contractual or business relationship that may be established with such parties or individuals.

A. Grievance Procedures
Employees or other individuals who feel aggrieved because of sexual harassment have several ways to make their concerns known:

• Aggrieved persons who feel comfortable doing so should directly inform the person engaging in discrimination or conduct or communication that such conduct or communication is offensive and must stop.
• Aggrieved individuals who do not wish to communicate directly with the person whose conduct or communication is offensive, or if direct communication with the offending party has been unveiling, shall contact the offending party's immediate supervisor and/or the officer responsible for affirmative action for counseling and assistance.
• Aggrieved persons alleging either sexual harassment by anyone with supervisory authority, or failure by a supervisor to take immediate action on the individual's complaint, may also file a formal grievance in accordance with the provisions of the appropriate grievance procedure.

All formal complaints of sexual harassment will be handled by the Buffalo State College Complaint Procedure for the Review of Allegations of Unlawful Discrimination/Harassment. The procedure has specific timetables for filing complaints and a process for adjudicating the complaint. A copy of the procedure is available through the vice presidents, deans, and the Equity and Campus Diversity Office.

Regardless of the means selected for resolving the problem, the initiation of a complaint of sexual harassment will not cause any reflection on the complainant nor will it affect such person's future employment, education, compensation or work assignments.

B. Responsibility of Management
All levels of management have a special responsibility for implementation of this policy. If behavior is observed that violates this policy, the person observing such behavior shall bring the matter to the attention of the supervisor responsible for that area and the officer responsible for affirmative action. If an employee or other individual files a complaint, the management representative with whom the complaint is filed shall inform the complainant of his or her right under this policy and attempt corrective action. When a problem is beyond the capability of such representative to effectively correct the action, the matter shall be referred to the officer responsible for affirmative action.

In all cases and regardless of the individuals' remedial measures that have been undertaken, the management representative to whom the written complaint has been referred shall provide the officer responsible for affirmative action with a complete written report of each complaint.

Written report
This report must be submitted within 10 days of the date the complaint was first filed with the management representative. Such report shall minimally include:

• Date of receipt of written complaint.
• Identification of complainant.
• Identification of the party or parties and the actions complained of, including all relevant background facts and circumstances.
• A statement detailing the scope of the investigation that had been undertaken and the results thereof.
• A statement of corrective measures pursued, the date such measures were undertaken and the results achieved.

Because sexual harassment is tied so closely to learned role models, it is necessary for men and women to learn more about this issue and the means for addressing problems as they arise. The college sponsors educational workshops on the subject of sexual harassment. Attendance at one of these programs or an approved substitution is mandatory for all persons in a supervisory or executive capacity. Each is also encouraged to hold educational workshops and otherwise seek to sensitize persons within their areas of responsibility as to the importance of providing an employment and business environment free of sexual harassment. Although there are various approaches one may take to offset potential problems, several measures are recommended:

• Encourage internal complaints. Express disapproval of harassment and inform employees of their right to file complaints under college policy.
• Ensure that all supervisors are aware of their responsibilities, college policy, the laws, and the potential liabilities when violations occur.
• Regard each claim of sexual harassment as serious and investigate immediately.
• Sensitize all employees to the issue and the ramifications of sexual harassment.

C.Special Assistance
In the implementation of this policy, it is expected that questions may arise concerning the interpretation of the prohibitions against sexual harassment, grievance procedures, the methods and procedures to be followed in the investigation of complaints, and the appropriateness of specific solutions in disposition of complaints. For assistance in these matters, please contact Dolores E. Battle, Ph.D., Equity and Campus Diversity Office, Cleveland Hall 415, ext. 6210.

Students should be free to develop relationships that supplement formal classroom instruction, and employees should be free to develop friendships and engage in social contact with supervisors and fellow employees. In most cases, social interaction among supervisors and employees, between fellow employees, and among faculty and staff members and students will benefit the entire academic community by promoting the interchange of ideas, building mutual trust and respect, facilitating communication, and reducing misunderstandings.

However, when a person in a position of power and authority abuses or appears to abuse that position, mutual trust and respect are lost and the academic environment suffers. Buffalo State College faculty, staff, and supervisors exercise power and authority over Buffalo State College students and employees over whom they have current or potential evaluative, supervisory, instructional, or other professional responsibility. This inherent power imbalance makes consent within any sexual or amorous relationship between a supervisor and employee or between a faculty or staff member and student suspect, and may impede the real or perceived freedom of the student or employee to thereafter terminate or otherwise alter the relationship. The relationship may create real or apparent impropriety, loss of objectivity, and a conflict of interest in any evaluative, supervisory, instructional, or other professional role that the faculty or staff member may have, or may develop in relation to the student or employee, and may expose the individual faculty or staff member, as well as Buffalo State College, to possible legal charges and liability.

