Today the University Police Department, working with the Buffalo Police Department, will conduct an emergency response training drill. In the Classroom Building, the fire alarm will sound at approximately 1:00 p.m., alerting everyone in the building to evacuate for about an hour to accommodate the training. Buildings in close proximity to the Classroom Building—Weigel Health Center, the Sports Arena, and the Science Building—may be affected. For this training exercise, you may see police action, victims, and perpetrators in the area of the Classroom Building. Do not be alarmed—this is a simulated event.

The goal of this exercise is to train first responders in the event of a shooting, terrorist attack, fire, or other critical incident on campus. We are fortunate to have University Police and other trained support staff on campus, an ongoing partnership with the Buffalo Police Department, and a continually updated and tested Emergency Response Plan.

If you have questions, please call the University Police Department at ext. 6333.

On Monday, August 20, the University Police Department, working with the Buffalo Police Department, will be conducting an Emergency Response Training drill. In the Classroom Building the fire alarm will sound at approximately 1:00 p.m. alerting everyone in the Classroom Building to evacuate for about an hour to accommodate the training. Buildings in close proximity to the Classroom Building—Weigel Health Center, the Sports Arena, and the Science Building—may be affected. For this training exercise, you may see police action, victims, and perpetrators in the area of the Classroom Building. Do not be alarmed—this is a simulated event.

The goal of this exercise is to train first responders in the event of a shooting, terrorist attack, fire, or other critical incident on campus. We are fortunate to have University Police and other trained support staff on campus, an ongoing partnership with the Buffalo Police Department, and a continually updated and tested Emergency Response Plan.

If you have questions, please contact the University Police Department at ext. 6333.

The network upgrades in the Science Building are complete. Houston Gym and the Sports Arena have been rescheduled for Wednesday, August 15. Butler Library is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, August 16-17. Staff in those buildings should expect very brief periods of network downtime as changes are made to individual connections. (Some users may have to reboot to restore connectivity.) Anyone using Remote Desktop to access your office machine from off-campus should recheck the IP address of your desktop device at the end of the day, as it will change with the upgrade. Please call the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 if you have any questions.

On Monday, August 20, the University Police Department, working with the Buffalo Police Department, will be conducting an emergency response training drill. In the Classroom Building the fire alarm will sound at approximately 1:00 p.m. alerting everyone in the Classroom Building to evacuate for about an hour to accommodate the training. Buildings in close proximity to the Classroom Building—Weigel Health Center, the Sports Arena, and the Science Building—may be affected. For this training exercise, you may see police action, victims, and perpetrators in the area of the Classroom Building. Do not be alarmed—this is a simulated event.

The goal of this exercise is to train first responders in the event of a shooting, terrorist attack, fire, or other critical incident on campus. We are fortunate to have University Police and other trained support staff on campus, an ongoing partnership with the Buffalo Police Department, and a continually updated and tested Emergency Response Plan.

If you have questions, please contact the University Police Department at ext. 6333.

On Thursday, August 16, from approximately 10:30 a.m. to noon, there will be an emergency response training exercise in Tower 1 residence hall involving Residence Life staff, the University Police Department, and the Buffalo Fire Department. This training exercise is conducted every year. There should be no disruption to the rest of campus.

The network upgrades in the Science Building have been rescheduled for Monday, August 13. Houston Gym and the Sports Arena are scheduled for Tuesday, August 14. Staff in those buildings should expect very brief periods of network downtime as the changes are made to individual connections. Anyone using Remote Desktop to access your office machine from off campus should recheck the IP address of your desktop device at the end of the day, as it will change with the upgrade. Please contact the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 if you have any questions.

The network upgrade projects in the Science Building and Upton Hall, originally scheduled for August 9–10, will be rescheduled. Computing and Technology Services will announce the new dates as soon as they are finalized.

Beginning this week, Computing and Technology Services will be upgrading campus network equipment to improve performance. This will require some short (5- to 10-minute) network downtime while changes are being made to each connection. Expect brief network downtime in the Science Building on Thursday, August 9, and in Upton Hall on Friday, August 10. If you experience loss of network connection for more than an hour, please call the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Network maintenance will take place on Saturday morning, August 4, between midnight and 6:00 a.m. This may affect some Buffalo State systems, including Banner and the E. H. Butler Library catalog. Some brief service interruptions may occur early in that time frame. We apologize for any inconvenience.