Promotions
Upon completion of the review procedures at the department, dean, and vice president levels, I am pleased to announce the following promotions:
Promotion to professor, effective September 1, 2001: Dr. Marianne Ferguson (philosophy and religious studies); Dr. Gary Heiman (psychology); and Dr. Kevin Railey (English).
Promotion Decision Appeals
Negative decisions on promotions may be appealed. Appeals are probably best suited to instances in which an individual believes that his or her case was misunderstood or inadequately advocated. If an appeal seems warranted, the president should be notified in writing of the intent to appeal by Monday, March 19.
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Professional Staff Caucus
The Nominations and Elections Committee of the Professional Staff Caucus mailed nomination forms for the following offices February 26:
- PSC vice chair/treasurer (two-year term)
- PSC representative (two-year term)
- Budget Priorities Task Force member (two-year term)
- Auxiliary Services Advisory Committee member (two-year term)
- Intercollegiate Athletics Board (IAB) representative (one-year term)
- College senator (two) (three-year terms)
Nomination forms must be returned by Wednesday, March 14.
A membership meeting of professional staff will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Nominations for all PSC offices will be received from the floor at this time.
Contact Wendy Mistretta at ext. 4620 or mistrews@buffalostate.edu with questions.
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Computing Services/FAST Development Center Training
March 2001 Schedule
Computing Services offers monthly computer training classes. Unless otherwise noted, all classes will be taught by Paul Reynolds in CyberQuad, E. H. Butler Library 318, and require an IBM-formatted, 3.5" disk.
Register for classes in one of the following ways:
You must include the following information: full name, username, title, department, campus phone, campus address, and name(s) of course(s) for which you wish to register.
You will receive an e-mail message confirming your registration.
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Introduction to Outlook
Friday, March 2
9:00 a.m.–noon
Outlook is the campus standard for e-mail and scheduling. Learn how to set up Outlook, personal mailboxes, and address books; send and receive e-mail; send attachments; and schedule appointments using the calendar. You must have an NT account and an Exchange Server account to attend this course. No disk is required.
Introduction to Blackboard
Tuesday, March 6
10:00–11:30 a.m.
This course provides an overview of CourseInfo's features and the support structure available to assist faculty using this application. It targets new users or those with limited experience. Instructor: Melaine Kenyon.
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Introduction to Access
Tuesday, March 6
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Learn the dos, don'ts and basic concepts of a relational database. Learn how to create and edit tables, forms, queries, and reports, and how to create mailing labels from an Access table.
Mail Merge Using Word and Access
Wednesday, March 7
9:00 a.m.–noon
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Friday, March 9
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Learn how to use Microsoft Access with Microsoft Word to create data files for mail merges, form letters, and mailing labels.
Introduction to Word
Thursday, March 8
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Learn how to create and navigate basic Word documents, edit margins, create tables and columns, and insert and edit images. This class also will show how to convert WordPerfect files to Word. Attend this class if you are considering developing Web pages using Word.
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Blackboard Communication Tools
Tuesday, March 13
1:30–3:30 p.m.
This session will cover the communication tools built into Blackboard: discussion boards, virtual classrooms, group tools, and file-exchange. Instructor: Melaine Kenyon.
Introduction to Excel
Wednesday, March 14
9:00 a.m.–noon
Excel is the worksheet application that comes with Office 97. Learn how to set up a basic worksheet, create and edit formulas, use the built-in functions, format data, and use data to create charts and graphs. Converting Excel worksheets to Web pages also will be covered.
Introduction to PowerPoint
Thursday, March 15
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Learn to create slides and add animation, transitions, and styles using PowerPoint. This class also covers the basic dos and don'ts of presentation creation. Attend this class if you are considering adding PowerPoint presentations to a Web page.
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Blackboard Assessment Tools
Monday, March 19
1:30–3:30 p.m.
Learn to build quizzes and use Blackboard's gradebook to create and edit grades. Instructor: Melaine Kenyon
Intermediate Fireworks
Tuesday, March 20
9:00 a.m.–noon
Learn to create 3-D images, banners, and logos using Macromedia's Fireworks software. This class is open only to those who have had previous experience with Web page development and have a solid knowledge of Windows and the Web. Introduction to Fireworks is recommended. Class size is limited to 10. Instructor: KimMarie Markel
Introduction to Web Page Design
Wednesday, March 21
9:00 a.m.–noon
Learn to create and link Web pages using Claris Home Page. Learn how to download and edit graphics from the Web and how to edit HTML code. Learn the basic dos and don'ts of Web page design, including how to comply with the Buffalo State College Web Publishing Standards and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Intermediate Access
Wednesday, March 21
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Learn to join multiple tables, imbed forms within forms, and import Excel worksheets as Access tables. You must have attended Introduction to Access to attend this class.
