Please join us for a five-week grant-writing workshop series, “Ready, Set, Write,” February 14–March 21. Participants will learn how to improve their chances of getting funded through solid planning and organization, smart writing, and collaboration. This opportunity is designed for startup grant writers and grant seekers across the disciplines to begin exploring what it takes to get a proposal developed and submitted for external funding.

Participants will

• read How to Say It: Grantwriting; Write Proposals That Grantmakers Want to Fund, by Deborah S. Koch (copies provided by the Teaching and Learning Center);
• post to online discussions;
• participate in live meetings (via Zoom) from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. on February 22, March 1, and March 8.

To achieve a completion certificate, you must participate in online discussions and live virtual meetings.

If you’re interested in participating, please complete the following short application. Please contact John Draeger, professor of philosophy and director of the Teaching and Learning Center, with questions.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day—Monday, January 17—is an official state holiday. The college will be closed.

The 2022 holiday observance schedule is available on the Human Resource Management website. 

Resource: 2022 Calendar of Legal Holidays (ny.gov)

Blackboard will deploy its Collaborate Ultra v21.24 release on Thursday, January 13, between 2:00 and 6:00 a.m. Collaborate Ultra customers will experience intermittent availability during the maintenance window.

For more information on the update, please see Blackboard's Release Notes for Collaborate Ultra.

Individual Collaborate training can be scheduled through the Innovation and Learning Collaborative Bookings page.

Winterim provides a variety of activities to support the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of the Buffalo State community. Winterim will be held January 18–21 and is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and learn from one another. Sessions this year include Intro to Knitting, Therapy Dogs, Buffalo State Trivia, and many more. Please register for sessions through the Workshop Registration System (LibCal).

Please join the Civic and Community Engagement Office for the webinar "Exploring Core Commitments and Building Blocks of Civic Identity: A Conversation," featuring speakers Lauren Etchells, Alexandra Koch, and Thomas Schnaubelt from Stanford University's Haas Center for Public Service, on Thursday, February 10, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. This event is presented by Campus Compact as part of its National Webinar Series and is free to members of the Buffalo State College community.

The concept of “civic identity” is perhaps intuitive, particularly for people who attend Campus Compact gatherings, but it is not well explored or understood. Colleges and universities are often places where students critically examine and develop greater understanding around a wide range of identities: racial, ethnic, gender, spiritual, political, national, and many others. We develop courses, programs, and support networks that allow students to experiment, explore, and develop greater understanding of individual identities, and how systems of oppression and power and privilege afforded certain identities influence our society. But we rarely take time to define and explore what “civic identity” is, how it is formed, or how it intersects with our other identities.

Please register online for this webinar and any others in the National Webinar Series that may interest you.

The name of Buffalo State's course evaluation software is changing from EvaluationKIT to Watermark Course Evaluations and Surveys (CES) on Thursday, January 13. Department chairs and those with administrative access to course evaluations will now be referred to as CES administrators. 

These changes are largely visual in nature and will not affect the functionality, workflows, or URLs of the system; however, please be aware that links in Blackboard, as well as other reference points and materials, will look different.

A detailed overview of the product changes is available on the Watermark website (PDF, 655 KB).

Please contact Tiffany Fuzak, research analyst in Institutional Effectiveness and Planning, (716) 878-4132, with questions or concerns.

Thank you for your patience as we make this transition.

The new standard mileage rate for personal automobile travel has increased to 58.5 cents per mile. 

Please direct any questions to the Accounts Payable Department, (716) 878-4117.

Buffalo State College will host a semiannual blood drive in support of its community and corporate partner ConnectLife (formerly UNYTS) today, February 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. The event has been organized in collaboration with the Events Management Office and in compliance with all guidelines in the college’s Campus Events and Visitors Protocol. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, blood supplies in Western New York are critically low. Appointments are not necessary but can be made by calling ConnectLife at (716) 529-4270 or online through the ConnectLife website. All donors must wear a face mask. Donors will receive two tickets to a Buffalo Bandits game.

Buffalo State College will host a semiannual blood drive in support of its community and corporate partner ConnectLife (formerly UNYTS) tomorrow, February 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. The event has been organized in collaboration with the Events Management Office and in compliance with all guidelines in the college’s Campus Events and Visitors Protocol. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, blood supplies in Western New York are critically low. Appointments are not necessary but can be made by calling ConnectLife at (716) 529-4270 or online through the ConnectLife website. All donors must wear a face mask. Donors will receive two tickets to a Buffalo Bandits game.

Buffalo State College will host a semiannual blood drive in support of its community and corporate partner ConnectLife (formerly UNYTS) on Tuesday, February 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. The event has been organized in collaboration with the Events Management Office and in compliance with all guidelines in the college’s Campus Events and Visitors Protocol. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, blood supplies in Western New York are critically low. Appointments are not necessary but can be made by calling ConnectLife at (716) 529-4270 or online through the ConnectLife website. All donors must wear a face mask. Donors will receive two tickets to a Buffalo Bandits game.