This morning I sat with a number of other college presidents and local leaders to discuss the future of higher education. During this discussion, a presidential colleague said he felt that students sometimes choose career-oriented majors because they see liberal arts majors as more risky...
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I talked to several students and faculty members as they were concluding work to begin spring break 2015. I heard that some students were off to Boston or the Bronx to spend the break. Others mentioned that they were working in town, planned on sleeping (a lot), or hoped to enjoy home-cooked meals...
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This week, between various meetings and working on campus issues, I carved out a little time to visit with the smallest members of our Buffalo State community. These young Bengals attend our Child Care Center, which is housed in Buckham Hall...
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This week I had the opportunity to host and meet over 80 retired or soon-to-be-retired members of the Buffalo State community...
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The next meeting of the Buffalo State Council will be held at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in Cleveland Hall 518.
Agenda
Did you notice that prospective students and their families were visiting by the hundreds last week? To date, we have 13,078 first-year applicants for fall 2015...
Critique and Evaluation Period for fall 2015 will take place on Monday, May 11; Tuesday, May 12; Wednesday, May 13; and Thursday, May 14. A Study Day will be held on Friday, May 8. CEP definition: The purpose of CEP is to provide a single class meeting during which faculty and students will have an extended period of uninterrupted time to conduct appropriate end-of-course activities. The CEP is designed for classes that meet more than once a week during the semester. Classes (evening or day) meeting only once a week have sufficient time for final evaluation; therefore, they will follow their regular schedule (exams to be scheduled during CEP).
The following regulations govern the Critique and Evaluation Period:
A. A Study Day will occur the weekday immediately prior to the start of CEP. Evening classes meeting only one time per week will not have a study day.
B. All instructors are expected to meet their classes at the scheduled time during CEP and to choose an appropriate activity which reflects the academic goals of the course and the intent of CEP: for example, an exam, a review, critique of papers, course summation, individual presentations or demonstrations, etc.
C. Instructors will not schedule a final exam prior to CEP. Instructors may not change the date and time of their final class period during CEP. In case of emergencies, confer with appropriate dean and notify VPAA.
D. CEPs will be scheduled for one-hour-and-fifty-minute periods. Instructors are not to increase or decrease the scheduled CEP time.
E. In case of emergencies which would close the school, CEPs scheduled for the time of the closing will be rescheduled, as appropriate.
F. Faculty members must post office hours during which they will be available during CEP week to meet with students.
I cordially invite all Buffalo State College faculty and staff members to an end-of-year barbecue from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 8, in the Student Union Plaza.
Along with hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, and beverages, we will enjoy music from the Bar-Room Buzzards as we celebrate the completion of another terrific academic year at Buffalo State. We will also have a Bengal raffle for door prizes. All faculty and staff members will automatically be entered in the raffle. You do not need to be present to win.
RSVP online by Monday, May 4.
I cordially invite all Buffalo State College faculty and staff members to an end-of-year-barbecue from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 8, in the Student Union Plaza.
Along with hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, and beverages, we will enjoy music from the Bar-Room Buzzards as we celebrate the completion of another terrific academic year at Buffalo State. We will also have a Bengal raffle for door prizes. All faculty and staff members will automatically be entered in the raffle. You do not need to be present to win.
RSVP online by the end of the day today.
I am pleased to announce that Melanie Perreault, associate provost at Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland, has accepted my offer to serve as Buffalo State’s next provost and vice president for academic affairs. She will assume her new role on July 20.
Throughout the interview process, I was impressed with Dr. Perreault’s understanding and appreciation of the transformative education that Buffalo State has provided to generations of students.
Her strong skills and background in strategic planning, fostering and supporting academic excellence, and the development of both traditional and online programs indicated both to me and to the search advisory committee that she is a perfect complement to the needs of our college moving forward. I am confident that she will lead Academic Affairs to enhanced distinction regionally and nationally.
I invite you to read more about Dr. Perreault’s experience in the biography below.
I would like to thank the members of the search advisory committee for their dedicated service and thoughtful counsel throughout the process. Special appreciation is extended to search committee co-chairs David Carson and Hal Payne.
Lastly, please remember to mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 13, at 2:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall as we celebrate the wonderful career of Dennis Ponton, who will retire on June 30 after more than 37 years of service to Buffalo State.
About Melanie Perreault
As associate provost at Salisbury University—a position she has held since 2011—Melanie Perreault oversees the university’s honors program, the instructional design and delivery department, and all new program proposals. She also serves as a liaison between the University System of Maryland and Salisbury for academic policies and provides oversight for all the university’s satellite sites.
She recently led a campuswide effort to develop the university’s new five-year strategic plan, collaborating with faculty, staff, and students to set priorities and goals with deans and administration. Furthermore, she developed a web interface to facilitate inter-institutional accountability and transparency to better connect the university’s budgeting to the strategic plan. Perreault also served as co-chair of the university’s steering committee for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaccreditation process; wrote proposals to develop online M.B.A. and social work programs; implemented an online reporting system for faculty tenure and promotion; and successfully advocated to double the university’s faculty provisional development budget.
Perreault previously served as Salisbury’s interim vice president for academic affairs (2010–2011) and chair of the history department (2008–2010). A faculty member in Salisbury’s history department since 2000, she is an accomplished scholar in colonial American history. Her current research focuses on violence in the early Chesapeake. From 1997 to 2000, Perreault was an assistant professor of history at the University of Central Arkansas.
She earned her Ph.D. in history from the College of William and Mary in 1997 and her B.A. in history from Lawrence University in 1990.