Therefore, to avoid the breakdown of mutual trust and respect, which may result within the academic community from such sexual or amorous relationships,

It is the policy of Buffalo State College that:

• Commencement, upon either person's initiative of a sexual or amorous relationship between a Buffalo State College faculty or staff member and a student with respect to whom such faculty or staff member has current professional responsibility shall be prohibited. Any Buffalo State College faculty or staff member who nevertheless engages in a sexual or amorous relationship shall be required to remove him or herself from any evaluation of the student and from any activity or decision that may or may appear to reward, penalize, or otherwise affect the student or student employee, and to otherwise take appropriate action to minimize any potential preferential or adverse consequences to the student, or to other members of the college community from any such sexual or amorous relationship. It shall also be the responsibility of the administrative head of the faculty or staff member's academic or administrative unit, if he or she is aware or made aware of the relationship, to ensure that the foregoing steps are taken.
• In addition to being required to take the foregoing steps, any faculty or staff member who engages in a sexual or amorous relationship with a student or student employee shall be subject to but not limited to counseling, reprimand, probation, suspension, and discharge, or other action consistent with applicable collective bargaining agreements, contracts, and procedures.
• A student shall not be subject to sanction for such a relationship. A student employee may be transferred from the position to a similar position, without demotion or other adverse effect on the benefits, terms, or conditions of employment and making alternative arrangements, if feasible, to prevent interference with educational opportunities, which gives the faculty or staff member current professional responsibility for the student.
• If such a relationship exists or existed before any current professional responsibility arose for the faculty or staff member in relation to the student, the faculty or staff member shall be prohibited from thereafter undertaking professional responsibility for the student with whom she/he has or has had a sexual or amorous relationship. In no case, however, shall such prohibition result in a demotion or otherwise adversely affect the benefits, terms, or conditions of employment. In the case of the student, reasonable alternative arrangements shall be made, if feasible, to prevent interference with educational opportunities.
• Sexual or amorous relationships between a faculty or staff member and a student to whom the faculty or staff member does not have a current professional responsibility are strongly discouraged.
• Sexual or amorous relationships between a supervisor and a non-student employee to whom such supervisor has current or reasonable foreseeable professional responsibility are strongly discouraged. Where such a relationship exists, previously existed, or develops, it shall be the responsibility of the supervisor and his or her supervisor to remove the supervisor from any evaluation of the employee, and from any activity or decision that may or may appear to reward, penalize, or otherwise affect the employee, and to otherwise take appropriate action to minimize any potential preferential or adverse consequences to the employee or to other members of the college community from any sexual or amorous relationship. An employee shall not be subject to sanction for such a relationship, but may be removed or transferred from a position (without demotion or adverse effect on the employee's benefits, terms or conditions of employment) that gives the supervisor the power to evaluate, reward, penalize, or otherwise affect the employee.
• If a student or employee makes a complaint of sexual harassment against a faculty or staff member or supervisor that arises from a sexual or amorous relationship between the faculty or staff member and the student or employee, the faculty or staff member or supervisor charged with sexual harassment shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the relationship was entirely consensual and uninfluenced by the faculty or staff member's or supervisor's professional relationship with the complainant. If a sexual harassment complaint is made by a third person with respect to the sexual or amorous relationship of a faculty member or supervisor to a student or employee who is not the complainant, consent to the relationship between the faculty member or supervisor and the student or employee shall not constitute a defense to the third person's complaint, insofar as the allegations concerning the relationship between the faculty member or supervisor and student or employee support the complaint of the third person.

Grievance Procedure

• This policy with respect to sexual and amorous relations should be enforced consistently but with a high degree of flexibility and discretion, with minimal intrusion upon the personal privacy of the participants, and with initial reliance upon confidential counseling with an appropriate professional. Any decision to impose sanctions should be made in light of the policy considerations set forth in Section A above, as they apply to the particular circumstances being considered.
• Any person may make an inquiry or request for consultation to the Equity and Campus Diversity Office concerning an alleged violation of this policy, and any person may file a complaint alleging a violation of this policy with the Equity and Diversity Office, pursuant to the Buffalo State College Complaint Procedure for Review of Allegations of Unlawful Discrimination/Harassment.

Approved July 29, 1997

The first meeting of the College Senate for the 2007–2008 academic year will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 14, in E. H. Butler Library 210. Interested faculty and staff are invited to attend. The agenda is available on the College Senate Web site.

From the President
I am pleased to announce that the following faculty, staff, and student representatives will serve on the President’s Council on Equity and Campus Diversity:

Chair: Dolores E. Battle, Equity and Campus Diversity
Co-Chair: Wendy Paterson, Elementary Education and Reading

Maria Brickhouse, Educational Opportunity Program
John Cabra, Creative Studies
Anthony Chase, School of Arts and Humanities
Robert Gordon, Admissions
Constance Qualls, Speech-Language Pathlogy
Peter Ramos, English
Howard Reid, Psychology
Amy Rosen-Brand, Disability Services
Raquel Schmidt, Exceptional Education
Sarah Vélez, Student Life
Rita Zientek, School of the Professions
Alexis Cole and Terry Kirby, Students

The President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity is charged with addressing discrimination, harassment, and campus-climate issues as they relate to the recruitment and retention of students and faculty, staff curriculum development, and student life on campus.

The following grants were awarded through the Research Foundation at Buffalo State College in March. For more information, contact the principal investigator or theResearch Foundation at Buffalo State College.

March 2010

Charlotte Roehm, Assistant Professor, Geography and Planning
$18,200
NYS Water Resources Institute at Cornell University
“Hydrological Characterization of Woodlawn Beach State Park: Implications for Pathogens”

Charlotte Roehm, Assistant Professor, Geography and Planning
$108,295
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Student Intern Program

The Admissions Office will host Spring Open House for prospective students and their families on Saturday, April 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., beginning in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall.

The program is designed to highlight academic departments and demonstrate why Buffalo State College is the best choice for students. Visitors will tour the campus, meet with faculty and staff from student support services, discuss financial aid options, and explore career opportunities.

For more information or to volunteer, please contactCarolyn Murphy, 878-6339. More information is available on the Undergraduate Admissions Web site.