Personal Thanks
On behalf of our entire family, my brother Fajri Ansari and I thank members of the campus community for their kind expressions of sympathy after the death of our mother. Your compassion and support are most appreciated.
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NCATE Accreditation
I am delighted to report that Arthur E. Wise, president of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), has confirmed the full accreditation of our teacher preparation programs. His letter, dated November 3, 2003, confirms that Buffalo State College has received continued accreditation of its teacher preparation programs at the initial and advanced levels. This is news worth celebrating and the culmination of an extraordinary cooperative effort among our faculty, staff, and administration. We can take pride in having demonstrated the high quality necessary to be granted national accreditation for our professional education programs. Many thanks and congratulations to all who participated in the critically important accreditation process!
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Employee Assistance Program
The Buffalo State College Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is an information, assessment,
and referral service that provides confidential help to employees with personal problems that
negatively affect their lives and job performance.
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
child care, elder care, 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 the following campus
coordinators. All calls and discussions are strictly confidential.
| David Cummings |
ext. 5122 |
| Ann Ellement |
ext. 4811 |
| Warren Hoffman |
ext. 4169 |
| Steven Newton |
ext. 5808 |
| Karl Shallowhorn |
ext. 5910 |
| Confidential voice mail |
ext. 6699 |
EAP Web site: www.buffalostate.edu/offices/hr/eap.asp.
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Diversity Works
The November/December 2003 issue of Diversity Works, the newsletter from the Equity and
Campus Diversity Office, has been distributed throughout campus. The newsletter also is
available online at www.buffalostate.edu/offices/equity/DiversityWorks.pdf.
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College Senate Meeting: Time Change
The final meeting of the College Senate for the fall 2003 semester will be held at 1:30
p.m. Friday, December 12 in E. H. Butler Library 210. Please note the time change,
exclusive to this meeting.
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Senate Meeting Minutes
The approved minutes of the November 14 College Senate meeting are available on the
College Senate Web site: www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/senate.
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Curricular Items
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and will be forwarded to the
College Senate Curriculum Committee:
New Courses:
SLP 328 Audiology Lab. Laboratory component to SLP 314 Audiology. Operation and
listening check of the puretone audiometer, puretone air conduction threshold testing,
screening, otoscopy, tympanometry, and reporting test results.
SLP 329 Language Acquisition Lab. Laboratory component to SLP 303 Language
Acquisition. Observation of language used by typical children. Practice with procedures
to collect and analyze typical language.
SLP 405 Communication Disorders II. Basic etiology, assessment, and intervention
techniques related to voice disorders, developmental and acquired motor speech
disorders, aphasia, traumatic brain injury, dysphagia, and augmentative communication.
SLP 428 Acoustics Lab. Laboratory component to SLP 412 Speech Acoustics and
Perception. Direct and guided use of special instrumentation essential to the collection,
measurement, and/or analysis of the acoustic components of speech sounds. Focus on
respiration, phonation, articulation, and resonance.
Course Revision:
SLP 305 Communication Disorders I. Scope and responsibilities of the field of
speech-language pathology. Etiology, assessment, and intervention techniques related to
articulation, phonology, phonemic awareness in reading and writing, craniofacial
anomalies, and fluency disorders, including bilingual and dialectal consideration.
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