The summer 2011 online master schedule updates every evening Monday-Friday until 7/29/11.
The fall 2011 online master schedule updates every evening Monday-Friday until 10/12/11.

Catch up, get ahead, graduate. Summer Session at Buffalo State: a smart way to spend the summer. With more than 500 undergraduate and graduate classes to choose from, students can catch up on electives or required courses, or complete professional certification requirements. Pre-registration begins Wednesday, April 6, and continues through the summer. Traditional, online, and hybrid courses available.

Courses and registration information available at www.buffalostate.edu/summer. 

The Students of Concern Care Team is a group of Buffalo State College faculty and staff who seek to identify and provide support for students in distress who may threaten harm to themselves or others. Your help in providing notice of any students of concern is essential to keeping our campus community safe. Whenever a student’s behavior gives reason for uneasiness, the team is available to assist by investigating the situation, developing a plan for action and following up with the student’s progress.

Information about the Students of Concern Care Team, including an online reporting form, can be found at http://www.buffalostate.edu/deanofstudents/x618.xml. Questions about the operation of the Care Team should be addressed to Charles B. Kenyon, associate vice president and dean of students, at ext. 4618 or kenyoncb@buffalostate.edu. 

If you wish to invite a member of the team to meet with your department to discuss “red flag” warning signs, ways to report a concern, legal or FERPA issues, or how to respond when confronted by a student in distress, please contact Amy Rosen Brand, associate director, Disability Services, at ext. 4500 or rosenba@buffalostate.edu.

The History and Social Studies Education Department is sponsoring a two-day conference on "Transformations of Populism in Europe and the U.S.: History, Theories and Recent Tendencies." The conference will take place on April 8th and 9th in Butler Library, room 210. The conference will feature a number of internationally esteemed scholars of populism, such as Geoff Eley (University of Michigan), Ernesto Laclau (Northwestern and Essex Universities) and Michael Kazin (Georgetown University). This conference is free and open to the public and does require any pre-registration. For more information, please see the conference website at:
www.transformationsofpopulism.org.

You’ve written an essay and you’re wondering what you need to do to edit it quickly and efficiently. Here’s a streamlined approach that can serve the purpose. WRITE RIGHT: TEN QUICK STYLE TIPS is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to BSC students. Instructor-Tutor Dr. Roswell Park will share several quick-fix approaches for editing any piece of writing that will instantly improve your essay and--we certainly hope--your grade.

Note to BSC instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, perhaps by giving them extra credit for participating. Students can sign an attendance sheet which we will forward to you. If you have any questions, call the ASC at 878-4041.

Date: Monday, April 4. Location: Butler Library 210B. Time: 4 -5 p.m. Presenter: Dr. Roswell Park. 

TODAY is the deadline to enter Early Intervention (EI) midterm feedback. The grading window is will close at 9 PM tonight.

Thank you to the faculty who have submitted midterm feedback for over 1700 students thus far, and thank you in advance to those who are still in the process of entering grades. This feedback is invaluable to student success at Buffalo State!

Please note that the midterm grading feature in Banner is “all or nothing”, so you will see that you will be able to enter midterm grades for all of the students in all of your classes, if you so choose. Midterm grades for non-EI students will assist students outside of the Early Intervention Program’s population to independently seek academic assistance to improve their performance in your courses. 

Students will be able to view their midterm grade estimates in Banner and academic advisors (and program administrators) will be able to review a midterm grade report for all students. 

If you need assistance entering the EI grades, please contact the HELP Desk (716-878-4357). 

Faculty members who would like to learn more about the federal requirements for masters' theses and projects with human participants are invited to attend a workshop. The workshop will cover protocol submission guidelines, levels of review, and tips for making sure the review process is a smooth one.

The workshop will be held on Monday, April 11, 2011, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in CLEV 418. If you plan on attending, please RSVP to Gina Game at gameg@rf.buffalostate.edu by Friday, April 8. Lunch will be provided.

Any student, faculty or staff interested in the multiple possibilities by the Fulbright Program is welcome to attend the Spring Fulbright Seminar of the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Fulbright Association that will be held at Gannon University, Erie PA, on Friday, April 8, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Mr. Leonard Hill, Manager of Engineering Program at General Electric, Erie, PA.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Dr. Jean F. Gounard, Director of International Student Affairs and VP for Advocacy of the WNY/NWPA Fulbright Association Chapter at (716) 878-5331 or email: gounarjf@buffalostate.edu

University College is seeking nominations to recognize outstanding students, faculty, and staff participants of First-Year Programs. 

Outstanding Faculty/Staff Contribution to First-Year Student Success
This award will go to a faculty or staff member who demonstrates excellence in teaching and/or advising in First-Year Programs. The awardee will receive $500 for scholarship/research.  The money can be used for travel expenses to a professional conference or for research materials.

Outstanding First-Year Student Scholarly or Creative Achievement
This award will go to a student who demonstrates superior academic accomplishments.    The awardee will receive $250 per semester during his or her sophomore year for textbooks and supplies.

Outstanding First-Year Student Contribution to Campus Life
This award will go to a first-year student who demonstrates a significant contribution to a campus organization. The awardee will receive $250 per semester during his or her sophomore year for textbooks and supplies.

Nominations are being accepted until Friday, April 29, 2011. To nominate someone for any of these awards visit the First-Year Awards page.

As technology advances, our world becomes saturated with information. Everyday cell phones now have sensors built in that collect more data than some of the state of the art scientific equipment. Data generation is exponentially growing to the point where the amount of data generated in one year is surpassing the amount of data generated in all the previous years before it. We will take a look at qualitative research, the data environment in the information age, and interesting new tools and ideas in qualitative research. A light lunch will be provided on Wednesday, April 13, 12:00 – 1:00, in the Professional Development Center (BUTL 181B). Presented by Ken Fujiuchi. 

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2473