Intermediate Dreamweaver
Wednesday, March 28
9:00–noon
Learn to create dynamic Web pages using Macromedia's Dreamweaver software. This class is open only to those who have had experience with Web page development and is limited to 10 people. Introduction to Dreamweaver is recommended. Instructor: KimMarie Markel
Intermediate Web Page Design
Thursday, March 29
1:00–4:00 p.m.
This continuation of the introductory class covers image maps, tables, and forms, as well as additional information on ADA compliance and the Buffalo State College Web Publishing Standards. You must have attended Introduction to Web Page Design to attend this class.
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Special SABRE Training
Change Management Workshop
Monday, March 19
9:00 a.m.–noon
Today's organizations must change continually to keep pace, and workers must learn to live and thrive in an environment of changing demands. Change, even when positive, can be stressful. This workshop will help participants understand why organizations must change and how change affects them, recognize the stages or phases of change, learn techniques for moving through transition periods, and build and maintain positive attitudes toward change. Instructor: Susan Earshen. To register, send e-mail to reynolap@buffalostate.edu.
SABRE Certification Training
In conjunction with Ikon, special training sessions for the new SABRE system will be offered. Information will be sent via e-mail. Participation is strongly encouraged.
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Quilt Exhibition
Frances Hare, a Buffalo State alumna and prominent quilter and dancer, will come to Buffalo State in honor of Women's History Month for an exhibit and performance titled The Womanist Quilter: Honoring Self. The exhibit opens Thursday, March 1 on the first floor of E. H. Butler Library and will showcase quilts from Hare's extensive collection. Pictures of her quilts have appeared in Spirits of the Cloth: Contemporary Quilts by African American Artists and Smithsonian magazine.
Because many of Hare's works reflect her love of movement, an integrated program of lecture and dance will take place at the opening reception at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 in E. H. Butler Library 210. Hare was a principal dancer for Garth Fagan, who won a Tony Award for his choreography in The Lion King. Hare also will be a guest instructor for Janet Reed, assistant professor of performing arts.
The reception and exhibition are free and open to the Buffalo State College community. The program is funded by a Bookstore Resource Allocation Grant and the Residence Life Office, and is sponsored by the Buffalo State College Coalition Building Team, the Performing Arts and Design Departments, the Minority Student Services Office, and the Counseling Center. The exhibit runs through March.
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Pan-American Exposition Centennial Celebration
A centennial celebration of the Pan-American Exposition, "100 Years of Movement: Poetry and Politics in the Pan-American Exposition," will be held Thursday, March 15 in the Burchfield-Penney Art Center. A 5:30 p.m. reception will be followed at 6:30 p.m. by a series of small-group presentations and discussions, featuring Bobby Gonzalez, Native American storyteller from New York City; the Welfare Poets, an Afro/Latino percussion group; Dr. Jose Barreiro and Katsi Cook Barreiro, Native American activists and scholars; and Dr. Kerry Grant, author and vice provost of academic affairs at the University at Buffalo.
For more information, call Kelly Boos at ext. 6674 or Hector Gil at ext. 4631.
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Career-Enhancement Workshops
The Career Development Center (CDC) received a Center for Development of Human Services minigrant to enhance career growth among Buffalo State College faculty and staff through a workshop series designed to assist employees with their career needs. For example, the résumé/vita-writing workshop can help employees update their résumés, which then can be used for reappointments, grant applications, campus-exchange programs, sabbaticals, or career opportunities within the institution.
All workshops will be held Thursdays during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in E. H. Butler Library 208. Call the Career Development Center at ext. 5811 to register.
Résumé/Vita Writing
March 15
Cover-Letter Writing
March 22
Interviewing Techniques
March 29
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Award-Winning Student-Athletes
Three Buffalo State student-athletes recently have received recognition for their athletic achievements.
Women's basketball player Monica Polka was named to the Second Team All-SUNYAC following her junior season with the Lady Bengals. She has led the team in scoring, with 11.3 points per game, and rebounding, with 8.5 rebounds per game. Polka was among the conference leaders in three categories, finishing tied for 12th in points per game, fifth in rebounding, and fifth in free-throw percentage (.756). She has led the Lady Bengals in scoring nine times, including the team's loss in the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs, where she finished with 19 points. In 16 games, Polka was the team's top rebounder and, at one point in the season, led the team in that category for nine straight games. The Buffalo State Lady Bengals finished the season 15-10, losing the SUNYAC playoff opener to Fredonia 61-48.
Markus Allen highlighted the slate of Bengal runners when he won the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.67 at the New York State Collegiate Track Conference Championships Saturday in Fredonia.
Eric Lunser placed second in the high hurdles with a time of 7.72, just three-hundredths shy of the Bengal record pace. Lunser also avenged his second-place finish of one year ago in this year's 55-meter hurdles, winning the race with a time of 7.83 at the SUNYAC track meet February 17 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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College Senate Meeting
The next College Senate meeting will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 9 in E. H. Butler Library 210.
