College Council Reappointment
I am pleased to announce that Gov. George E. Pataki has reappointed Alphonso O'Neil-White, Esq., president and CEO of HealthNow New York Inc., a member of the Buffalo State College Council for a term to expire on June 20, 2013.

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Commencement Committee
I am pleased to announce the updated membership for the 2006–2007 Buffalo State College Commencement Committee:

William Raffel, Communication, chair; Amitra Hodge, Sociology, vice chair; Patricia Alessandra, Academic Affairs; Mark Bausili, Registrar; Susan Birden, Educational Foundations; Thomas Coates, Events Management; Robert Delprino, Psychology; John DeNisco, Business; Bonita Durand, President's Office; Lloyd Elm, Elementary Education; Lee Ann Grace, International and Exchange Programs; Deborah Insalaco, Speech-Language Pathology; Lydia Kawaler, Human Resource Management; Melaine Kenyon, Instructional Resources; Marsha Moses, Graduate School; Jill Powell, Institutional Advancement and Development; Jean Salisbury, University College; Gail Wells, Student Life; Craig Werner, English; Rita Zientek, School of the Professions; and Melissa Agard, Michelle Curtis, Matthew Levin-Stankevich, Charles Mays, and Donique Mears, student representatives.

This committee serves as an advisory committee to the president, reviewing and forwarding recommendations for procedural and operational changes to the Commencement ceremony, as well as other processes involved with Commencement.

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Honorary Degree Committee
I am pleased to announce that the following individuals will serve on the 2006–2007 Honorary Degree Committee:

Kevin Railey, English, chair; Laurie Buonanno, Political Science; Wanda Davis, Student Personnel Administration; Marian Deutschman, College and Community Partnerships; Katherine Hartman, Art Education; Charles Kenyon, Student Affairs; Bradley Mazon, Corporate and Foundation Relations; and Paul Theobald, Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education. Bonita Durand, President's Office, and Maryruth Glogowski, E. H. Butler Library, will provide staff support to the committee.

The group is charged with identifying candidates for the State University of New York honorary doctorates, SUNY's highest academic honor, and preparing nomination portfolios. Honorary degrees are awarded to recognize excellence that exemplifies the mission and purpose of the State University of New York in the following fields: public affairs, the sciences, humanities and the arts, scholarship and education, business and philanthropy, and social services.

Honorary degrees also can honor meritorious and outstanding service to the university, the state of New York, the United States, or humanity at large, or people whose lives serve as examples of the university's aspirations for its students.

Names of suggested nominees for SUNY honorary doctorates should be forwarded to Kevin Railey, c/o Maryruth Glogowski, E. H. Butler Library 134 or glogowmf@buffalostate.edu, by Friday, April 6, 2007.

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Campus Safety Forum
The following faculty and staff members will serve on the Campus Safety Forum for 2006–2007: Anthony Hotchkiss, Technology, chair; Charles Kenyon, Student Affairs, administration liaison; Ronald George, Counseling Center; Koleen Greenawalt, Custodial Services; Brian Haggerty, Residence Life; Shirley Hayes, Art Education; Tammy Kresge, Weigel Health Center; Maureen Lindstrom, E. H. Butler Library; Samuel Lunetta, University Police; Latonia Marsh, Judicial Affairs; Carolyn Murphy, Admissions; Paul Murphy, Custodial Services; and James Shea, Technology.

The Campus Safety Forum consists of faculty, students, and staff charged with reviewing current campus policies and procedures, making recommendations for their improvement, educating the campus community about personal safety and crime, and responding to inquires from concerned persons. Members of the campus community who have concerns about issues related to personal safety may present them to any member of the forum.

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Faculty Access to Computing Technology COCID Funding Available
SUNY Faculty Access to Computing Technology (FACT), operating under the auspices of the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in the Office of Learning Environments, takes great pleasure in announcing its continued sponsorship of Conferences on Computing in the Disciplines (COCID).

The FACT Council is currently accepting COCID proposals for spring, summer, or fall 2007 or spring 2008.

What Is COCID?
The COCID program provides financial support for intercampus scholarly conferences. Conferences are intended to expand communication within SUNY around ways of leveraging technology to support instruction, learning, and research. The overall emphasis of the conferences is on professional development in curricular, instructional, and scholarly matters. By such interchange, both the personal and professional growth of individuals and the programs of instruction and research at participating campuses will be enhanced.

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Who Can Apply for COCID Funding?
COCID proposals are invited from individuals and departments from one or more of the 64 campuses in SUNY: community colleges, colleges of technology, specialized colleges, and university centers.

Where Can I Find More Information?
For detailed COCID submission guidelines and information on submitting proposals, please visit www.fact.suny.edu/cocids.html.

Submission Deadlines
January 15, 2007, for spring 2007 COCID
February 1, 2007, for fall 2007/spring 2008 COCID

Campus Contact
Call Melaine Kenyon at ext. 6679 with questions about the COCID process.

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College Senate Meeting
The next meeting of the College Senate will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 17, in E. H. Butler Library 210. Interested faculty and staff are invited to attend. The agenda is posted on the College Senate Web Site.

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Curricular Items
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:

Intellectual Foundations Designation and Course Revision:

AMERICAN HISTORY
PSC 102 Introduction to American Government. The nature and scope of political science; ideological foundations of politics; comparative study of the governments of the constitutional, totalitarian, and developing systems; the dynamics of politics and functions of political institutions.

Intellectual Foundations Designation:

NATURAL SCIENCE
GES 101 Introductory Geology

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