Nominations are now being accepted for the Celebration of Community Engagement Awards. These awards recognize students, faculty, staff, and community partners who make a difference locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally through civic and community engagement initiatives throughout the academic year.  Although nominations will be accepted throughout the spring semester, it is important to capture the accomplishments of fall 2020. 

Three faculty awards bring recognition to early career, mid-career, and faculty leaders in community engagement. The campus community is also encouraged to nominate deserving students, student groups, community partners, faculty members, or classes for their outstanding achievements for fall 2020 and spring 2021 community engagement activities.

Please help us recognize individuals who have gone above and beyond this year. More information and the nomination web form can be found on the CCE website. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, April 23, 2021.

The President's Civic Action Plan Implementation Committee is asking all staff members (UUP, CSEA, PEF, M/C) to complete a brief online survey to report their community engagement activities. This information will help the members of the Staff Recognition for Community Engagement Workgroup identify strategies to recognize, promote, and expand staff community engagement efforts. We sincerely appreciate your help in providing essential data to demonstrate the commitment to our local community of SUNY’s urban-engaged campus. If you have not done so already, please take a few minutes to complete the suryey. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 23. Thank you.

Please join the Civic and Community Engagement Office for the webinar "Honoring Ways of Knowing for Biocultural Restoration and Resilience in the Face of Climate Change" on Thursday, January 14, 2021, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. This event is presented by Campus Compact as part of its National Webinar Series and is free to members of the Buffalo State community. Speakers are Atina Pascua, Robert Franco, Denise Pierson, and Ulla Hasager.

Our civic engagement work with and in diverse communities is authentic to the extent that we honor and amplify the ways of knowing of our partners, be they experts from community-based organizations, communities of color, or the indigenous cultures of our places. Shared respect for different ways of knowing is the foundation for mutually beneficial, lasting, and transformational partnerships. Four case studies will highlight the process of honoring community ways of knowing. Participants will reflect on their "amplifying" of the diverse ways of knowing of their community partners, and their "humbling" of their own academic ways of knowing. They will identify existing strong partnerships that provide a bracing foundation for biocultural restoration, environmental justice, community resilience, and climate change.

Key learning outcomes: Attendees will learn (1) to amplify diverse ways of knowing and humble their own specialized knowing; (2) to prioritize other ways of knowing in building authentic partnerships; (3) to identify strong partnerships for biocultural restoration, environmental justice, community resilience, and climate change; and (4) to value students' diverse ways of knowing.

Please register online for this webinar as for as many other presentations in the National Webinar Series as you would like.

The Buffalo State College Theater Department and Casting Hall Productions are proud to announce that our production of Mother C is being extended through December 16. Join us for the virtual streaming of our production of Mother C, a contemporary adaptation of Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht, written by Ansley Valentine and directed by associate professor of theater Jonathan Seinen.

Tickets are free for Buffalo State students, $5 general admission, and are available online. Your ticket code is valid any time between now and Wednesday, December 16, at midnight, so that you may view the performance at your convenience. 

As civil unrest sweeps across the country, an industrious businesswoman and her children are trying to make a buck. Mother C, an unscrupulous survivor of epic proportions, strikes out to make a good living in bad times. But when is the price of sacrificing one’s humanity too high? Based on Brecht’s twentieth-century theatrical classic, Mother C reimagines a morality tale for our times.

Featuring student actors Zachary Becker, Marykate Beyer, Zoe Gonez, Corey Gorski, Ian Hagerty, Isaiah Hancock, Summer Harris, Ben Kutnyak, Kenny Lam, Kennedy Lee, Gabriella McKinley, Jeanvier Nkurunziza, Yenessa Rodriguez, Joshua Sinclair, and Kajana Stover.

This virtual presentation has embedded ASL interpretation as well as a CC option.

