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 / Assistant Athletics Director and Completion Coach
Department: Intercollegiate Athletics
Rank: SL-3
Negotiating Unit: UUP

Brief Job Description
The assistant director reports to the director of athletics. This position leads Intercollegiate Athletics efforts related to student support services including serving as the primary liaison for housing, conduct, counseling, admissions/recruiting, and the registrar. The assistant director sits on the Buffalo State CARES team, oversees the Bengal Success Portal within Athletics, and serves as a point person for academic advising for student-athletes. This individual coordinates Intercollegiate Athletics staff and coaches serving as mentors to students outside of athletics, strengthening the conduit between athletics and student support networks across campus. Other duties include overseeing athletics-related student clubs as a liaison to Student Leadership and Engagement, and leading one assigned fundraising activity per year.

To view the required qualifications and to apply, please view the posting on the Buffalo State Job Opportunities website.

This internal priority review date closes Wednesday, June 7.

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 / Assistant Athletics Director and Completion Coach
Department: Intercollegiate Athletics
Rank: SL-3
Negotiating Unit: UUP

Brief Job Description
The assistant director reports to the director of athletics. This position leads Intercollegiate Athletics efforts related to student support services including serving as the primary liaison for housing, conduct, counseling, admissions/recruiting, and the registrar. The assistant director sits on the Buffalo State CARES team, oversees the Bengal Success Portal within Athletics, and serves as a point person for academic advising for student-athletes. This individual coordinates Intercollegiate Athletics staff and coaches serving as mentors to students outside of athletics, strengthening the conduit between athletics and student support networks across campus. Other duties include overseeing athletics-related student clubs as a liaison to Student Leadership and Engagement, and leading one assigned fundraising activity per year.

To view the required qualifications and to apply, please view the posting on the Buffalo State Job Opportunities website.

This internal priority review date closes Wednesday, June 7.

Between March 1 and May 18, there have been?

• 61 courses added,
• ?92 day/time changes,
• ?64 courses canceled.

To see just these changes, please read the Fall Addendum.

Campus departments and student organizations are encouraged to submit programs to be included in the Weeks of Welcome schedule of events for fall 2023.

Weeks of Welcome at Buffalo State University is a series of programs hosted by student organizations and the campus community to welcome our students during the first month of the semester. We are currently accepting submissions for programs and events taking place between Tuesday, August 22, and Friday, October 6. We encourage you to post events taking place after October 6 on Bengal Connect.

Information on programs and events can be found by visiting the Weeks of Welcome Schedule through the Student Leadership and Engagement website.

Sponsor a Weeks of Welcome Event
Requirements to submit an event:

• The event takes place between August 22 and October 6.
• The event is sponsored by a Buffalo State campus department or registered student organization.
• The sponsoring campus department or student organization has a confirmed space reservation with Events Management or the Campbell Student Union.
• The event will be posted on Bengal Connect.

To submit an event, please complete a Weeks of Welcome Program Submission Form.

Please contact Student Leadership and Engagement with questions or to learn more.

The deadline for proposal submissions for the Buffalo State University Anne Frank Project's 15th annual social justice festival, AFP 2023, has been extended until Wednesday, June 7.

This year's theme is AFP 2023: Ideas + Action = Justice. We are actively seeking proposals from individuals representing a variety of disciplines. We encourage them to share their expertise, skills, and artistry with university students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community members and engage with diverse communities in teachable ways. The idea is for them to respond rather than react. Ideas without action require no courage, no research, and no truth. When ideas are followed up with action, positive impact becomes possible. The Anne Frank Project’s annual festival is the ideal platform for teaching people how to respond versus react to their world. The only way to make positive personal and social change: justice.

AFP invites presentations, workshops, and performances reflecting on this year's theme. In keeping with the kinesthetic and experiential pillars of AFP, we ask that all session proposals be crafted as one-third theory and two-thirds practice. Encourage your colleagues, friends, and family to share their gifts at Buffalo State University's campuswide signature event. Submit your proposal today!

For regular updates on the 15th annual Social Justice Festival, please visit the AFP website and follow us on Instagram.

Teacher Education Unit (TEU) faculty members who have a key program or unit assessment tied to their course (including student teaching) should complete all evaluations before the end of the semester. 

Assessment resources related to Taskstream/Watermark are available on the TEU website.

