Have you noticed there are more honors students on campus? We are implementing many changes at Buffalo State to better serve and support our students, and one of these changes is an increase in the number of honors students by way of the new Dean’s Honors Program (DHP)...
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I encourage the Buffalo State community to nominate deserving colleagues for Buffalo State President’s Awards and SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. Guidelines can be found on the Academic Affairs website. Please visit the Nomination Resources section for helpful tips and guidance for assembling nomination dossiers.
Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
Distinguished Teaching Professor; Distinguished Service Professor; Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Professional Service, Librarianship, Scholarship and Creative Activities, or Faculty Service
Due Date: Monday, October 16, 2017
Please submit nominations with supporting materials electronically to the Provost’s Office.
Please note: For SUNY Chancellor’s Awards, nominators should prepare their nomination letters in the format of a Summary Presentation as specified in the SUNY Award guidelines. A Buffalo State Nomination Checklist Cover Sheet (PDF, 272 KB) should be included as the first page of all nominations.
President’s Awards for Excellence
President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advisement; Advancement of Equity and Campus Diversity; Career Achievement for Faculty; Career Achievement for Professional Staff; Faculty and Staff Mentoring; as a Graduate Research Mentor; Librarianship; Research, Scholarship, and Creativity; Service to the College; Teaching; or as an Undergraduate Research Mentor
Due Date: Monday, March 5, 2018
Please submit nominations with supporting materials electronically to the Provost’s Office.
Questions may be directed to Carolyn Martino, assistant to the provost.
A recognition ceremony to honor faculty and staff accomplishments will be held on Thursday, October 5, at 12:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. The event will recognize Buffalo State recipients of Chancellor’s and President’s Awards for Excellence. In addition, all new faculty and staff members will be welcomed to campus. The entire campus community is invited to participate in this sixth annual event. A reception will follow in the auditorium lobby of Rockwell Hall. Photos and profiles of this year's award recipients are available on the News and Events website.
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The Emergency Response Planning Group and University Police will conduct a test of the college’s outdoor emergency alert horn at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 17.
People who are outdoors during the test will hear a series of three loud 60-second horn blasts emanating from the central heating plant. Please note: the horn is primarily intended to be audible at outdoor locations on campus—not inside buildings.
In a real emergency, the horn would sound for a minimum of five full minutes. If a real emergency alert is signaled, immediately seek shelter and await further instructions communicated via Buff State Alert, e-mail, suny.buffalostate.edu, or direct instructions from University Police. For more information on Buffalo State’s comprehensive emergency response plan, please visit the UPD website.
Approximately 30 minutes before the test horn sounds, the college will issue a campuswide test of the Buff State Alert emergency communication system. At this time, all students, faculty, and staff members who have registered with the service will be sent a test message.
Students, faculty, and staff members are strongly encouraged to enroll in Buff State Alert, or modify their preferences, by visiting the Buff State Alert website and logging in with their Buffalo State user name and password. Those who do not have a Buffalo State user name or password but want to receive text messages from Buff State Alert can sign up by texting the phrase “buffalostate” to 79516.
Consistent with President Conway-Turner’s goal of finding new ways to increase efficiency and effectiveness, we are making changes in the organizational structure in Finance and Management’s Campus Services and Procurement Services units.
Effective October 1, 2017, Campus Services will be transitioned into the following units that will report directly to the vice president for finance and management:
Facilities Construction and Maintenance: Led by Steven Shaffer, this unit brings together our Facilities Planning operations, energy management, and all trades personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of our academic and residential buildings.
Facilities Grounds and Custodial Operations: Led by Terry Harding, this unit will focus on our strategic plan efforts related to campus beautification. In addition, Mr. Harding will serve in an expanded role as adviser to the vice president on all facilities matters focusing on the transition to the new organizational structure, and the evaluation of the resources and operating practices of all our facilities units.
Environmental Health and Safety: Led by David Miller, this unit will continue to ensure compliance with various laws and regulations with a new reporting relationship directly to the vice president.
Business Services: Led by Robert Baumet, this unit will manage all procurement, accounts payable, travel, and copy center services to the campus. In addition, this unit will provide administrative support for all the facilities units, coordinating the customer service work order system, central receiving and stockroom, campus mail, property control, and recycling services, as well as all human resource activities in the facilities units.
An updated organizational chart (PDF, 79 KB) detailing these changes can be found on the Finance and Management website.
Please encourage students to purchase tickets for Casual Connections: Fun, Interactive Lessons on Networking Etiquette, which will take place on Thursday, November 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.
Casual Connections will feature dining learning stations facilitated by 25 successful alumni and employers to network with students, teaching dining and professional skills. President Conway-Turner will also be in attendance to network with students. This will not be a formal dinner. Numerous food and drink stations will be set up that simulate actual professional networking events to teach and challenge students. Tickets are $10 per person and must be purchased by Thursday, October 26, at the Bengal Card Office, Butler Library 108. Dining Dollars and Bengal Bucks may be used. Casual Connections sponsors include Chartwells Dining at Buffalo State, the Career Development Center, the Hospitality and Tourism Department, and the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality. Additional generous support is provided by GEICO.
I am pleased to announce the following appointments to the 2017–2018 President’s Marketing and Communication Committee:
Committee Membership
Chair: Timothy Walsh, Associate Vice President for College Relations
Erin Alonzo, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
Aaron Daniel Annas, Assistant Professor, Communication
Colleen Callahan, Associate Director of Web Community and Development, College Relations
David Cox, Director, New Student and Family Programs
Jessica Fitzpatrick, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Ricky Fleming, Associate Professor of Music
Jeffrey Hirschberg, Director of the Television and Film Arts Program
Tamara Horstman-Riphahn, Executive Assistant to the Dean of the School of Education
Thomas Koller, Senior Associate Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
Patrick McGovern, Associate Professor of Political Science
Kevin Miller, Interim Dean of the Graduate School
Natalie Murphy, Alumni Communications Manager, Institutional Advancement
John Myers, Video Journalist and Production Assistant, RITE
Lorna Pérez, Associate Professor of English
Kevin Williams, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences and Science Education
Robert Wood, Professor of Art and Design
Sarah Young, Interim Dean of Students
Ex Officio Member: James Mayrose, Interim CIO and Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing, and Communications
The President’s Marketing and Communication Committee will
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