Please join us for the webinar "Combat to Classroom: What Our Campus Does and What Our Students Need," presented by Brad Baumgardner, veteran services coordinator, on Thursday, November 12, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. via Blackboard Collaborate.

Mr. Baumgardner will discuss the services provided to our military students and their immediate family members.?He will review the challenges of supporting this group of students as well as best practice tactics in helping them adjust to the academic college environment. Additional topics will include some of the financial aid and retention programs, on-campus events, and external resources available for students, staff, and faculty.?Open time for questions will be available at the end.?

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

TIAA financial representative Michael Spogli will be available for personal financial consultations with Buffalo State College faculty and staff members via telephone on Tuesday, October 27. 

Is it time to review your TIAA retirement or tax-deferred annuity account? Mr. Spogli can provide tools to help you meet your financial and retirement goals by answering any questions you may have regarding planning, budgeting, and meeting your savings goals.

To sign up online, please visit the TIAA website.

To accommodate your schedule, Mr. Spogli is also available other days of the week by request. If you would like to arrange a telephone consultation on a date other than the one listed above, please call or e-mail Michael Spogli, (585) 246-4631.

The 2020–2021 “Conversations in and out of the Disciplines” series begins this Friday, October 30, as Ruth Goldman, associate professor of media production in the Communication Department and coordinator of the women and gender studies program, presents “Cultivating Community: Interviewing as a Collaborative Process” at 3:00 p.m. on Zoom. (The talk might be delayed just a few minutes, pending conclusion of the Arts and Humanities meeting.) A Q&A and (virtual) wine and cheese reception will follow. Everyone is welcome.

Join the Zoom meeting.
Meeting ID: 880 0630 4538

Join by phone: (929) 205-6099 (New York)

Please also mark your calendars for the second talk of the semester, when John Torrey, assistant professor of philosophy, will present “The Possibility of Black Reparations” on Friday, November 20, at 3:00 p.m. (Zoom invitation forthcoming). Finally, stay tuned for more information about our upcoming talks this spring, which will include presentations by Jevon Hunter, Woods-Beals Endowed Chair in Urban Education in the School of Education and interim chair of the Social and Psychological Foundations of Education and Adult Education departments; Kristen Pastore-Capuana, assistant professor of English; and A. K. Shauku, assistant professor of political science and public administration.

The “Conversations” series was started over a decade ago by Ann Colley, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, to “celebrate and draw attention to the research being done in various departments at Buffalo State College.” Over the last few years, colleagues from Anthropology, Art Conservation, Art History, Biology, English, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Secondary Education, among others, have shared their work with the Buffalo State and Buffalo communities.

The Registrar's Office reminds the campus community of the following important academic deadlines and some related policies:

Leave of Absence Request Deadline – Fall: September 6, 2020
*Leaves of Absence can be requested only up to the last day of Drop/Add.

Midterm Grades Close 9:00 p.m. – Fall: October 30, 2020

Registration Begins – Spring and J-Term 2021: November 4, 2020

Course Withdrawals and Pass/Fail Applications – Fall: November 6, 2020
*Pass/Fail - Only one course. May not be part of major or minor or CWP 101 or CWP 102.

Removal of Incomplete (I) Grades from Previous Spring or Summer Term: November 6, 2020
*Incomplete (I) grades will revert to failing grades.

Thanksgiving Recess - No Classes: November 25–28, 2020
All classes moved to remote instruction for remainder of fall 2020 term: November 30, 2020

Final Day of Regular Instruction – Fall: December 11, 2020

Withdrawal from College Due – Fall: December 11, 2020

Final Grades Open – Fall: December 14, 2020

Critique and Evaluation Period – Fall: December 14–17, 2020

Final Day of Fall Semester: December 17, 2020

Final Grades Close 9:00 p.m. – Fall: December 23, 2020

Deadline to Apply for Graduation – J-Term: January 10, 2021

Deadline to Apply for Graduation – Spring: February 21, 2021

From the Chair of the Search Committee for the Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning
Please join us for a presentation by Stephen J. Grieco, D.M.A., our first finalist for the position of associate vice president for institutional effectiveness and planning at Buffalo State College, on Monday, October 26, from 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. via Zoom videoconference. Dr. Greico’s presentation, “Institutional Effectiveness and Planning in 2020,” will last 15 minutes, with time allotted for questions afterward. A link to an online survey will be provided for attendees at the session. Dr. Grieco’s curriculum vitae will be provided in the Daily Bulletin on October 26.

Join the Zoom meeting.
Meeting ID: 814 2933 4992
Passcode: 573938

Join by phone:
(646) 558-8656 (New York)

Please direct questions about the process to Kimberly Kline, chair of the search committee.

Blackboard will perform scheduled database maintenance for Collaborate Ultra on Friday, November 6, from 2:00 to 6:00 a.m. Collaborate Ultra customers will experience intermittent availability during the maintenance window. We strongly recommend avoiding using Collaborate Ultra throughout the maintenance window, even if the site is up and running. For more information, please refer to Blackboard's support bulletin.

Registration is still open for Bengals Dare to Care 2020. President Conway-Turner invites all members of the Buffalo State College community to join her to demonstrate Buffalo State's commitment to racial justice.

During Bengals Dare to Care 2020, we will amplify the voices of members of our campus and neighborhood communities and engage in strategies for continued learning and action for justice.

Attend one of the weekly virtual workshops with local community speakers. Dive deeper and engage in source materials we've curated to meet the focus of each week. Use one of the suggested take-action opportunities to jump start or continue your participation in racial justice work. 

• October 26–November 1: Voting, Civil Rights, and Racial Justice
• November 2–8: Education and Racial Equity
• November 9–15: Diverse Perspectives within Racial Justice: LGBTQ+ and Differently Abled 
• November 16–22: Food Security, Housing, and Racial Justice

Weekly virtual workshops will be live-streamed on the Civic and Community Engagement's Facebook page. 

The Spring 2021 Finals (CEP) Schedule (PDF, 12 KB) has been posted on the Registrar's Office website.

The Fall 2020 CEP Schedule with Block Exams (PDF, 107 KB) has been posted on the Registrar's Office website.

Please join the Equity and Campus Diversity Office for the final film of the semester in the Beyond Boundaries screening and discussion series, The Archivettes, a documentary by Megan Rossman (2018), on Thursday, November 5, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. via Zoom videoconference.

Registration is required. A panel discussion featuring Lesbian Herstory co-founders Joan Nestle and Deborah Edel and filmmaker Megan Rossman will follow the film.

“Our history was disappearing as quickly as we were making it.” With that realization, Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. For more than 40 years, through many of the major milestones in LGBTQIA+ history, the all-volunteer organization has literally rescued history from the trash. Now the co-founders are in their mid-70s, and the group faces a number of challenges: A transfer of leadership. The rise of digital technology. A renewed call to activism in a politically charged moment. The Archivettes is a film that explores how this group came together to combat lesbian invisibility and create “a place that says yes.”

Watch the trailer.

Beyond Boundaries screenings are free and open to the public. This Beyond Boundaries screening was curated by Crystal Rodriguez, Buffalo State College chief diversity officer, and Ruth Goldman and Meg Knowles, both associate professors of communication, and is sponsored by Buffalo State’s Women and Gender Studies Interdisciplinary Unit, Equity and Campus Diversity Office, Communication Department, and Burchfield Penney Art Center. For more information, please e-mail the Equity and Campus Diversity Office.