On Saturday mornings at Buffalo State, you might notice that cars are actively entering and leaving the Rockwell Hall parking lot. If you look a bit closer, you will notice that children are sometimes coming to Rockwell with instruments in hand...
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The Equity and Campus Diversity Office invites you to join us for a campus discussion on sexual harassment, "Sexual Harassment: More Than a Critical Moment in Contemporary Society" (PDF, 546 KB), on Thursday, March 8, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center East.
This panel discussion will highlight issues of sexual harassment and how it has influenced the ethos of society. We aim to start a conversation, provide information, and encourage participants to be proactive in fostering an environment where the #MeToo movement no longer has to exist.
Many individuals on the Buffalo State campus have been the victims of phishing e-mail. You have likely seen our awareness postings in the Daily Bulletin about phishing e-mail, and you may have received e-mail from a campus account that was compromised.
This month, RITE, in cooperation with the SUNY Security Operations Center (SOC), will launch a phishing test with active campus e-mail addresses drawn from the HR database. The phishing test will commence the week of March 12 and conclude on March 22.
What is a phishing test? In this case, SUNY SOC will send a phishing e-mail to all Buffalo State employees with an active e-mail account. The phishing e-mail will look a lot like phishing e-mail you’ve already received—and hopefully deleted.
If you recognize the e-mail as a phishing e-mail, please forward it to phishreports@buffalostate.edu and then delete it. If you click on the link in the phishing e-mail, you’ll be taken to a page that will tell you that you’ve been phished, and that it is a test.
SUNY SOC will send us a report to tell us how many individuals clicked on the link. The report will not include names or e-mail addresses. The report will simply tell us how many people clicked on the link and how many did not. Only you will know if you clicked on the link. RITE will share outcomes with the campus via the Daily Bulletin.
The Equity and Campus Diversity Office is pleased to announce that the SUNY Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is accepting applications for the 2018–2019 Explorations in Diversity and Academic Excellence initiative in support of innovative approaches that strengthen the intersections between diversity and inclusive excellence on our campus.
The guidelines (PDF, 56 KB) and application (PDF, 42 KB) for this initiative can be found on the Equity and Campus Diversity website. The submission deadline is Friday, April 13. Awards will be announced in May.
Blackboard will be unavailable from midnight to 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, for extended server maintenance. This maintenance will include an upgrade to the operating system, feature enhancements, and fixes to known issues. Please visit the RITE Portal Knowledge Base to learn more about the new features.
If you experience any technical difficulties with Blackboard after this maintenance, please clear your web browser cache and cookies. If problems continue, please call the Open SUNY Help Desk at (844) 673-6786, submit a ticket request through the Open SUNY Help Desk web page, or send e-mail to OpenSUNYHelp@suny.edu.
Buffalo State’s Affordable Learning Materials Initiative (ALMI) and the Provost’s Office are accepting nominations for the second campuswide ALMI Award program. This program recognizes the important work of faculty members who are making their classroom materials and resources more affordable for their students. Self-nominations and nominations from colleagues or students are accepted.
Three distinct awards are available:
Individual award recipients will receive an award certificate and $300 in professional development funds. Departmental award recipients will receive an award certificate and a catered lunch for all departmental faculty.
Applications will be judged on three main criteria: cost savings, overall impact of initiative, and innovation of initiative.
To apply, complete the individual application or department application by Wednesday, March 21. Applications and more information about ALMI and OER can be found on the ALMI website. Winners will be announced in April.
For more information, or for assistance updating your course to improve affordability, contact Leah Galka, outreach and engagement librarian, or Brooke Winckelmann, instructional designer.
The Fostering Innovation in Teaching with Technology (FITT) Spring Symposium, a signature event of the FITT Academy, is a series of final presentations by the academy's group of inaugural faculty participants. All presentations will take place in Technology Building 160 from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. and are open to faculty, staff, students, and guests.
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Tuesday, April 3
Carol DeNysschen, Chair and Professor of Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics
Project: Application of Medical Nutrition Therapy in a Classroom Setting
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Thursday, April 5
Pamela Schuetze, Professor of Psychology
Project: Incorporating Videos and Related Digital Assignments in a Child Development Course
Kyeonghi Baek, Associate Professor of Political Science
Project: Starting Off on the Right Foot: Remedial Math Skill Tutorials for Social Scientists
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Tuesday, April 10
Jill M. Gradwell, Professor of History and Social Studies Education
Project: Help! Hybrid Education Learning Potential
Lynn Boorady, Chair and Professor of Fashion and Textile Technology
Project: Updating an Introductory Computer-Aided Design Class
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Thursday, April 12
Keli Garas-York, Associate Professor of Elementary Education and Reading
Project: Literacy Assessment and Evaluation for the 21st Century
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The FITT Academy is an intensive hands-on project-specific faculty development event sponsored by Resources for Information, Technology, and Education (RITE). This unique opportunity, held on campus for a full week in the summer, is designed to launch a faculty community of practice focused on advancing teaching with technology.
For more information, please see the FITT Academy website.
In December 2017, I announced the creation and implementation of the President's Caring Bengal Award. This award recognizes supportive colleagues in our Buffalo State community who not only transform the lives of our students but also help create a caring and collegial environment for our faculty, staff, and administrators. I am pleased to announce the first recipient of the award, Julie Wholf, secretary 1 in the Elementary Education and Reading Department. Ms. Wholf was nominated for the award by Julie Henry, associate professor and chair of the Elementary Education and Reading Department. I am so pleased to recognize Ms. Wholf, and I encourage the entire campus community to join me in thanking her for her exceptional effort to make Buffalo State a great place to live, learn, and work. Her award profile can be viewed on the Professional Development website.
Members of the campus community are invited to submit nominations for the second month of the President's Caring Bengal Award by 5:00 p.m. Sunday, April 1. For more information about the award criteria and recipient selection process, or to submit a nomination, please visit the Professional Development website.
Please inform students that the 2018 SUNY Student Opinion Survey will be administered March 19–April 27. All undergraduates will receive an e-mail invitation to participate on Monday, March 19. Student participation should be encouraged and announced in all classes.
Nominations are encouraged for the 2018 Equity and Campus Diversity Special Program Recognition Award. This award was established by the 2006–2007 President's Council to recognize those programs that have made a special effort to promote equity and diversity through student involvement, curricular development, or special projects and activities that go above and beyond what is usually expected as part of their regular function.
Previous Winners
The Special Program Recognition Award is part of the Dr. Muriel A. Howard Presidential Awards for the Promotion of Respect for Equity and Campus Diversity.
Recipients will be honored at the annual Muriel A. Howard Diversity Recognition Ceremony on Thursday, May 3, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Award criteria and nomination forms can be found on the Equity and Campus Diversity website. The application deadline is close of business Friday, March 30.
Please contact the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, Cleveland Hall 415, 878-6210, with questions.