The Buffalo State Fitness Center will host National Employee Fitness Day, today, Wednesday, May 18! Come down and use the facility for free! Located in Houston Gym, we are open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Try out our new espresso virtual bikes or cruise on one of our treadmills. We have a full complement of resistance machines and free weights and our staff is always happy to help.  

I hope you will join us. Thanks.

Campuses of the State University of New York adhere to two schedules for records retention and disposition—a SUNY schedule for education records and a general schedule for state government records—to ensure that records are retained appropriately and, once their retention periods have lapsed, disposed of routinely.

Please visit www.buffalostate.edu/recordspolicy for links to the schedules, the accompanying SUNY policy, and for information on how to comply.

By July 15, 2011, using the certificate of records destruction form (DOCX), all campus offices and departments should document their records destruction activities during the 2010–11 academic year and forward the completed certificate to the campus records management officer, Cleveland Hall 508, or via e-mail to powellja@buffalostate.edu.

For more information about using the records retention schedules and following the SUNY policy, please contact Jill Powell. Thank you.

Please advise graduate students who are completing their master's degree, certificate of advanced study, or graduate certificate over the summer to apply for August 2011 graduation by Wednesday, June 1. Graduation applications are available online or in the Graduate School Office, Cleveland Hall 204.
 

A list of raffle winners from Friday's ice cream social is now available online (XLS). Please pick up your gifts from Melissa Slisz in the President's Office, Cleveland Hall 517. Thanks to Tiffany Klis from Campus House for making the delicious cookies.

W. M. Drzewieniecki was born in Poland in 1914. Having attended cadet school, Drzewieniecki took part in the early battles of World War II as an officer of the Polish Army, then, in the Polish underground. When Poland was attacked by Soviet Russia, he made his escape through Romania, eventually fighting under Polish command alongside the Allies. 

When the war ended Drzewieniecki emigrated to the United States, earned his doctorate in history, and became a professor at Buffalo State College. Here he taught Central European History and founded the East European and Slavic studies program. He also founded the Fronczak Room which is an archive for local Polish American history. Professor Drzewieniecki was a leader of Polish Americans in Buffalo and beyond. Drzewieniecki established the Polish Cultural Foundation and set up the Fronczak Room fund. The exhibit in the lobbies of E. H. Butler Library is on through the end of May. 

Two water main meters serving the campus will be replaced Wednesday–Thursday, May 18–19. There will be no service interruption; however, in isolated cases, water may appear cloudy. If so, run water until clear. For further information, please contact Campus Services at ext. 6111. Thank you for your understanding.

Planning a celebratory event for someone often includes the expectation that participants will contribute money to defray the cost of food and/or a gift. Please be aware that there is a high level of risk and personal liability incurred anytime an individual solicits, receives, or disburses funds for such a function.

Buffalo State’s campus foundation (Buffalo State College Foundation Inc.) is available to provide the financial administration associated with such an event. Please share this information with others in your department as such occasions may arise. For more information, contact the Foundation Accounting Office at ext. 5304.

Previously published IC SNAPS (Speedy Notes About Procedures and Security) can be found online.
 

The ice cream social, today, Friday, May 13, from noon to 2:00 p.m. will be held in the Student Union Quad not in Perry Quad.

Due to the great success of the first session of Weight Watchers at Buffalo State College—group weight loss to date is over 600 lbs—another session will be offered. The 17-week session will begin on Thursday, May 19, at noon in E. H. Butler Library 133. The cost is $186, payable that day by check or credit card. For more information, contact Melissa Slisz. All newcomers are welcome! 

The ice cream social on Friday, May 13, will be held in the Student Union Quad not in Perry Quad.