Butler Library has published a Civic and Community Engagement for Faculty LibGuide that contains helpful information for faculty members interested in integrating community engagement into their teaching and research.

The guide provides a list of resources such as published research and scholarship, journal articles, suggested readings, best practices, community engagement organizations and associations, and more. Resources such as faculty e-training videos, faculty service-learning handbook, and a special section highlighting research focused on virtual and online service learning are also available. 

Our goal is to support community-engaged teaching and learning, as well as community-engaged research and scholarship at Buffalo State College. If you have resources you’d like us to add or have suggestions for improving the guide, please contact the CCE. 

The Civic and Community Engagement Office, in partnership with the Political Science and Public Administration Department, is sponsoring a presidential inauguration virtual watch party on Wednesday, January 20, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We would like to encourage our campus community and neighbors to join us in observing the ceremony. You can join the watch party in a socially distanced manner from home via Zoom. To RSVP, please register online. Please feel free to wear red, white, and blue as we join together to witness the time-honored traditions of inauguration day.

The Barnes & Noble Starbucks Café is open for takeout! Our hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

We have some delicious deals going on all semester long.  

• BOGO: Stop in any Thursday or Friday from 2:00 p.m. until close to take part in this sweet deal. Buy any 16-ounce beverage and get any 16-ounce beverage absolutely free. (If the café is closing before 2:00 p.m. on Fridays, this offer will be valid the last two hours we are open.)
• $4 Pair: Pair a danish, muffin, brownie, or croissant with any size hot or iced tea or hot or iced coffee for just $4.

January Deals

• Sweet Street Bakery: Our gluten-free Sweet Street bakery items are two for $4. Mix or match between the manifesto brownie and Rice Krispy treat.
• Get $1 off any stuffed pretzel or ham fold-over. Choose between the stuffed pizza pretzel or the stuffed spinach and feta pretzel.

February “Sneak Peek” Deals
Introducing "Motivation Mondays”: Every Monday in February, stop in and get a 16-ounce mocha/white mocha or caramel macchiato for just $2.

Daily Soup Specials
In addition to these deals, we also offer the following daily soup specials:*

• Monday - chicken noodle
• Tuesday - tomato basil
• Wednesday - cheesy chicken tortilla
• Thursday - broccoli and cheddar
• Friday - chili

*Soup schedule subject to change

Blackboard will deploy its Collaborate Ultra v20.24 release, which includes the addition of an in-session support chatbot and updates to recording privacy status, on Thursday, January 14, from 2:00 to 6:00 a.m. Collaborate Ultra customers will experience intermittent availability during the maintenance window.

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is our campus-supported web conferencing solution. For more information, please refer to Blackboard's Release Notes for Collaborate Ultra.

As we prepare for spring 2021, please join us for the webinar "Q&A: Accessible Content," presented by Meghan Pereira, director of instructional design and training, on Tuesday, January 26, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Attend this session and bring your questions and concerns about accessibility and meeting student accommodation. The lab will be "staffed" by members of the Instructional Design and Training team and Student Accessibility Services. Whether you have a general question about how you can support students or a more specific question about how to make one of your documents accessible, we will do our best to help. There is no agenda for this session; show up when you can within the allotted time and leave when you have to.

You can access the webinar using Meghan's Remote Teaching Workshops Room. Please review the BbCollaborate website to become familiar with using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra as a participant, if you'd like.

Google Chrome or Firefox is strongly recommended as a browser. If you have a webcam and microphone, that's great. If not, you should be able to get everything you need as long as your headset or speakers are working. Questions can also be typed in the Chat window.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

As we prepare for spring 2021, please join us for the webinar "Q&A: Accessible Content," presented by Meghan Pereira, director of instructional design and training, on Wednesday, January 20, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Attend this session and bring your questions and concerns about accessibility and meeting student accommodation. The lab will be "staffed" by members of the Instructional Design and Training team and Student Accessibility Services. Whether you have a general question about how you can support students or a more specific question about how to make one of your documents accessible, we will do our best to help. There is no agenda for this session; show up when you can within the allotted time and leave when you have to.

You can access the webinar using Meghan's Remote Teaching Workshops Room. Please review the BbCollaborate website to become familiar with using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra as a participant, if you'd like. 

Google Chrome or Firefox is strongly recommended as a browser. If you have a webcam and microphone, that's great. If not, you should be able to get everything you need as long as your headset or speakers are working. Questions can also be typed in the Chat window.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

As we prepare for spring 2021, please join us for the webinar "Basically HIP (High-Impact Practice) Certificate Program'" presented by John Draeger, director of the Teaching and Learning Center, on Friday, January 15, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

High-impact learning practices involve a significant investment of student effort over time, with multiple interactions between faculty members and students about substantive matters as well as opportunities for frequent feedback and structured reflection. This program can help instructors take a fresh look at their courses to discover ways to up their HIP quotient (including in remote environments). Anyone interested in the program can watch this short video and complete this form.

You can access the webinar using the Teaching and Learning Center meeting room. Please review the BbCollaborate website to become familiar with using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra as a participant, if you'd like.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

As we prepare for spring 2021, please join us for the webinar "Adding Gamification and Badging to an Online/Remote Course," presented by Andrea Nikischer, associate professor of adult education, on Friday, January 15, from noon to 12:50 p.m.

This webinar will prepare instructors to add basic elements of gamification to an online or remote course. Participants will learn how to create badges in Blackboard. Examples from an online graduate course will be shared.  

You can access the webinar using the Teaching and Learning Center meeting room. Please review the BbCollaborate website to become familiar with using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra as a participant, if you'd like.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Winterim provides a variety of activities to support the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of the Buffalo State community. Winterim will be held January 19–22 and is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and learn from one another. Sessions this year include learning about how to create a cheese board, preventing screen-time burnout, trivia, and many more. Please register for sessions in the Workshop Registration System (LibCal).

The NYS Employee Assistance Program continues to host the very popular WellNYS Daily To-Do e-mail. This program sends a daily e-mail with a tip that encourages a healthful behavior. Sign up to receive the WellNYS Daily To-Do e-mail every morning.

The WellNYS Everyday Monthly Challenge Program is another option that promotes practicing a healthful behavior for 20 days out of the month, which hopefully develops into a habit. Sign up for the WellNYS Everyday Monthly Challenge Program.

January Monthly Challenge: Start or pursue a hobby.