From the Chair of the College Senate
The next meeting of the College Senate for fall 2022 will be held Friday, October 14, at 3:00 p.m. in Newman Lecture Hall, Bulger Communication Center 215. Kimberly Kline, professor of higher education administration, serves as chair of the College Senate for the 2022–2023 academic year. Please contact Dr. Kline with questions.

We encourage everyone to visit the College Senate website to catch up on Senate news, find podcasts and minutes of past meetings, review reports and resolutions, and more.

The Civic and Community Engagement Office would like to thank?the many faculty, staff, and students who made this year’s Bengals Dare to Care Day a success. It was so wonderful to see you bring your classes, teams, and advisees to participate alongside you in a morning of service. We appreciate your taking the time to support the logistics of the event by serving as site coordinators and event assistants. Bengals Dare to Care Day would not be possible without your contribution of time and service.

Thank you to the following faculty, staff, and students:

Event Assistants: Dan Blum, Randy Bowen, Justin Crossfox, Joy Guarino, Denise Harris, Kristin Helling, Jasmine Holt, Kristine Kaminsky, Lisa Kragbe, Christine Lai, Pam Voyer, and Katie Welsted

Site Coordinators: Mary Adekanbi, Nuralaion Alhadeethi, Fajri Ansari, Liza Bair, Mohmed Balde, Matt Baran, Katelyn Brickhouse, Xiamara Brooks, Sandra Copeland, Layla DuBose, Rebecca Eggleston, Oghenetega Eruotor, Carlissia Ford, Judi Harris, Tricia Herritt, Shelly Inniss-Jackson, Jude Jayatilleke, Matthew Karovski, Ava Labella, Charles Lyons, Steve Mayoral, Erin McKendry, Amy McMillan, Carole Miller-Canestrari, Andrea Milner, Alexander Minney, Erika Mitchell, Marta Moore, Faherty Nielsen, Marybeth Nugent, Keunyoung Oh, Steve Peraza, Sara Rinehart, Olivia Rodriguez, Tim Sager, Jenny Serniuk, Dana Faye Serure, Lisa Thagard, Agnes Tuffour, Kayla Wolinski, Lori Woods, Tina Wynne, and Jaylyn Zimmer

Please note the following as of Wednesday, October 5:

• Both the J-Term 2023 and spring 2023 master schedules are viewable online on the Registrar's Office website, directly in Banner, and directly in Schedule Planner.
• Students can view any holds, if applicable, directly in Banner.
• Students can view their registration start date (time ticket) directly in Banner.
• The general web registration schedule (PDF, 80 KB) has been posted online.

Registration begins at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 2, and is then continuous.

The Community Academic Center (CAC) is looking for individual volunteers, student organizations, and additional collaborations with service-learning faculty to help fill in programming gaps this semester. The after-school S.T.E.A.M. program, which runs from October 4 through December 9, is for middle school students and includes a wide variety of partnerships and collaborations focused on science education, computer science, dance, and music education. The CAC is always open to new ideas. If you have knowledge of a specific topic or a special talent you would like to share, please let us know. Both one-time volunteers and consistent volunteers are welcome! 

If you are interested, please complete the interest form, call (716) 878-3919, or email Jenny Serniuk, program coordinator, to learn more about this opportunity.

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

Title: Senior Staff Assistant / Associate Director of Parking Services
Department: Parking Services Office
Rank: SL-3
Negotiating Unit: UUP

Brief Job Description
The associate director of parking services is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day and strategic operations of the Parking Services Department. The incumbent is responsible for maintaining electronic and other office records, supervising student employees, approving time sheets, scheduling student employees, collecting delinquent parking accounts, reconciling payments, overseeing the electronic (or web-based) parking permit POS system, issuing temporary and visitor parking permits, and coordinating special parking accommodations for campus visitors.

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 Friday, October 21.

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

Title: Senior Staff Assistant / Associate Director of Parking Services
Department: Parking Services Office
Rank: SL-3
Negotiating Unit: UUP

Brief Job Description
The associate director of parking services is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day and strategic operations of the Parking Services Department. The incumbent is responsible for maintaining electronic and other office records, supervising student employees, approving time sheets, scheduling student employees, collecting delinquent parking accounts, reconciling payments, overseeing the electronic (or web-based) parking permit POS system, issuing temporary and visitor parking permits, and coordinating special parking accommodations for campus visitors.

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 Friday, October 21.

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

Title: Senior Staff Assistant / Associate Director of Parking Services
Department: Parking Services Office
Rank: SL-3
Negotiating Unit: UUP

Brief Job Description
The associate director of parking services is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day and strategic operations of the Parking Services Department. The incumbent is responsible for maintaining electronic and other office records, supervising student employees, approving time sheets, scheduling student employees, collecting delinquent parking accounts, reconciling payments, overseeing the electronic (or web-based) parking permit POS system, issuing temporary and visitor parking permits, and coordinating special parking accommodations for campus visitors.

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 Friday, October 21.

The Political Science and Public Administration Department is pleased to announce the next talk in its Fall 2022 Public Service Lecture Series, a presentation by Eve Holberg, planner and project manager with Joy Kuebler Landscape Architect PC, on Wednesday, October 19, at 4:30 p.m. in Buckham Hall A122.

Ms. Holberg will discuss economic development as a key role of local governments and also the criticisms of the inequality and inequity that often derives from these policies.

The Political Science and Public Administration Department is pleased to announce the next talk in its fall 2022 Public Service Lecture Series, a presentation by Brian Kulpa, Town of Amherst supervisor, former mayor of Williamsville, and principal architect and planner with Clark Patterson Lee, on Wednesday, October 12, at 4:30 p.m. in Buckham Hall A122.

Mr. Kulpa will discuss the role of architecture, green buildings, and neo-traditional urban design on sustainability.

From the Dean of the School of Education
The campus community is cordially invited to attend a naming celebration for the Michael and Nancy Chicola International Professional Development Schools Consortium and the Christmann Family Educational Leadership Program on Friday, October 7, at 11:30 a.m. in Horace Mann Quad.*

Much like the Woods-Beals and Hank Mann endowments, these legacy gifts are being given by faculty members and alumni to continue the work they found so richly fulfilling at Buffalo State. 

Nancy Chicola, ’66, associate professor emerita of elementary education and reading, has worked tirelessly to make international education an integral part of Buffalo State’s teacher education program opportunities. A driving force behind the School of Education’s international education initiatives, Dr. Chicola led student-teacher trips to Chile, Italy, and Zambia. She also started the Nancy Chicola International Travel Support Fund to promote student research and travel. Dr. Chicola and her husband, Michael, were great world travelers. Michael Chicola, always a supporter of his wife’s work and passions, left her a legacy that she wished to pass on to Buffalo State to keep the IPDS Consortium growing and vitally important to teaching around the world.

The Christmann family has included multiple generations of teachers and educational leaders. Robert “Bob” Christmann, ’75, ’76; his wife, Karen, ’77, ’81; and his sister, Kathryn, have dedicated legacy gifts to continue the work that Bob Christmann inspired in Buffalo State’s educational leadership program, where he continues to serve as an instructor and mentor to candidates seeking to become principals and school district leaders. A career educator, Mr. Christmann is a former superintendent of the Grand Island School District and the Newark Central School District in Wayne County. He is still very active in the educational leadership arena. Karen Christmann was a special education and reading teacher for the Canandaigua City School District.

We hope you can join us as we honor the generosity and vision of these dedicated donors.

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*In the event of inclement weather, the celebration will be moved to Bacon Hall 117.

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