Curricular Items
The following have been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and will be forwarded to the president for final review and approval:
Pre-Elementary Education Admission Requirements
Program Revisions:
Career and Technical Education 0800
Pre-Elementary Education/Elementary Education 0200
New Program:
Career and Technical Education—Postbaccalaureate Certification
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The following have been received by the College Senate and will be reviewed for approval by the Curriculum Committee:
Course Revisions:
ENT 371 Electric Machines. DC and AC machines and transformers are studied as an integral part of electric power systems. Single- and three-phase induction and synchronous machines, DC motors, and fractional horsepower motors, including stepper motors, are included. Solid-state motor control is introduced, and computer tools for study of motor performance are included. Laboratory experiments illustrate motor performance and measurement techniques. Required for electrical engineering technology, power/machines majors. Prerequisite: ENT 332.
FAR 354 Art and Culture of Greece. Examination of the history of art in the cultural and environmental context of Greece from its beginnings in the Neolithic period through the Roman conquest (circa 6000 B.C. through the first century B.C.). The architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts of Greece are studied in their cultural context, with specific reference to stylistic developments in relation to social and political structure, myth and religion, literature, drama, contemporary historical events, influences from elsewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the landscape and environment of Greece.
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FAR 355 Art and Culture of Rome. Examination of the history of Roman art during its two main periods of development, the Republican period and the Roman Empire (circa third century B.C. through the fourth century A.D.). Early influences on the art and culture of Latium as it developed from the eighth century B.C. onward in the Italian peninsula are considered, including the art of the Near East, the art and culture of the Villanovans and Etruscans, and the art of Archaic and Classical Greece.
FAR 356 Early Medieval Art. A comprehensive study of the art and culture of Europe, Byzantium, and the Near East in the context of the development of Christianity from its early roots through the early twelfth century A.D. The regional forms of art and architecture, including sacred and secular building construction, manuscript illumination, metalworking and enameling, and sculpture are examined with an emphasis on historical context, religious and philosophical meaning, and interaction with the art of other cultures.
FAR 357 Late Medieval Art. A comprehensive study of architecture, sculpture, painting, and the decorative arts of the period from circa 1200 A.D. through the end of the fourteenth century. The course examines the new aesthetic of Gothic in the context of philosophical and theological developments in Western Europe from its beginning in France through to its culmination at Westminster Abbey. The art of the Crusades and the Eastern Latin Kingdom is contrasted with developments in Western Europe.
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New Courses:
FAR 352 Art and Culture of Islam. A comprehensive study of the art of Islam in its cultural context from the seventh century A.D. to the twentieth century A.D. The development of Islamic art in relation to the Islamic system of life and belief is explored for the three main periods in its history: Umayyad, Abbasid, and Ottoman. Regional variation in Islamic art, both sacred and secular, is explored throughout for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. The relation of Islamic art to artistic and cultural developments in the medieval West is examined for Spain from 750 to 1200 A.D.
FAR 353 Art and Culture of Egypt and the Near East. Examination of the ancient art and culture of Egypt and the Near East from its beginnings in the Neolithic period circa ninth millennium B.C. through the Roman conquest. The cultural and environmental context of art in Egypt is contrasted with parallel developments in the diverse contexts of the Near East, with special emphasis on the development of civilization in the fourth millennium B.C. Egyptian Art of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom is studied for its linear development, its continuity of style, and its relation to the social and political structure of Egyptian culture. The diverse cultures of the early city-states of the Near East are examined in contrast with Egypt, with emphasis on craft specialization and ethnic diversity resulting in regional styles in art.
PSC 301 Political Statistics. This course is an advanced investigation of quantitative political science research methods. The focus is on the application of statistics to test empirical hypotheses about the political world. Students become proficient in accepted quantitative techniques and statistical inference. Topics examined include sampling, testing hypotheses about one-sample and two-sample cases, measures of association, and tests of statistical significance.
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Curricular Proposals
The College Senate Curriculum Committee will not set a due date for curricular submissions during the 2000–2001 academic year. Instead, the committee will consider proposals on a continuing basis and do its best to provide a six-week turnaround. Proposals will be processed in the order received.
Proposals received by the committee chair after Wednesday, March 14, 2001, will be considered initial business of the 2001–2002 College Senate Curriculum Committee.
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Senate Vacancies: Call for Nominations
One at-large senate position and one SUNY senate position will become vacant this year. A letter announcing the call for nominations may be found on the College Senate Web site. We look forward to your participation in the vital process of campus governance.
Full-time faculty, professional staff, and librarians whose total service in the College Senate would not exceed six consecutive years during the terms of office are eligible to run for these three-year terms. Names of nominees are due in the Senate Office, Cleveland Hall 417C, by noon Friday, April 6. A short statement of interest should accompany nominations.
Contact Sharon Cramer, ext. 4334 or cramersf@buffalostate.edu, or Lisa D'Addieco, ext. 5139 or daddielm@buffalostate.edu, with questions.
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