Buffalo State Information Technology is excited to announce that all current students will soon be receiving a brand-new email account in Outlook. Students will be able to access these new accounts starting Monday, May 22. This is part of the university’s plan to phase out Google accounts by summer 2024. While students will still be able to access their Google accounts for a full year after receiving their Outlook accounts, the new Outlook address will become their primary account and should be used for official campus communication.

Some important details about these new accounts:

• New email address | Starting May 22, students will have a new email address in the format of username@buffalostate.edu. All new mail will be delivered to this address.
• Message Forwarding | Starting May 22, messages sent to a student’s old address (username@mail.buffalostate.edu) will be forwarded to their new Outlook address.
• Mailbox Migration | A one-time copy of each student’s mailbox from Gmail to Outlook will occur during summer 2023. This migration will be staggered, so mail in a student's Gmail Inbox may not appear in their Outlook Inbox right away.
• Accessing Outlook email | Students can access their email from a web browser or by using the Outlook mobile or desktop app.
• Sign-in with network credentials | Unlike with Gmail, which requires a separate password, students will sign in to Outlook using their network credentials.
• Retaining Access to Outlook | Students will retain access to their Microsoft 365 account for approximately one full year after leaving Buffalo State.

Some important details about Gmail accounts:

Following the closure of Google accounts next summer, faculty members in the School of Education who use Google Classroom will be able to request Google accounts for themselves and their classes by submitting a ticket. Google accounts will be accessible only for the duration of the term requested.

We’ve also provided some links to share with students explaining how to transfer contacts, calendar events, and Google Drive contents. Please share these with students as needed.

• Transfer Contacts to Outlook | Step-by-step guide explaining how to import Gmail contacts to Outlook
• Transfer Calendar to Outlook | Step-by-step guide explaining how to import Gmail calendar to Outlook
• Transfer Google Drive | Step-by-step guide explaining how to transfer Google Drive to personal Google account

To learn more about this project, please visit the Microsoft 365 Project Information and Frequently Asked Questions pages. Students in need of assistance can email the Help Desk or open a Technology Help ticket.

Lot I-37 will be offline Thursday, May 4, to accommodate the Social Justice Walk Groundbreaking and Farewell Reception for President Kathrine Conway-Turner. Faculty and staff members seeking alternative parking arrangements on this day will find ample space in the lots surrounding Lot I-37 and in Lot R-12. Please email Parking Services with questions about this temporary closure. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.

Campus map (PDF, 4 MB)

The Chemistry Department is pleased to invite the campus community to a mini conference titled “Cannabis Science and Compliance” on Saturday, April 22, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center. The mini conference will feature local cannabis industry professionals presenting talks on the following topics: “Cannabis Plant Science,” “Why Genetics Matter,” “Creating Cultivator/Processor Relationships,” “Terpology,” “Demystifying Lab Testing Requirements,” “GAP/GMP Standards,” and “TPIs Unpacked.” 

For further details and to register for the conference, please visit the event website.

Faculty members, the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore needs course material adoption information for all courses you are scheduled to teach. Course materials include textbooks, digital books, and courseware access. If you are not using any course materials, we still need to know! You can indicate this by selecting "No Course Materials Required." If you are using open educational resources (OER), please indicate this by selecting "Using OER".

We are at a 40 percent adoption rate for the fall 2023 semester. There is just one week left to submit adoptions for fall courses. Please visit the adoption input portal (AIP) today to submit your adoption responses. The portal is a single sign-on with the campus, so no additional password is needed. There is a simple one-click re-adopt procedure for courses using the same materials from previous semesters. New selections can easily be added.

We thank all those who have submitted their course material information already. It is instrumental for the success of our students to have adoptions in by this deadline so we can provide them with the needed course materials by the beginning of the fall semester. 

If you have any questions about submitting adoptions, please contact Trista Hayes, textbook manager, or Lynn Puma, bookstore manager.

Thank you.

The 2023 SUNY Student Success Summit will be held virtually April 26–28. SUNY campuses increasingly recognize the importance of being student-ready and culturally responsive, thus meeting students where they are in order to facilitate the co-creation and attainment of personal, academic, and professional goals. This free and virtual conference focuses on evidence- and results-based practices that prioritize a diversity of student voices and experiences to ensure relevant and sustainable sources of equitable and timely assistance focusing on the whole student.

The sessions and tracks this year are focused on the following:

• Developing Comprehensive First-Year Experience/Orientation Programs
• Designing Holistic Supports for Adult Students
• Enhancing Student Retention Strategies Post-Pandemic
• Student Coaching and Mentoring Models
• Promising High-Impact Practices

Check out the full agenda and be sure to register!

Student Accessibility Services at Buffalo State University is privileged to induct the 2023 class of the Epsilon Chi chapter of the Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society.

The Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society was founded in 2004 to recognize the academic accomplishments of students with disabilities. In addition to recognizing academic achievement, Delta Alpha Pi seeks to lessen and eventually eliminate the stigma and negative stereotyping that have been historically associated with disability. The members of Delta Alpha Pi challenge society to view disability as an aspect of diversity, existing on a continuum throughout an individual’s lifespan, and encourage the implementation of universal design, so that the environment (learning, physical, attitudinal), not the individual, adjusts to provide access to all individuals.

