Computing and Technology Services and the Information Commons offer monthly computer training classes. Unless otherwise stated, classes are held in CyberQuad, E. H. Butler Library 318. Please bring a USB flash drive (to save your work), a pen, and paper. Contact Paul Reynolds, ext. 3361, with questions.

Student Workshops
All computer training classes are now open to students. Announcements for these classes are made through student e-mail and/or fliers distributed on campus.

To register, students should contact Paul Reynolds, ext. 3361, with the following information: name, e-mail address, telephone number, and name(s) and date(s) of desired workshops.

Class Registration
Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0 is necessary for online registration. Enter the following information in the required fields:

PC Users
User Name: bsclogon\your user name (e.g., bsclogon\publicjq)
Password: your password

Mac Users
User ID: your user name (e.g., publicjq)
Password: your password
Domain: bsclogon

SkillSoft E-Learning
Faculty, staff, and students have unlimited 24/7 access to over 2,000 online business and technology courses and over 7,000 unabridged books on the Internet through SkillSoft, a leading provider of e-learning and performance support solutions. SkillSoft offers a combination of flexible learning technologies including Books24x7, live mentoring, practice certification exams, express guide manuals, job aids, skillbriefs, and simulations. SkillSoft is also supported on Mac operating systems.

For more information or to register for a SkillSoft account, visitwww.buffalostate.edu/offices/hr/skillsoft.asp.

Web Templates and Web Site Support
Web template training, service, and support are available for academic departments and administrative offices. The College Relations Office offers training especially for campus Web developers. Courses include Using the Web Template System, Web Site Statistics: Urchin, and Buffalo State Photo Gallery training. Additional computer training is provided by Computing and Technology Services. Employees may review course descriptions and register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration.

The College Relations Office offers full-service Web development support for academic departments and administrative offices. Please contact Mark Norris, ext. 4859, for more information.

The Performing Arts Center’s 2007–2008 Great Performers Series, presented by M&T Bank, includes the Western New York debut of guitar phenomenon Esteban, “rumba flamenco” guitarist extraordinaire Jesse Cook, Buffalo’s own groundbreakers Spyro Gyra, holiday celebrations with original Irish tenor John McDermott and vocal sensation Jane Monheit, Ireland’s famed Dervish, and electric bass superstar Victor Wooten, and concludes with the Celtic flair of Cherish the Ladies.

Faculty and staff receive a $3 discount. Tickets may be purchased at the Rockwell Hall Box Office, by phone at ext. 3005, or online. Box Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information visitwww.buffalostate.edu/pac.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the third annual First-Year Convocation, welcoming this year’s freshman class to Buffalo State College, tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. in Rockwell Hall Auditorium. First-Year Awardswill be formally presented to Allen Shelton, associate professor of sociology, and students Sarah Fehskens and Esther Ariyibi.

Those who wish to march in the academic processional should report to the third floor of Rockwell Hall at 3:00 p.m. If you are planning to march, please call University College at ext. 5906 to reserve a seat. 

A family picnic will follow the ceremony in Rockwell Hall Quad, with a Chiavetta's chicken barbecue and a variety of games and activities to give new freshmen and their parents a chance to meet faculty and staff and to build the Buffalo State spirit!

Move-in Day for residential students is Friday, August 24. To facilitate the move for our students and their families, some parking lots near the dorms will be reserved for these students and will not be available for faculty and staff parking. There will be no faculty-staff parking tomorrow in the following lots:

Lot A-1 (Rockwell Road, north and south sides) from Cleveland Circle Drive west to the entrance of lots F/ F-1 and G.

Lot D (Academic Drive) except parking spaces designated for persons with disabilities.

Lot D-1

Numbered reserve and general reserve parking spaces in lots D and D-1 also will be unavailable tomorrow, and employees who ordinarily park in these reserved spaces are asked to use another lot.

University Police officers and Residence Life staff will be available to direct students and their families. Thank you for your cooperation.

The State University of New York and the New York State Education Department this summer approved Buffalo State’s newest academic degree program: the B.A. in television and film arts. Unique in SUNY, this undergraduate program combines courses in communication, English, theater, and television arts.

Through this interdisciplinary approach, students will prepare to pursue careers as screenwriters, producers, and directors in the entertainment industry. The program will provide students with a mix of criticism, theory, technical skills, and practical experience. Internships will put students in touch with professionals in the industry.

Jeffrey Hirschberg, assistant professor, has joined the Communication Department to coordinate the program. A professional screenwriter, Hirschberg has written numerous screenplays and television scripts. He has created work for Showtime Networks, Lifetime Television, and ABC and worked at NBC, Warner Brothers, and Viacom.

Buffalo State has seen several graduates go on to successful careers in the entertainment industry. Tom Fontana, ’73 (Oz, St. Elsewhere), Diane English, ’70 (Murphy Brown), and Deborah Oppenheimer (The Drew Carey Show) have written or produced major works for film, stage, and television.

