Do you know any junior or senior student leaders you would like to nominate for the Student Leadership and Humanitarian Recognition Awards?

Buffalo State's Student Leadership and Humanitarian Awards recognize students who help make Buffalo State truly extraordinary—students who go above and beyond, who answer the call to service, and who lead their peers and our campus with energy, care, integrity, vision, and creativity. Candidates for these awards are leaders in our campus community, participate in civic engagement and service, and demonstrate a commitment to something worthwhile and enduring. These are the qualities that help define Buffalo State as a truly civil and caring academic community.

Applications and nominations are invited for the following Student Leadership and Humanitarian Awards:

The Mildred Campbell Leadership Award
The Phillip Santa Maria Award for Student Leadership in Equity and Campus Diversity
The Phillip Santa Maria Memorial Award
The Luis M. Antonetti Student Humanitarian Award
The Minnie and Joe Engel Student Humanitarian Award

The nomination and application process is electronic. The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 9, 2024, but we encourage early nominations to ensure that all deserving students are considered.

Nominations forms are available on the Dean of Students website. We encourage students to self-nominate, and we invite faculty and staff members to nominate deserving students for consideration. Recipients must be present on Tuesday, April 23, for the awards ceremony.

Questions about the Student Leadership and Humanitarian Awards can be addressed to the Dean of Students Office, Campbell Student Union 311, (716) 878-4618.

The Daily Bulletin will take a holiday break from Monday, December 25, 2023, to Monday, January 1, 2024. The deadline for submissions for the January 2 issue is 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 22. During the break, users may submit items for Wednesday, January 3, and beyond. Happy holidays from Marketing and Communications!

The Bengal Support Line is not just for a mental health crisis! It is a warm line for any student in need of support, whether they are feeling lonely, sad, homesick, or anxious or just need someone to talk to. A licensed therapist is available for Buffalo State University students 24/7 at (833) 823-0260.

Additional wellness resources are available at connectwellnesshub.com.

Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) and Open Educational Resources Impact Grants are funding opportunities designed to foster academic innovation.

The proposal process has been redesigned to encourage faculty and staff members to connect beyond departmental and campus boundaries to pilot, share, and scale-up transformative teaching and learning practices connected to the chancellor’s strategic four-pillar objectives and our shared commitment for leading sustainable, effective innovations that return value by multiple measures. These competitive seed grant programs will also focus on how these program objectives can be supported by focusing on

• optimizing artificial intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning and/or
• expanding support for the adoption of open educational resources (OER).

The two-stage proposal solicitation is detailed on the SUNY IITG Comprehensive Academic Innovation website.

1. Solicit descriptions of high-level ideas via a brief application similar to a letter of intent (LOI) and town hall–style meetings. (Participation in one of several offered is a requirement.) The goal is to use these meetings to foster more cross-campus communities.
2. Groups who may have identified common goals can submit an RFP to execute the proposal.

Applicants must create an account on the SUNY online grant management website. Multiple applications from a campus are welcome. The key dates are as follows:

• LOI website opens Thursday, December 14, and closes Wednesday, January 17.
• Town hall meetings will commence the weeks of January 29 and February 5.
• RFP site opens simultaneously with town hall meetings (no later than February 1)
• RFP deadline: Sunday, March 17, at 11:59 p.m.

Announcements of awards will be made during the 2024 SUNY CIT Conference hosted by the University at Buffalo. Recipients must follow state and campus procurement policies and must identify local campus administrative and procurement support if a project requires expenditures prior to funds distribution. As is the tradition with these SUNY seed fund programs, outcomes must be openly shared under a Creative Commons license.

Additional communication will be forthcoming via the IITG website, as well as through normal SUNY and FACT² communication channels. In the interim, please do not hesitate to email iitgrants@suny.edu with questions.

As the Marketing and Communications Office continues its evaluation of internal and external communication strategies, we would like to gather information about how the campus community uses the Daily Bulletin. We hope you will take a few minutes to complete the survey.

The results of this survey will help shape our approach for internal communications, including the Daily Bulletin, as far as frequency, format, design, and more. We are also exploring ways to expand the reach of an email newsletter product beyond campus faculty and staff, aiming to appeal to the Buffalo State community at large, including alumni.

