Summer 2022 tutoring hours for students are as follows:

Writing Center: May 13–August 12. Online only.
Synchronous: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Noon–5:00 p.m. Asynchronous available. More details on the Writing Center web page.

STAR-NY: May 15–August 25. Online. Math and writing only during summer hours.
Sunday through Thursday nights, 7:00 p.m.–midnight. Log in on the STAR-NY web page.

Math Center, Other Subject Tutoring, and EOP/ACE: No regular summer hours.

The Buffalo State College Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will offer the workshop “Civilian Response to Active Shooter,” presented by Richard Myers, CERT Task Force member and a lieutenant with the University Police Department, on Thursday, June 9, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. in Bulger Communication Center 217. All Buffalo State faculty and staff members are invited to attend. You do not have to be a CERT member. Registration is required by Tuesday, June 7.

From the Chair of the 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 2022–2023 academic year:

College Senate Chair
Kimberly Kline, Professor, Higher Education Administration

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

Academic Plan Committee Chair
Jason Grinnell, Associate 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, Interim Associate Dean, School of the Professions; Associate Professor, Philosophy

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

Faculty and Staff Welfare Committee Chair
Kelly Boos, Pre-Health Advisement Program Manager, Biology

Instruction and Research Committee Chair
Gregory Wadsworth, Associate Professor, Biology

Standards for Students Committee Chair
Ken Fujiuchi, Head of Information Commons, Butler Library

Student Welfare Committee Vice Chair*
Raquel Schmidt, Associate Professor and Chair, Exceptional Education

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

Registration closes Wednesday, May 25, for the J. P. Morgan Corporate Challenge on Thursday, June 16, at 6:25 p.m. in Delaware Park. Please join the Buffalo State team and show your Bengals spirit. The registration fee of $38 includes two Corporate Challenge T-shirts and more. You can participate in this event by running, jogging, or walking. After the run, enjoy the hospitality tent with campus colleagues and challenge partners. This event is supported by the President's Office, UUP, and the Professional Staff Caucus.

Please register online by May 25. A limited number of participants are allowed, and slots are filling up fast.

Please contact Jude Jayatilleke, senior academic adviser in EOP, with questions.

In order to maintain a safe and secure computing environment at Buffalo State College, Information Technology will begin a campaign to update a number of campus PCs and Macs that are running older or unsupported operating systems. This includes

• updating PCs running the 1909 build of Windows 10 to the 21H2 build, and
• updating Macs running MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) to MacOS 12 (Monterey).

These updates will start Monday, June 6, and will be rolled out over the next several months. To minimize downtime, all updates will be scheduled outside of normal business hours (9:00 p.m.–3:00 a.m.).  

Please email the IT Help Desk with any questions or concerns. Thanks for your patience as these changes are implemented.

The NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training is pleased to announce its 2022 Summer Webinar Series. Webinars allow CSEA-represented New York State employees the opportunity to learn from the convenience of their office or home.

To participate in a webinar, employees must have access to a phone, a computer, and an Internet connection. Participants access a website to see the instructor’s computer screen and participate by using a telephone. Supervisory approval is not required for courses taken outside the normal workday. 

To view a list of available courses and to register, please visit the partnership's Summer Webinars page. Webinar classes fill quickly, so please register as soon as possible.

For further information, please visit the NYS & CSEA Partnership website.

The Civic and Community Engagement Office is happy to take donations in support of the community that is served by the Jefferson Avenue Tops.

Please drop off diapers and nonperishable food items at our office in South Wing 120 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays. We will collect items through Friday, May 27, and deliver them to our community partners who are providing food and supplies directly to community members.

We also welcome suggestions from the campus community about other ways to respond. Please contact us at cce@buffalostate.edu or (716) 878-3919.

Summer 2022 tutoring hours for students are as follows:

Writing Center
May 13–August 12
Online only. Synchronous: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Noon–5:00 p.m.
Asynchronous available. More details on the Writing Center web page.

STAR-NY
May 15–August 25
Online. Math and writing only during summer hours.
Sunday through Thursday nights, 7:00 p.m.–midnight. Log in on the STAR-NY web page.

Math Center, Other Subject Tutoring, and EOP/ACE
No regular summer hours.

The Continuing Professional Studies Office (CPS) is looking for graduate interns or high-achieving undergraduate students who are interested in an unpaid summer internship working with high school students participating in a summer bridge program on the Buffalo State campus.

The summer bridge program is a partnership between CPS and the Charter School for Applied Technologies and will run from 10:00 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays from July 11 to August 18. High school students will take a UNC course and have built-in study time as well as time for weekly workshops. CPS will support students both academically and non-academically by providing them with tutoring, mentoring, advisement, and help with strengthening their non-cognitive skills.

CPS is seeking interns who are interested in working closely with students to help ensure their academic and personal success during their college experience. Interns will help students navigate their day on campus, attend class with them, and help facilitate and manage lab time and workshops. Schedules would be about 15 hours a week. If you know a student who is interested, please have them email a résumé and cover letter to Tristin J. Salter, academic coordinator in Continuing Professional Studies.

Two educational technologies will be changing in the coming months and may require actions on your part to ensure a smooth transition:

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra (web conferencing): Contract ends June 30, 2022. 

When the SUNY contract with Blackboard Inc. ends, this will include Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, the web conferencing and recording component. While Blackboard Learn (LMS) will still be available until January 2023, Blackboard Collaborate will be unavailable for use after the spring 2022 semester. We recommend using an alternative for any summer 2022 courses and beyond.

• Download any Collaborate recordings that need to be saved and store them in OneDrive (archived) or Ensemble Video (active usage).
• If you need an alternative web conferencing solution, we support Microsoft Teams Meetings.
  ? Microsoft Support.
  ? Buffalo State IT Portal - Schedule online meetings with Microsoft Teams.
  ? Schedule an appointment with Instructional Design and Distance Learning. We're here over the summer, too!
  ? Attend an upcoming workshop.

Ensemble Video: Acquired by Panopto: Contract ends June 30, 2022.

Ensemble Video was acquired by Panopto in April 2021. SUNY ITEC is currently in conversation with Panopto about a seamless transition to the new platform. Before the transition, please delete or archive any videos that are no longer in use to reduce the number of videos that need to be migrated and help save on storage costs with Panopto.

• Clean up files in Ensemble Media Library.
• Register for an Ensemble Video Account Clean-Up Workshop, if needed.
• Schedule an Appointment with Instructional Design and Distance Learning. Again, we're available over the summer, too!

Be sure to monitor campus communications (email and Daily Bulletin) about future workshop opportunities on the new media server.