Associate professor of theater Drew Kahn helped start the new program and works with Lou Rera, assistant professor of communication, Kevin Railey, professor of English and associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, and Hirschberg to form the Television Arts Advisory Committee. Kahn has extensive acting experience in regional theater as well as off-Broadway, feature film, and television and commercial credits. He and other faculty members will use their professional contacts to establish internships and bring experts into the classroom.

“This industry is based on relationships,” Hirschberg said. Hands-on experience and internships will allow students to connect with television and film professionals in New York City and Los Angeles. “Along with technical skills, the marketing and business tools students will acquire will give them the best chance to succeed in this highly competitive field,” he said.

Students will choose one of two concentrations: writing and storytelling, or directing and producing. The program will be highly selective; only 15 students will be accepted into the program each year.

For more information about the bachelor of arts in television arts, contact Hirschberg at ext. 3180 orhirschjn@buffalostate.edu.

The College Senate will meet in E. H. Butler Library 210 on the following Fridays during the 2007–2008 academic year: 

September 14, 3:00 p.m.

October 19, 3:00 p.m.

November 16, 3:00 p.m.

December 14, 2:00 p.m.

February 15, 3:00 p.m.

March 14, 3:00 p.m.

April 11, 3:00 p.m.

May 9, 2:00 p.m.

Applications are now being accepted for a Web technologies specialist, SL3, and a programmer analyst, SL2, in Computing and Technology Services. Details may be found on the Human Resource Management Web site.

All eligible classified and unclassified employees may observe the following holidays in academic year 2007–2008 without charge to accruals:

Labor Day
Monday, September 3, 2007

Columbus Day
Monday, October 8, 2007

Election Day*
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Veterans Day
Monday, November 12, 2007 (observed)

Thanksgiving Day 
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Christmas Day 
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

New Year's Day 
Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Martin Luther King Jr. Day 
Monday, January 21, 2008

Lincoln's Birthday* 
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Washington's Birthday 
Monday, February 18, 2008

Memorial Day 
Monday, May 26, 2008

Independence Day
Friday, July 4, 2008

*Election Day and Lincoln's Birthday have been designated as "floating holidays" in lieu of fixed holidays for all employees except those represented by Council 82. UUP-represented employees observe Election Day on the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 23. Classes are scheduled on both floating holidays, soall other eligible employees will receive credit for a holiday on those dates and may arrange with their supervisors to use them on a date of their choice before the holiday recurs.

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On August 14, Enrollment Management mailed each department chair a list of students who completed 90 or more credits at the completion of the spring semester. The department also mailed individual Degree Navigator audits for each of the students on the report, including summer registrations and any fall semester registrations as of August 3.

The purpose of the reports and audits is to help departments identify a pool of students for whom advisement is a high priority. Any professor who has not yet seen the information is encouraged to check with his or her department chair.

Enrollment Management also e-mailed students to make them aware of their current status, and asked that they contact their department adviser if they have any questions or concerns about their track toward graduation.

Enrollment Management is very interested in feedback on this process. Please e-mail Associate Vice PresidentMark Petrie or call him at ext. 3640 with your thoughts. The department hopes you find this new tool to be helpful.

All undergraduate students entering Buffalo State who began college as freshmen (anywhere) in fall 2006 or later are part of the Intellectual Foundations program and must complete BSC 101, Foundations of Inquiry. Transfer students may transfer in credits equivalent to BSC 101 if the transferred course meets the learning outcomes of BSC 101.

In coming years, as students continue to transfer in under Intellectual Foundations, the following policies will apply regarding transfer credit:

If a student has an A.A. or A.S. degree from a SUNY institution, he or she will be required to fulfill only 3 hours in each of the cognate areas (the SUNY-required 3 credit hours; transfer credits confirmed by the G.E.T.A.). Buffalo State will continue to waive the additional 3 credit hours in each cognate area (Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences), as it has been doing for GE2K (General Education 2000).

Transfer students, with or without A.A. or A.S. degrees, must fulfill the SUNY-required American History, Western Civilizations, and Non-Western Civilizations, either through a transferred course or a course taken at Buffalo State.

For transfer students, Oral Communication can be waived if the SUNY Basic Communication requirement of oral communication is deemed to be satisfied by a transferred course. (Some schools combine SUNY writing and oral communication learning outcomes into a single course; Buffalo State separates them into CWP 101/102 and an Oral Communication requirement.)

The following Buffalo State requirements would continue to be required of all transfer students, but course equivalencies can be transferred in from another school for Technology and Society and Diversity. It is expected that many students will be able to fulfill Diversity, Technology and Society, and Oral Communication by “double-dipping” courses in their major.

A second-level writing course, CWP 102 (can also be waived by SAT score), is still required, as are 45 hours of upper-division coursework.

The Foreign Language Policy continues to be that one year of high school credit in a foreign language is the equivalent of one semester of college credit. Students with two years of the same high school language will be deemed to have satisfied the Foreign Language Requirement in Intellectual Foundations.

Academic Council has determined not to suspend the Technology and Society Requirement at this time, deciding to wait until February 1, 2008, to decide if such postponement is necessary. A decision regarding the requirement of BSC 301 for transfer students with more than 57 credits will be forthcoming.