It has been disheartening to see the escalation in the cost of textbooks and classroom materials over the years. It seems that every year books become more expensive. Here at Buffalo State, we have been aware of this situation for some time...
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As you probably know by now, President Trump by executive order has suspended the entry of citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen into the United States. While Buffalo State College has no students, faculty, or staff members stranded by this order, 320 students across the State University of New York system are affected by the travel ban.
We affirm our commitment to diversity and equity and our unyielding stance against discrimination of all kinds, including discrimination based on religion or national origin.
We will continue to monitor the situation and support members of our community who may be affected by this order.
Please read this statement from SUNY Chancellor Zimpher and Chairman McCall regarding this matter.
Please join us this evening for our annual Martin Luther King Jr. 2017 celebration, featuring keynote speaker Michaela Angela Davis, activist and writer, at 7:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center. This event is free and open to the public.
Please download the flier (PDF, 3 MB) and plan to join us for this great event.
Contact the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, 878-6210, with questions.
This memo serves as an annual notice to the Buffalo State community to provide information about Title IX.
Title IX protects students, faculty, and staff from gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, bullying (based on gender), cyberbullying (based on gender), and retaliation (from participation in a Title IX investigation).
The Title IX coordinator for Buffalo State is Karen A. Clinton Jones, chief diversity officer. She can be reached at 878-6210, joneska@buffalostate.edu, or Cleveland Hall 415.
The Title IX investigator for Buffalo State is William R. Sabio. He can be reached at 878-3051, sabiowr@buffalostate.edu, or Campbell Student Union 311.
Reporting Guidance
Additional Guidance
The following off-campus services are also available:
The Student Bill of Rights (PDF, 124 KB) identifies the responsibilities of Buffalo State with regard to Title IX and the rights of students involved in a Title IX incident or investigation.
If you have reported an alleged sexual misconduct or otherwise believe you have been subjected to sexual misconduct on campus, you are invited to provide to the Title IX coordinator any recommendations about how to improve the effectiveness of the campus’s implementation of its policies and procedures.
Information regarding Title IX, the Sexual Violence Response Policy, Student Bill of Rights, and Confidentially Disclosing Sexual Violence Policy can be found on the Equity and Campus Diversity website and through links on the Dean of Students and University Police websites.
Download the Title IX campus flier (PDF, 548 KB).
Updated 1/30/2017
A special meeting of the Buffalo State College Council will be held on Wednesday, February 8, at 4:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 516.
Agenda
I cordially invite you to join me in celebrating Vice President Hal D. Payne on the occasion of his retirement from Buffalo State College on Friday, February 17, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.
The favor of a reply is requested by today, February 10.
The spring 2017 Banner midterm grading window will be open from 9:00 a.m. Monday, March 13, to 9:00 p.m. Friday, March 24. Please note that the Academic Standards Office will no longer send out paper rosters to encourage midterm grading; rather, I am encouraging faculty members to enter midterm grades for all students this semester. In addition to entering an estimated midterm grade, faculty members can mark how regularly a student has attended a course by entering 0 (never attended), 1 (sporadic, unsatisfactory attendance), or 2 (consistent, satisfactory attendance) in the “Hours Attended” field. Students will be able to view their grades in Degree Works as the grades are entered, and advisers can use either Degree Works or copies of midterm grading reports that are available through their deans’ offices.
Thank you to all faculty members who entered midterm grades in Banner for the fall 2016 semester. Just under 30,000 midterm grades were submitted for almost 8,800 students! Banner midterm grades allow advisers, department chairs, and associate deans to academically guide students before the pass/fail and course withdrawal deadline, if needed. Your early, regular, and ongoing feedback to the students in your courses—through Blackboard, in-class conferences, Banner midterm grades, and other ways—allows students to have a realistic picture of their standing in your courses that helps motivate them to act in ways that will improve their academic standing.
The Equity and Campus Diversity Office invites the campus community to review the guidelines and application (PDF, 92 KB) for the 2017–2018 Explorations in Diversity and Academic Excellence awards, offered by the SUNY Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI). These awards support innovative approaches that illuminate and strengthen the intersections between diversity and academic excellence. ODEI will award up to $10,000 to support individual campus-based projects for the period beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018.
Applications must be signed and submitted to the Buffalo State Equity and Campus Diversity Office no later than April 1, 2017.
Please contact the Equity and Campus Diversity Office with questions, 878-6210.
Buffalo State has been notified of a series of required maintenance windows for upgrades to the database and server supporting our Banner and Degree Works programs. Please note that we have been advised to expect downtime during the scheduled maintenance periods on Saturday, February 18 (7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.), and Wednesday, February 22 (midnight–7:00 a.m.).
As always, a detailed schedule along with a list of which services will be affected on each date is available on the RITE website. Please refer to this page for the current status of each scheduled maintenance window, as we will be updating this page regularly.
If you have any questions regarding this scheduled maintenance plan, please contact the RITE Support Desk, 878-4357.
In September 2016, I charged the Buffalo State Civic Action Plan Work Group with developing a Civic Action Plan for Buffalo State in alignment with our campus mission and strategic plan. The purpose of the Civic Action Plan is to forward Buffalo State’s role as an urban-engaged campus in the city of Buffalo and expand our civic and community engagement efforts in ways that advance citizenship and positive social change.
After receiving comments from the campus and community in December, the Civic Action Plan Work Group has developed a second draft of the five-year civic action plan. Please take the time to read the draft and provide comments before February 24. The plan will also be discussed at the March College Senate meeting before the final plan is submitted in mid-March.