Aloha! The campus community is invited to attend the Career Development Center's Part-Time-Job Luau on Thursday, August 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Quad (rain location: Student Union Social Hall).

This fun and casual event will provide Buffalo State students with information about part-time job opportunities by allowing them to meet with employers in an informal, relaxed setting.

The Part-Time-Job Luau will feature more than 30 representatives from campus departments and local businesses and organizations. A list of the organizations attending will be available soon on the CDC website.

Please provide students with information about this exciting opportunity. Faculty and staff members are also welcome to join in the festivities and enjoy some refreshments.

For more information, contact the Career Development Center, Cleveland Hall 306.

The Ensemble Video service is scheduled for systemwide maintenance on Wednesday, July 17, between midnight and 7:00 a.m. Ensemble will be unavailable during that time.

An upgrade to v.3.5 of the Ensemble Video service will take place on Thursday, July 18, between midnight and 3:00 a.m. Ensemble will be unavailable during the upgrade.

Ensemble Video v.3.5 will include mobile upload support for video content and is fully integrated with Blackboard Learn.

Please contact Melaine Kenyon, ext. 6679, with questions.

The State of New York has negotiated a centralized contract with Staples Advantage, making Staples the sole New York State contract vendor for office supplies. In addition to discounts on more than 8,000 commonly used items, Staples offers close to 300 items that are priced extremely low. 

While purchasing through Office Max will continue to be an option, Staples should be the vendor of choice for all office supply needs if pricing is competitive and items can fit the form, function, and utility required.

Procurement Services and Staples will soon host a formal training session for placing online orders. Once a date has been set, an announcement will be made in the Daily Bulletin. Meanwhile, please place Staples orders by completing a pink requisition form and submitting it to Procurement Services. Catalogs are available for current registered Office Max users to pick up in Procurement Services.

We are working diligently to make the transition from Office Max to Staples as smooth as possible. Further information will be communicated as it becomes available.

Once again, we would like to encourage all faculty and staff members of Buffalo State to join us for First-Year Convocation activities on Wednesday, August 21, at 9:00 a.m. in the Sports Arena.

To succeed, First-Year Convocation requires the enthusiastic participation of our campus community. All departments and offices are encouraged to allow their staff to support this event as a work assignment for that morning by allowing personnel to march, volunteer, or simply attend the event as an audience member. Faculty and staff are urged to process in regalia to demonstrate Buffalo State's commitment to incoming students.

Please tell us if you will be marching in regalia or volunteering to staff the event by registering online.

Procurement Services has revised the Purchase Requisition form, which is now available on our website for everyone to use. In order to be consistent, we would like everyone to use only this form and not any previous version. Please note two changes to this new form: (1) a minimum of two quotes is now required for any amount over $5,000, and (2) if there will be shipping charges for your order, the shipping charges must now be included on the requisition. Please note the statement at the bottom of the requisition regarding this.

The Professional Staff Caucus will hold its annual PSC Corn Fest on Wednesday, July 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Perry Quad (rain location: Ice Arena). The committee is planning an exciting summer fun corn fiesta theme and a menu that includes Sahlen’s hot dogs, all-you-can-eat corn, and picnic fare.

Auction items include a 22-inch flat-screen TV and a free membership to the Buffalo State Fitness Center, along with gift cards and an array of theme baskets. Hurry and get your tickets today!

Tickets can be purchased online. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the PSC Scholarship Fund. If you would like to donate a raffle item or door prize, please call Deborah Sarratori at ext. 6711.

Ticket Sellers
Josie Adamo, South Wing 530
Kelly Boos, Classroom Building A113
Andrew Chambers, E. H. Butler Library 147B
Claire Collier, Cleveland Hall 312
Kim Jablonski, Weigel Health Center
Jude Jayatilleke, South Wing 620
Deborah Jones, Moot Hall 110
Maria Kendzierski, Moot Hall 110
Megan Keogh, Cleveland Hall 214
Terri Locher, Clintong Center 229
Dean Reinhart, Moot Hall 110
Debbie Sarratori, Weigel Health Center

July's M&T Second Friday celebrates the opening of five new exhibitions:

Marilyn: The Douglas Kirkland Photoshoot
Ben Perrone: Illusion/Delusion
Enjambment: Andrew Topolski
Disclosure: Women of the Burchfield Penney Collection
Odyssey: Aspire of Western New York

10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Open gallery hours.

5:30–6:30 p.m. A Life in Pictures: Douglas Kirkland's 50-Year Love Affair with Photography.

5:30–7:30 p.m. Useum artist Shasti O’Leary Soudant hosts a special hands-on project for you and your family. Drop-in to play with light in Let There Be Light!

5:30–7:30 p.m. Refreshments and cash bar.

7:30–8:00 p.m. Odyssey concert featuring the Buffalo Chamber Players, in collaboration with Aspire of WNY.

More information about events, artists, and exhibitions is available at www.burchfieldpenney.org.

In an effort to better serve the campus community, faculty and staff parking permit stickers will be available online beginning the week of July 8 at www.buffalostate.edu/parkingservices.

Employees may log on to the system with their campus user names and passwords. Permits can be sent via U.S. mail to the employee’s address of record or picked up in the Parking Services Office, Chase Hall 126. A valid photo ID must be shown when picking up a parking permit.

Staff members who do not have a campus user name and password will be required to apply in person for their parking permit in the Parking Services Office. Permits are no longer available from the Student Accounts Office.

All permits will be required to be paid by debit or credit card at the time of the request. Requests for more than two permits must be made in person at the Parking Services Office, Chase Hall 126.

University Police will begin ticketing for no-permit violations beginning Tuesday, September 3. If you have elected to have your permit mailed to you and have not yet received it by this date, please stop at University Police or Parking Services to obtain a temporary permit for the day.

We look forward to providing this opportunity to go green and help create a smoother transition for the upcoming semester. 

If you have any questions, please contact the Parking Services Office at parkingservices@buffalostate.edu or ext. 3041.

Members of the Buffalo State community are invited to attend open presentations by the finalists for the position of director of the faculty development program. The following candidates will deliver a public presentation on their vision for the faculty development program, views about current issues in higher education, and views on current pedagogical issues. All faculty and staff members are invited to attend.

William White, Ed.D.
Wednesday, July 17
9:00–9:45 a.m.
Cleveland Hall 418

James Sobol, Ph.D.
Friday, July 19
9:30–10:15 a.m.
Cleveland Hall 418

In accordance with state requirements, Buffalo State’s Central Travel Account will be canceled effective Monday, July 15. After this date, campus employees will no longer have access to this service.

Instead, three options will be available to campus employees who engage in official travel:

1. Reimbursement Method: Employees should process and pay for travel in accordance with campus policies and procedures, and then seek reimbursement after the travel is completed.
    
2. Travel Card: Some campus employees may qualify to obtain an individual state travel card. Generally, those who have more than three overnight stays per year may, with supervisory approval, apply for a travel card. Please contact the travel card administrator for additional information.
    
3. Non-Employee Travel Card: Some campus employees may qualify to obtain a non-employee travel (NET) card to process travel transactions on behalf of certain non-employees. Please contact the NET card administrator for details.

For additional information, please consult the Travel Services Department website, or contact travel card administrator Barbara Jones.

Thank you.