The Hospitality and Tourism Department cordially invites faculty and staff members to celebrate Buffalo State College's 150th Anniversary at the 26th Annual Hospitality Ambassador Awards on Wednesday, April 20, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 214.

This year’s recipients:

• Jake Brach, manager of culinary programs and community engagement, Rich Products Corp.
• Karen M. Andolina Scott, executive director, Journey’s End Refugee Services
• Renee Ratliff, life coach/volunteer coordinator, College-Based Transition Program

Outstanding hospitality students will also be recognized for their achievements, including winners of the Statler Foundation Scholarship Awards and Campus House Members' Award

A light dinner, and refreshments courtesy of Donald Schmitter, lecturer of hospitality and tourism, and students in the Hospitality Catering course, will be served in Caudell Hall’s Statler Foundation Room immediately following the ceremony. The cost is $25. You may request a link to the program’s online payment form or pay at the door with cash or a check payable to the Campus House Student Program Fund

RSVP by Thursday, April 14, by emailing the hospitality program; please include your name and email address in your reply. For more information, please email Kathleen O’Brien, chair of the Hospitality and Tourism Department, or call (716) 878-3359.

Weigel Health Promotion is still collecting used eyeglasses, hearing aids, and cell phones in the vestibule of the Weigel Wellness Center during business hours, Monday–Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A huge thank-you goes out to everyone who has donated so far!

Eyeglasses will be donated to the Lions Club International Foundation’s recycling center to benefit LCI’s vision programs.  

Hearing aids will be donated to the Hearing Aid Project.  

Cell phones will be donated, in collaboration with the Dean of Students Office, to benefit Verizon’s efforts to aid victims of domestic violence.  

Please contact Paula Madrigal, assistant director of prevention and health promotions, with questions.

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From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
Two at-large College Senate positions will become vacant on August 29, 2022. At-large senators represent the entirety of the college. All full-time faculty and professional staff members are eligible to run for these seats provided they meet other eligibility requirements (see below).

A call for nominations and information about candidates’ statements can be found on the College Senate website. The call for nominations begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 18, and continues through 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 22. Elections for these positions will run from 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 25, to 11:59 p.m. Friday, April 29.

Senate elections conducted by the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, the School of the Professions, and the Professional Staff Caucus should be concluded before April 29.

Eligibility: Current College Senate members who are completing two consecutive terms in their respective positions are not eligible for reelection. For additional information on eligibility requirements, please consult the Bylaws of the College Faculty on the College Senate website.

Campaigning: The College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee strongly discourages using college email services for campaigning. Please limit campaigning to the candidate statement posted on the College Senate website, available to the college community on Monday, April 25.

Please note: Individuals running for a senator position in another election may not also run for an at-large senator position while the other election is being conducted. If the other election concludes during the period when nominations for at-large senators are still being accepted, eligible individuals may self-nominate for the position.

If you are interested in being a candidate, please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate. We look forward to your participation in the vital process of campus governance.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The third meeting of the College Senate for spring 2022 will be held tomorrow, April 8, at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 215 (Newman Lecture Hall). Please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, with questions.

Buffalo State students are invited to attend a free special event, "Communications and Kittens," on Wednesday, April 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Buckham Hall A200. Students will work in teams to create PR campaigns to adopt kittens from Ten Lives Club.

PR professionals will serve as coaches, kittens will be in attendance, and refreshments will be served. The event is cohosted by the Buffalo State chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and PRSA Buffalo Niagara. Students should register by Sunday, April 10, on the PRSA Buffalo Niagara website.

Buffalo State College's official web products are mandated to be accessible to all. To ensure ADA accessibility, college websites are designed and developed in adherence with the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA standards. Please note that web accessibility requirements extend to include all images, documents (including PDFs and Word documents), videos, and applications residing on college web pages, as well as any third-party products connected to sites.

Each area with a web presence is responsible for ensuring that the content, images, documents, and videos found on their site are compliant with WCAG 2.0 Level AA standards. This web accessibility page explains how to complete an ADA check and also provides resources for closing compliance gaps, including specific guidance for PDF and Microsoft Office documents. 

Marketing and Communications web staff provide accessibility training as part of our regular Drupal training. The team also runs ADA checks on all Drupal sites on a rotating basis as well as by request; findings are shared with primary web contacts (PWCs) for any needed remediation.

ADA compliance is a campuswide effort, and we appreciate your diligence in helping fulfill this mandate. Please feel free to contact Melissa Meehan, web administration director, with questions.

For those interested in learning more about accessibility from a variety of perspectives, the 13th annual CUNY Accessibility Conference, "The State of Accessibility: Are We Living Up to the Promise of Compliance and the Law," will take place online April 11-14. This virtual conference is free; registration is open until Monday, April 11.

Online registration is open for the eighth annual multidisciplinary SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC), an all-day event hosted by Buffalo State College on Saturday, April 23. It includes a luncheon and keynote address, along with student presentations of their research. The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) covers SURC registration fees for all accepted Buffalo State student presenters and their faculty mentors.

OUR is once again offering the reduced $15 price “Early Bird Special” on printing 30-by-40-inch posters for SURC for student presenters. To take advantage of this special price, the poster file (PPT/PPTX or PDF formats) must be submitted to the Design and Print Center by Wednesday, April 13, at 4:00 p.m. SURC posters will be accepted for printing until Friday, April 15, but at the full price of $25.

Father Pat of the Newman Center welcomes the campus community to join him for worship during Holy Week.

Holy Thursday, April 14: Mass of the Lord's Supper at 6:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Religious Arts Center, 157 East Street, Buffalo

Good Friday, April 15: Stations of the Cross at 12:05 p.m. in the Student Union Assembly Hall; Passion of the Lord at 1:30 p.m. at Buffalo Religious Arts Center, 157 East Street, Buffalo

Easter Sunday, April 17: Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the Student Union Assembly Hall

The campus community is invited to participate in a free electronics recycling event hosted by the Buffalo State Child Care Center on Tuesday, April 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on campus in Lot R-13 (next to Buckham Hall). This will be a drive-through service for personal items only. 

Acceptable Items
Computers, monitors, laptops, modems, servers, microwaves, cell phones, fax machines, copiers, CD players, IT equipment, visual equipment, telecom equipment, GPS units, and peripherals audio.

Unacceptable Items
Light bulbs or fixtures, freon-containing items (refrigerators, air conditioners), TVs, and household appliances.

There is a suggested donation of $5 per item. Monetary donations will be graciously accepted and used for funding the Buffalo State Child Care Center.

Disposal services are provided by Maven Technologies.

*Please note that state equipment should not be disposed of at this event. This event is for personal equipment only. Any state equipment is required to be surplused through Property Control using a surplus form.

Thank you!

Please be reminded that registration for the summer and fall 2022 semesters begins at 6:00 a.m. today, April 6, for priority groups, and then each day, a new group is eligible. Once a student's registration start date occurs, registration is then continuous. Students can view their registration start date directly in Banner. A general reference chart is available: summer/fall 2022 web registration schedule. All continuing students are strongly encouraged to register early to secure their desired schedule and to use Schedule Planner. Schedule Planner is the only tool that has the option for students to search for Open Classes, classes that have seats available.