The Buffalo State College Theater Department and Casting Hall Productions are proud to announce that our production of Mother C is being extended through December 16. Join us for the virtual streaming of our production of Mother C, a contemporary adaptation of Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht, written by Ansley Valentine and directed by associate professor of theater Jonathan Seinen.

Tickets are free for Buffalo State students, $5 general admission, and are available online. Your ticket code is valid any time between now and Wednesday, December 16, at midnight, so that you may view the performance at your convenience. 

As civil unrest sweeps across the country, an industrious businesswoman and her children are trying to make a buck. Mother C, an unscrupulous survivor of epic proportions, strikes out to make a good living in bad times. But when is the price of sacrificing one’s humanity too high? Based on Brecht’s twentieth-century theatrical classic, Mother C reimagines a morality tale for our times.

Featuring student actors Zachary Becker, Marykate Beyer, Zoe Gonez, Corey Gorski, Ian Hagerty, Isaiah Hancock, Summer Harris, Ben Kutnyak, Kenny Lam, Kennedy Lee, Gabriella McKinley, Jeanvier Nkurunziza, Yenessa Rodriguez, Joshua Sinclair, and Kajana Stover.

This virtual presentation has embedded ASL interpretation as well as a CC option.

The University Police Department temporarily suspended the grooming standards for the department to allow officers to participate in the eighth annual Goatees and Beards for Charity fundraiser. Participants contributed $50 each to grow a goatee or $75 each to grow a beard for eight weeks, until December 31, to benefit this charitable event. This year, 23 officers participated and raised $1,625 to be donated to the Western New York Police Helpline, which provides 24/7 confidential assistance, information, and referrals by trained police peers to working and retired police officers, corrections officers, dispatchers, and their families. The helpline assists with any issues that may affect work and family life.

The President’s Institutional Innovation Advisory Council (IIAC) invites faculty and staff members to provide feedback on the Campus Culture and Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Survey results that were shared via the Daily Bulletin on Monday, November 16. The focus groups will provide a forum to gather additional ideas and input from the campus community to inform focus areas in the next strategic plan. More specifically, the IIAC is interested in connecting with faculty and staff members to learn more about the many ways our work environment and culture have shifted, what has stayed the same since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and ideas for what Buffalo State College should focus on in the strategic plan being created during the spring 2021 semester. Please click of the focus groups links below within your employment category to register for a focus group through the Workshop Registration System.

Focus Group for AVPs, Deans, Associate Deans, and Directors

• Monday, January 11, 4:00–5:30 p.m.

Focus Groups for Full-Time Faculty

• Friday, December 11, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
• Tuesday, December 15, 2:30–4:00 p.m.

Focus Groups for Adjunct Faculty

• Wednesday, December 16, 5:00–6:30 p.m.

Focus Groups for Classified Staff, Police, Skilled Trades, and Maintenance Employees

• Tuesday, December 15, noon–1:30 p.m.
• Thursday, January 14, 3:00–4:30 p.m.

Focus Groups for Professional Staff (UUP)

• Monday, December 14, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 16, noon–1:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 5, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
• Thursday, January 7, 1:00–2:30 p.m.
• Friday, January 8, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 12, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
• Thursday, January 14, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
• Friday, January 15, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
• Friday, January 15, 1:00–2:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 20, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
• Thursday, January 21, 1:00–2:30 p.m.
• Friday, January 22, noon–1:30 p.m.

Today is the last day to submit items for the January 4 issue of the Daily Bulletin. The deadline is 2:00 p.m. The Daily will take a holiday break beginning tomorrow, December 24, through Friday, January 1. During the break, users may submit items for Tuesday, January 5, and beyond. Happy holidays from Marketing and Communications!

The Daily Bulletin will take a holiday break from Thursday, December 24, 2020, to Friday, January 1, 2021. The deadline for submissions for the January 4 issue is 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 23. During the break, users may submit items for Tuesday, January 5, and beyond. Happy holidays from Marketing and Communications!

The summer 2021 master schedule is now available online.