As previously announced, the current web platform for the Daily Bulletin is Drupal 7 and must be updated. This is a good time to explore new possibilities for the Daily Bulletin.

We will compile and share results of this survey after it closes. Thank you for your participation.

Please contact Geoff Nason, director of communications and content strategy, with questions.

All Teacher Education Unit faculty members, please attend our annual TEU Program Improvement Retreat on Wednesday, January 24, in Bulger Communication Center 216. Breakfast will be available at 8:45 a.m., and the session will run from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Please sign up today: RSVP online.

Student Leadership and Engagement manages space requests for the Campbell Student Union. Student leaders of recognized student organizations and campus departments at Buffalo State are invited to request space in the building. Reservations in academic buildings, the Plaza, and green space can be requested by faculty, staff, and student leaders through Events Management.

In the fall 2023 semester, the Campbell Student Union processed an estimated 643 space requests, which accounted for an attendance of 31,417 and 1,774 programmatic hours. Student Leadership and Engagement looks forward to continuing to support the campus community and its efforts in the spring 2024 semester.

Space Requests
Events in the Social Hall or Assembly Hall, and use of the entire upper or lower lobby areas, will require at least a 30-day notice and an event planning meeting with Student Leadership and Engagement at least 15 days before your event.

Space requests for tabling and for the fourth-floor conference rooms should be completed at least seven days before your event for adequate processing time.

Reservations can be made by completing the space request form at least nine months before an event.

You must enter your Buffalo State credentials and enable pop-ups on your device to access the form. A primary contact has been assigned for student organizations to submit space requests.

Rental and Equipment Fees
The Campbell Student Union charges appropriate user and equipment fees to internal, external, and external-sponsored organizations. These fees are used to help sustain the use of the building and provide necessary updates to continue to serve the campus community.

If you need assistance with a space request in the Campbell Student Union, please email studentunion@buffalostate.edu.

Work on the south side of Butler Library is nearly complete. Most areas (including the stacks located on the second and third floors) will reopen next week. Stairwells and elevators on the south side of the building will reopen over the coming weeks as well.

The book stacks that were moved as part of the first phases will be returned around January 16. At the same time, affected stacks will be moved in the NE and NW quads.

As contractors wrap up the south side of the building, work on the north side is about to commence. Access to the NW Quad will be restricted starting sometime this week. Library staff members will continue to be able to pull requested books as needed.

Information about the project will continue to be posted on the Butler Library HVAC Construction Project web page.

Please contact Joe Riggie, head of information management, with questions.

The Frederick and Marilyn Howe Community Engagement Scholarship provides up to a four-year scholarship to a student from Western New York who has done significant volunteer work to address community and social issues and who will commit to continuing to volunteer as a college student.

Incoming freshmen or students who will have fewer than 59 credit hours and who will be enrolled full time at Buffalo State may be eligible to apply for the Frederick and Marilyn Howe Community Engagement Scholarship. 

Full eligibility requirements include the following: 

• Incoming freshman or student with fewer than 59 credit hours
• Enrolled full time at Buffalo State 
• Resident graduate of a Western New York high school 
• Grade point average (GPA) of 85 percent in high school and 2.5 in college 
• Community service or leadership experience 
• Completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) 

Details and application information can be found on the?Civic and Community Engagement website.

Please encourage students to submit their application for the Frederick and Marilyn Howe Community Engagement Scholarship through the Campus Application Portal for Scholarships?(CAPS).?Applications are due Monday, January 15, 2024.

As the Marketing and Communications Office continues its evaluation of internal and external communication strategies, we would like to gather information about how the campus community uses the Daily Bulletin. We hope you will take a few minutes to complete the survey.

The results of this survey will help shape our approach for internal communications, including the Daily Bulletin, as far as frequency, format, design, and more. We are also exploring ways to expand the reach of an email newsletter product beyond campus faculty and staff, aiming to appeal to the Buffalo State community at large, including alumni.

As previously announced, the current web platform for the Daily Bulletin is Drupal 7 and must be updated. This is a good time to explore new possibilities for the Daily Bulletin.

We will compile and share results of this survey after it closes. Thank you for your participation.

Please contact Geoff Nason, director of communications and content strategy, with questions.