Students who become members of Delta Alpha Pi identify themselves as honor students who have a disability. By their open acknowledgment of their disability status, they serve as role models for other students with disabilities and advance the goals of Delta Alpha Pi on their campuses and in the community.

Each year Student Accessibility Services will continue to recognize these students’ academic accomplishments by honoring and acknowledging their determination and perseverance. This year’s class will receive a Delta Alpha Pi certificate of initiation, chapter pin, and graduation cords.

Please visit the Student Accessibility Services website to see the complete list of students who wish to be recognized from all induction years.

Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of these amazing students!

Undergraduate Students
Sadia Akter, Amanda Baran, Bianca Battaglia, James Bevelacqua, Isabella Brisson, Francis Campbell, Cassandra Carter, Madison Chase, Mary Teresa Comerate, Jacob Dannenberg, Tallulah Gordon, Brandie Hinchy, Hannah Korytkowski, Peter Lukasiewicz, Mia Marino, Francoise Muharareni, Kojo Ocran, Stephanie Rivera, Rylee Shott, Jezebel Sunshine, Sonia Swann, Sierra Tuller, Lawrencine Yarborough

Graduate Students
Fiona Kier, Jessica Phillips, Amy Walter

The CSEA Local 640 Veterans Committee will be selling “In Memory Of” tags during the month of May to remember loved ones who served in the military. Proceeds will benefit WNY Heroes service dogs. Tags can be purchased in the Campbell Student Union during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) on the following dates and will be hung in the showcase. The cost is $1 per tag.

Tuesday, May 2
Thursday, May 4
Tuesday, May 9
Thursday, May 11
Tuesday, May 16
Thursday, May 18

Tags will also be available from the following individuals:

Julie Wholf, Administrative Assistant 1, Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership
Bacon Hall 302  |  (716) 878-5916

Susan Dickinson, Administrative Assistant 1, Great Lakes Center
Science and Mathematics Complex 319  |  (716) 878-4329

Joseph Abston, Trades Specialist (Locksmith)
Clinton Center Main Office  |  (716) 878-4513

Rose Hyman, Office Assistant 1 (Keyboarding)
Weigel Health Center Front Desk  |  (716) 878-6712

Please contact Julie Wholf with questions.

Registration is open for the SUNY Center for Professional Development's OTTER Spring Course Design Institute, May 8–June 16.

The OTTER Institute (Online Teaching: Technology and Educational Resources), free to all SUNY campus members, is an opportunity for online practitioners, regardless of teaching modality, to learn more about online education’s innovations, trends, and challenges. Once again, they are responding to the new digital learning environment’s implementation and focusing their programming on Brightspace.

Each six-week component of the 2023 OTTER Institute will consist of a weekly two-hour webinar that will be recorded and housed within the CPD’s Brightspace environment. See examples of best practices for course design and delivery within Brightspace. Learn about the tools and features within Brightspace that will help you create and deliver effective and engaging digital course content.

OTTER participants can attend the sessions live or review the recording and companion materials online. Following the weekly webinars, participants will have an opportunity to work with instructional designers and Brightspace experts to build or redesign their Brightspace course materials.

To register or for more information, including the institute agenda and a complete list of the weekly topics and activities, please visit the SUNY CPD website.

Registration is open for the 2023 J. P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge on Thursday, June 15, in Delaware Park. The 3.5-mile race starts at 6:25 p.m. Please register online for the Buffalo State University team. The registration fee is $38 per person.

We thank the President's Office, the Provost's Office, and United University Professions for their sponsorship of this annual event. Please encourage colleagues to register. The Corporate Challenge is a great time to connect with colleagues and community partners. The registration fee includes the hospitality tent, a team T-shirt, and much more. Registration will close May 20 or once capacity is reached.

More information is available on the J. P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge website.

Please join the Chemistry Department for the seminar "Method Development and Validation of Total Mercury Content in Effluent Wastewater by Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy," presented by Sandra Ogedengbe, graduate student at SUNY Buffalo State, on Thursday, April 20, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Science and Mathematics Complex 176. 

Abstract
The presence and concentration of ambient mercury contamination in our natural environment and workplaces will continue to be closely monitored and regulated as it imposes grave implications and serious risks to human health. Ongoing quantitative analysis has already become a routine part of industrial chemical plants’ in-process and end-stage testing. Mercury contamination in waste generated by these chemical processes can present substantial operational hurdles as compliance must be demonstrated by treatment, accurate measurement, and reporting of waste materials against stringently low limits before it can be released from the site into natural bodies of water or the municipal water supply. 

An accurate and reliable low-level method of analysis for the chemical detection and quantitation of total mercury content in effluent wastewater from an industrial chemical plant has been validated and deemed suitable for its intended use. The method validation parameters included an assessment of selectivity, linearity (range), accuracy, precision, and robustness. Acceptable system suitability and sample results for all experiments were demonstrated according to current acceptable practices and limits laid forth in a pre-determined validation plan.