The Research and Creativity Council Incentive Program, which has been on hiatus for the last couple of months, has resumed, and the Research Foundation's Pre-Award and Contract Services, located in Bishop Hall 24, is accepting applications until Monday, March 26. Three applications are already in process, but the council is encouraging faculty and staff to submit additional applications before the deadline. Three council members have been appointed to review applications received by the above deadline date.

The incentive funds administered by the Research and Creativity Council are aimed at promoting faculty creativity and research. Their goal is to generate additional funded programs. One year after receiving an incentive award, recipients are required to submit a full report documenting the use of these funds and to submit a grant proposal to an outside sponsoring agency. Recipients are also obligated to participate in the Faculty and Staff Fall Forum, which takes place in October.

Expenditures that will be considered for support under this program include travel to consult with a funding source, secretarial assistance, student assistance, consultation with grant specialists, preparation of specialized support materials for proposal (e.g., graphs, drawings, resource books), release time, and any other expense that can be justified. Funds cannot be requested for the purchase of computers. Also, it is not the council’s intention to directly pay an individual for writing a proposal.

Research Incentive Program applications are available on the Research Foundation's website.

The Research and Creativity Council Incentive Program, which has been on hiatus for the last couple of months, has resumed, and the Research Foundation's Pre-Award and Contract Services, located in Bishop Hall 24, is accepting applications until Monday, March 26. Several applications are already in process, but the council is encouraging faculty and staff to submit additional applications before the deadline. Three council members have been appointed to review applications received by the above deadline date.

The incentive funds administered by the Research and Creativity Council are aimed at promoting faculty creativity and research. Their goal is to generate additional funded programs. One year after receiving an incentive award, recipients are required to submit a full report documenting the use of these funds and to submit a grant proposal to an outside sponsoring agency. Recipients are also obligated to participate in the Faculty and Staff Fall Forum, which takes place in October.

Expenditures that will be considered for support under this program include travel to consult with a funding source, secretarial assistance, student assistance, consultation with grant specialists, preparation of specialized support materials for proposal (e.g., graphs, drawings, resource books), release time, and any other expense that can be justified. Funds cannot be requested for the purchase of computers. Also, it is not the council’s intention to directly pay an individual for writing a proposal.

Research Incentive Program applications are available on the Research Foundation's website.

Develop a research-based understanding of the problem of students not doing assigned readings. Examine your process for selecting readings and their relative costs and benefits from a student’s point of view. Learn some strategies to address this challenge. Presented by Sue McMillen on Friday, March 30, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 181B. A light lunch will be provided. 

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2753.

Are you considering collaborative group projects for your students? Would you like research-based suggestions for structuring groups that function effectively? Do you know what constitutes a “group worthy” project? How can you fairly evaluate group projects? Join us to examine the research and discuss the pedagogy of collaborative groups. Presented by Sue McMillen on Tuesday, March 27, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 181B. A light lunch will be provided.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2735.

Because of the implementation of the new State Financial System (SFS), today is the last day that Procurement Services can accept purchase requisitions. The shutdown of the current system will be from approximately March 16 through April 18.

• No purchase orders can be processed during this time.
• No payments to vendors or reimbursements to people can be processed during this time. This does not affect payroll.
• Submit a requisition for all your needs for the March 16 to April 18 period before 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 9.
• All requisitions received after 4:00 p.m. on March 9 will be held until the system is up and running, approximately April 18.

Please call Procurement Services at ext. 4113 with questions.

Effective April 1, 2012, NYSHIP will offer the Opt-Out Program to PBANYS employees. This program will allow eligible employees who have other employer-sponsored group health insurance to opt out of their NYSHIP coverage in exchange for an incentive payment. The other coverage cannot be NYSHIP coverage provided through employment with the State of New York. The annual incentive payment is $1,000 for waiving individual coverage or $3,000 for waiving family coverage.

To be eligible for the program, you must have been enrolled in NYSHIP by April 1, 2011, and remain enrolled through March 31, 2012, unless you became newly eligible for NYSHIP benefits after April 1, 2011.

If you are currently enrolled in NYSHIP and wish to participate in the Opt-Out Program, you must elect to opt out during the Special Option Transfer Period, which ends March 30, 2012, and attest to having other employer-sponsored group health insurance.

The complete Opt-Out Program description, including eligibility requirements and enrollment forms, is available in Cleveland Hall 410 or on the Human Resource Management website.

Please call Human Resources at ext. 4821 with questions or for additional information.

A panel discussion, titled "Integrating Art into Teaching: Faculty Who Teach Across Disciplines," will be held this evening, Thursday, March 29, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium.

How do faculty members use art to enhance their curriculum? Panelists will examine how they have developed a passion of using artwork to deepen their course lessons and how they may use the artwork of Jackie Felix in their fields. Panelists will be Rob Kaiser, director of the journalism program and assistant professor at Canisius College; Courtney Grim, artist and associate professor in the Humanities Department at Medaille College; and Ed Taylor, lecturer in the English Department, and Irene Sipos, lecturer in the College Writing Program, at Buffalo State College. The panel will be moderated by Anthony Chase, assistant dean in the School of Arts and Humanities at Buffalo State.

Artist Jackie Felix explored the topics of religion and sex by gathering images from advertising and popular culture to use in her paintings. Join John Draeger, associate professor of philosophy and humanities, for "Sexual Ethics and the Bible: A Philosopher’s Conversation with Art," a tour and discussion of the exhibition Storyboard: The Sexual Politics of Jackie Felix, today, March 15, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's East Gallery.

Gallery Conversation 

Media Savvy: Getting Hip to Commercial Sexuality
In conjunction with Storyboard: The Sexual Politics of Jackie Felix
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2–3:30 pm

Collection Study Gallery   East Gallery  

Jackie Felix used sexual images from advertising to generate many of her figures. Join a special tour incorporating advertising images of women and art with Jamie Rackl, Training and Curriculum Specialist at Planned Parenthood of Western New York. She will guide visitors through the exhibition Storyboard: The Sexual Politics of Jackie Felix, examining the ways advertising often fosters an environment based on low self-esteem, inadequacy, and unrealistic sexual expectations for teenagers. The video, Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women will be viewed.
 

Join us for a lecture and discussion with Useum artist Jacqueline Welch on Thursday, March 8, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center Useum.

Welch will discuss her strategies and techniques involved in developing the Useum exhibition Anatomy of a Sight Hound, a hands-on interactive installation. She will also share historical background and references to sight hounds in art throughout history, drawing and painting techniques, and connections with the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s permanent collection.