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Vol. XLVIII, No. 11 |
President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity
Susanne Conrad
The council is charged with addressing discrimination, harassment, and campus-climate issues as they
relate to the recruitment and retention of faculty, staff, and students;
curriculum development; and student life on campus. 
Woods-Beals Endowed Chair in Urban and Rural Education
The endowed chair will be a scholar of national or international stature, working with the
Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education (CEURE) as a visiting professor
affiliated with an academic department on campus. Applicants must have a long-standing
interest in urban and/or rural education, but need not be from an education
discipline.
The posting appears in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://jobs.chronicle.com/id.php?id=240723&pg=s. For more information, visit
www.buffalostate.edu/chairs/woodsbeals or speak with a member of the search
committee: Sharon Cramer, chair; Susan Leist, vice chair; Wendy Paterson;
Identifying interested candidates who meet the qualifications will be a challenge. I
encourage the campus community to aid in the search for a person of the proper caliber
and experience to benefit CEURE, the college, and the community.
Please join us for an exchange of ideas and information about the search from noon to
1:00 p.m. Friday, November 15 in E. H. Butler Library 210. Light refreshments will be
served.
Last year's Scholarship and Creativity Celebration featured the work of an unprecedented
number of faculty and staff. The quality of the work was high, the exchanges and
discussions stimulating. It was exciting and enlightening to discover the work of our
colleagues. One felt the pride!
I hope that you will participate in the celebration scheduled for February 4 and 6, 2003.
All faculty and staff will soon receive an e-mail from me with details about how to
submit proposals. I hope you will decide to share your scholarship with the Buffalo State
community.
Thank you for building an exciting intellectual climate for Buffalo State College.
Employee Benefit Deadlines
Call 1-800-358-7202 or visit www.flexspend.state.ny.us to enroll.
Note: Without a qualifying event, the 10-week waiting period still applies to first-time
health insurance enrollees and to those who wish to add previously eligible dependents
to their plans.
The annual health insurance option transfer period, in which employees may change
health insurance plans, will be held later this year. "Choices," a booklet that summarizes
health insurance plans for 2003, will soon be available in the Human Resource
Management Office. Option transfer information, insurance premium rates, and
deadline dates will be mailed directly to employees' homes.
Please call the Human Resource Management Office at ext. 4821 with questions or to
request a copy of "Choices."
The program's trained on-site coordinators provide confidential information and referrals
to any employee or supervisor seeking help with a personal or job-related problem.
Coordinators are trained to refer employees to the most appropriate community service
providers for problems such as emotional stress, depression, financial or legal difficulties,
alcoholism, drug abuse, or marital or domestic discord. Coordinators also provide
information on local resources for issues such as child care, elder care, and legal and
financial services.
EAP services are available to state employees, their family members, and state retirees.
If you need help with a personal or family problem, please contact one of our campus
coordinators. All calls and discussions are strictly confidential.
EAP Web site: www.buffalostate.edu/offices/hr/eap.htm
*Robert Delprino is acting as interim coordinator until November 11, when Ann
Ellement returns from a brief leave of absence.
EAP provides assistance with many kinds of problems, including family, marital,
medical, financial, legal, grief and loss, elder care, and substance abuse. EAP does not
provide direct therapy but serves as a link between Buffalo State employees and skilled
professionals in the community. EAP is a neutral office, not associated with any
disciplinary procedures, whose services are designed to improve the quality of working
families' lives.
The EAP coordinator must have a strong commitment to the goals of NYS EAP,
excellent interpersonal skills, a history of productive relationships with co-workers, the
ability to communicate with individuals and groups, interest in the community and its
services and resources, flexibility and willingness to learn, the initiative and ability to
work independently, and a strong respect for confidentiality. The coordinator must attend
training sessions, including monthly regional trainings, as well as the five-day New
Coordinator Institute and local EAP committee meetings. Candidates must also have
supervisory support and approval to assume this role.
The coordinator reports to and works with the local EAP Committee to increase
awareness of EAP on site, expand referral services, and help coordinate activities on
campus.
Any member of the campus community who meets the above criteria may apply; faculty
members are especially needed. Interested individuals may send a letter of interest and
résumé to:
Linda J. O'Donnell, EAP Committee Chair
Student Leadership Conference
Facilitators are needed. Please call Hector D. Gil, assistant director of student life, at
ext. 4631 to volunteer.
A. J. Walsh highlighted the men's side as he placed fifth of 109 runners with a time
of 26:46, earning First Team All-SUNYAC honors and an induction into the
SUNYAC Cross-Country Hall of Fame. Michael Herron captured Second Team
All-Conference honors, as he placed 15th with a time of 27:04.
Buffalo State had 25 kills, 18 digs and six blocks from Monica Polka, and 61 assists
and 18 digs from Krista Wierzbicki, to lead the Bengals to a comeback win over
Fredonia in five games. Junior Vicky Manos added 17 kills and 15 digs.
Polka collected 32 kills and six blocks to lead Buffalo State past Oswego in the
day's second match. Senior Lisa Herrscher contributed 10 kills and 14 digs, and
Wierzbicki had 44 assists.
The Bengals will compete in the SUNYAC Playoffs for the second straight season.
The championship tournament will be held in Brockport November 8 and 9.
Buffalo State vs. Hobart
College Senate Meetings
Program Revision:
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