Thank you.

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
The College Senate extends its congratulations to the following individuals, who were elected as the officers and standing committee chairs of the College Senate for the 2023–2024 academic year:

College Senate Chair
Ken Fujiuchi, Head of Information Commons, Butler Library

College Senate Vice-Chair
Andrew Nicholls, Professor and Chair, History and Social Studies Education

Academic Plan Committee Chair
Jason Grinnell, Professor and Chair, Philosophy

Budget and Staff Allocations Committee Chair
M. Scott Goodman, Professor, Chemistry; Director, Undergraduate Research Office

Bylaws and Elections Committee Chair
Julian Cole, Associate Professor, Philosophy; Chair, Modern and Classical Languages

Curriculum Committee Chair
Dianne McCarthy, Professor, Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership

Faculty and Staff Welfare Committee Chair
Wynne Barron Osiadlo, Administrative Assistant, Communication Department

Instruction and Research Committee Chair
Christopher Weber, Instructional Media Technician, Classroom Support

Standards for Students Committee Chair
Leasa Rochester-Mills, Director, Academic Standards

Student Welfare Committee Vice-Chair*
Matthew Baran, Assistant Director, Honors Program

*The Student Welfare Committee is chaired by a student senator who is elected at the first fall Senate meeting.

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
The College Senate extends its congratulations to the following individuals, who were elected as the officers and standing committee chairs of the College Senate for the 2023–2024 academic year:

College Senate Chair
Ken Fujiuchi, Head of Information Commons, Butler Library

College Senate Vice-Chair
Andrew Nicholls, Professor and Chair, History and Social Studies Education

Academic Plan Committee Chair
Jason Grinnell, Professor and Chair, Philosophy

Budget and Staff Allocations Committee Chair
M. Scott Goodman, Professor, Chemistry; Director, Undergraduate Research Office

Bylaws and Elections Committee Chair
Julian Cole, Associate Professor, Philosophy; Chair, Modern and Classical Languages

Curriculum Committee Chair
Dianne McCarthy, Associate Professor, Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership

Faculty and Staff Welfare Committee Chair
Wynne Barron Osiadlo, Administrative Assistant, Communication Department

Instruction and Research Committee Chair
Christopher Weber, Instructional Media Technician, Classroom Support

Standards for Students Committee Chair
Leasa Rochester-Mills, Director, Academic Standards

Student Welfare Committee Vice-Chair*
Matthew Baran, Assistant Director, Honors Program

*The Student Welfare Committee is chaired by a student senator who is elected at the first fall Senate meeting.

Student Accessibility Services (SAS), located within Academic Commons, Butler Library 160, will implement a new student management system, Accommodate by Symplicity, in fall 2023 for all faculty and students. The SAS website will be updated over the summer with information on how to use and interact with this new interface. The system will be piloted with select faculty members and students over the summer to help us work out any existing issues in the process.

• Accommodate will be used to distribute all notices of accommodation that students previously distributed as PDF attachments.
• Faculty members will sign to acknowledge receipt of notice of accommodation.
• Faculty members can view the names of all students in their courses who have requested accommodations in the course(s) they are teaching, in one location.

We are developing the “testing” module of this product and hope to implement this as soon as we are ready.

For further information or with questions, please email SAS.

Brightspace has a function in which rosters from multiple sections can be merged into one course site. If you find yourself posting the same materials to different course sections of the same course during a semester, you can request that your course sections be combined into a single Brightspace course site. (Courses that are cross-listed in Banner will be automatically merged in the system. These cross-listed courses are coordinated between the department and the Registrar's Office. You do not need to request a merger.) 

The IT Knowledge Base article Merged and Cross-Listed Rosters in Brightspace gives an overview of the features and steps to take for merged courses and also how to verify that course rosters have been merged.

For cross-listed courses and merged courses, the lowest CRN is the parent course. The parent course is the course you should develop content for and make active when ready. While waiting for the merger, you can develop immediately in the lowest CRN course.

Have other questions or need assistance?

• The Buffalo State IT Knowledge Base has many articles to assist with Brightspace. 
• Questions about Brightspace functionality may be directed to SUNY Online.
• Check for upcoming Brightspace workshops on campus in the Workshop Registration System or with SUNY Center for Professional Development.