USG Elections are happening!

Tell Students: Student elections are right around the corner! From March 17th-20th, students have the opportunity to shape the future of student leadership and campus life by casting their vote in the Campbell Student Union Lower Lobby.

Not only will they be selecting representatives for Student Government, but they will also be voting on whether to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory—a crucial funding source that supports student organizations, events, and services that enhance their overall college experience.

Encourage students to vote and that their vote matters! Please visit https://usg.buffalostate.edu/news for more information.

Learn how to create accessible, user-friendly pages in your Brightspace course! While PDFs and Word documents may have their place in online courses, instructor-created documents are often best suited as webpages. Brightspace webpages can help you create interactive, responsive, and accessible content for your learners.

In this workshop, we'll discuss:

• when to use web pages and when to use Word documents or PDFs
• how to create a web page in Brightspace
• how to use Brightspace document templates to create accessible and responsive content
• how to transfer existing content from Word documents and PDFs to Brightspace web pages

A computer is not required for this session, but please bring your own device if you would like to work in your Brightspace course during this session.

The "Creating User Friendly Pages in Brightspace" workshop will take place on Tuesday, March 11 from 9:30am - 10:30am in Butler Library 318. To register for this session, please visit the workshop registration system.

To learn more about creating webpages in Brightspace, visit the Create a File (Web Page) in Brightspace knowledge base article in the IT Portal.

Come join the Instructional Design and Distance Learning session, entitled Brightspace Ally Training for Faculty & Staff: on Thursday, March 13th  from 1:30am - 2:30am in Butler 314 . Presented by Meghan Pereira.

This training provides faculty and staff with essential guidance on using Brightspace Ally to enhance course accessibility. Participants will learn how to interpret ally course reports, improve course materials for diverse learners, and leverage Ally’s alternative formats to support inclusive learning. The session includes hands-on demonstrations and best practices to ensure a more accessible and equitable educational experience for all students.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System 

The Dr. Katherine S. Conway-Turner Office of Civic and Community Engagement's Civic Engagement Series (CES) offers opportunities for Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff to learn about social justice issues on a local and national level, participate in on and off-campus service projects, and become aware of volunteer opportunities:

Join us on Thursday, March 6, 2025, from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, making DIY Paper Flowers for Kevin's Guest House. The project includes a presentation or tabling information by the community partner, a service project, and a reflection survey. Participants who volunteer and complete the reflection survey will receive credit towards the President’s Certificate for their participation.

This program is in collaboration with the Powerful United Ladies Striving to Elevate (P.U.L.S.E. Student Org), CCE, & Kevin's Guest House.

Stop by to find out about the Organization, volunteer, and Internship Opportunities.

DIY Paper Flower Making: 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Creating Kindness, Spreading Love!

Questions, email or call (716-878-3919 the CCE.

Internal applications are being accepted for the following position on campus. This is an internal job posting open to employees of Buffalo State University who are currently paid from any state-appropriated-funds payroll.

Title: Senior Staff Assistant / Financial Analyst
Department: Financial Management
Salary: Competitive
Negotiating Unit: UUP

Brief Job Description:
This position is lead by the Associate Vice President of Budget and Finance. Financial Analyst will aid in the development, implementation and analysis of various campus budgets and funding sources. The successful candidate must be a self-motivated, team-oriented individual wishing to join a professional staff in a fast-paces environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Execute allocation, expenditure, and revenue transfers, both internally and inter-agency, in both FMS and Banner
• Report and monitor budgets, spend, and a variety of program activity
• Assign and track line numbers as part of position management
• Perform bi-weekly payroll reconciliations of FTE, budgeted salary and expenses, both year to date and year over year
• Internal control management of audits and identification of financial risks
• Perform salary and revenue projections for all funds
• Assist with tracking and monitoring all SUNY funded initiatives
• Serve as a Security Administrator for business systems
• Maintain chart of accounts and BI account group security
• Assist with all year end processes and reports
• Preparation of invoices for a variety of programs

Skills:

• Possess a positive attitude, and adaptability to continual change
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively, and in a collegial and professional manner, with colleagues, management, faculty, staff, SUNY, and third-party contacts
• The ability to multi-task, meet goals and deadlines

To view the required qualifications and to apply, please view the posting on the Buffalo State Job Opportunities website at https://jobs.buffalostate.edu/postings/7787.

The posting is open for consideration of internal candidates through Friday, March 7, 2025.

Come join us for a conversation on Priya Parker's *The Art of Gathering: how we meet and why it matters.* We will be discussing chapters 1-2 on March 14th from 10:00-11:30 in Butler Library 318.  Coffee, tea, and a light breakfast will be served. (A limited number of books are available for participants. If interested, please contact Natalie at willsnl@buffalostate.edu).

Please register through the Workshop Registration System. 

Start off Lent with ashes. Join the Newman Center this Wednesday, March 5 at 12:05 p.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Student Union for an Ash Wednesday service. All are welcome.

The application to live on campus for the 2025-26 academic year is now available to students through their My Housing portal. Students access the My Housing portal through the student tab in Banner.

There is a $125 application fee that must be paid when a student is completing the housing application. If a student would like to request a fee waiver for the application, they may do so by following the instructions within the application. Fee-waivers will be granted based on financial need.

If a student wants to live with a specific roommate, they may match with them on the My Housing portal. Both roommates will need to match with each other in order to be paired. Students wishing to live in the same suite must all pair with one another in order to be a suitemate group.

Once paired up, students can select a room together when room selection opens. Room selection opens on March 21 for students who have a full roommate or suitemate group, or on April 7 for anyone who doesn't have a roommate pairing.

Buffalo State University has an on-campus housing residency requirement. All full‐time first-year and sophomore students whose permanent residency is beyond a 35 mile radius of Buffalo State are required to reside on campus for 4 consecutive semesters or until they earn 60 credits, whichever comes first. Those exempt from this requirement include married students, transfer students, single parents, veterans, students over the age of 21, and students commuting from the home of their parent(s) or court appointed guardian(s) if within a 35-mile radius of the Buffalo State University campus. All students who are required to live on-campus as a result of this policy should sign up for housing as soon as they are able in order to select their preferred room next year.  

NYS/UUP JLMC Announces FREE online Learning through Empire Knowledgebank (EKG). Experience real-time engagement with an experienced instructor in real time Live Courses. Skillsoft Bootcamps and Leadercamps are a series of interactive streaming events hosted by live instructors. For more information, please check out the flyer. 

Paid Opportunity for Graduate Students!

USG is hiring graduate students to work the polling stations from Monday, March 17th, to Thursday, March 20th. This is a paid hourly position at minimum wage. We need at least two graduate students per hour during the following times: 

Monday – Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Interested students can email me at greenac1@buffalostate.edu to express their interest. I will then provide them with a sign-up sheet to select their preferred shifts. Before their first shift, they will complete necessary paperwork at the USG office, and at the end of the week, they will submit a timesheet for payment the following week. 

This is a great opportunity for graduate students to gain experience in a student-facing role, learn about the election process, and earn extra income! Please contact me if you have any questions.