Face to Face: Faculty and Staff Open House
All campus departments are invited to participate in Buffalo State Face to Face: The Fourth Annual Faculty and Staff Open House from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 18 in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.

More than 60 departments participated in last year's event, and about 500 employees attended. Enthusiasm has increased each year, and the open house has become an annual celebration of the end of a successful academic year.

The Faculty and Staff Open House was initiated in 1997 to promote faculty and staff interaction, information sharing, and community building. With all the initiatives on campus this year—the SABRE project, the renovation of Moot Hall into the Enrollment Management Center, and plans for the new bookstore, to name a few—it seems an especially appropriate time for departments to participate.

Each participating area will staff a table in the Social Hall to share handouts and answer questions about its operations and programs. Departments do not give formal presentations. This is structured as an informal networking and information-sharing event.

Highlights of the event include:

• Drawings for prizes, including a $100 gift certificate for the Galleria Mall
• Awards for the most informative, most enthusiastic, and most surprising displays
• Refreshments in the Fireside Lounge
• Architects' renderings of the new Enrollment Management Center, the new bookstore, and other campus construction projects
• Exhibits highlighting the history of the college

The Human Resource Management Office will, once again, coordinate arrangements for the open house. Memos and R.S.V.P. forms have been sent to departments. If your department did not receive a memo, and you wish to reserve a table, please call the Human Resource Management Office, ext. 4821, by Friday, May 5.

We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to get to know your co-workers, learn more about other campus departments, and showcase your department's contributions to the college.

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Alternate Summer Work Schedules
The college will continue its alternate summer work schedule program, effective Thursday, May 25–Wednesday, August 16. Its purpose is to provide employees with additional flexibility in scheduling summer work hours. Employee flexibility must not, however, compromise college services or academic programs. Employee participation is voluntary and subject to management approval. It is understood that professional employees will continue to maintain flexibility in scheduling their hours.

Employee Options

1. Four-day workweek, Monday–Thursday or Tuesday–Friday, consisting of three consecutive 9½-hour days (7:15 a.m.–5:30 p.m.) and one 9-hour day (7:15 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) for employees who work 37½ hours per week (45-minute lunch break included). Employees who work 40 hours per week must work four consecutive 10-hour days (7:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m., 30-minute lunch break included).

2. Four-day workweek, with normal workdays Monday–Thursday or Tuesday–Friday and one day charged to leave accruals.

3. Four-and-one-half-day workweek, Monday–Friday, consisting of four consecutive 8½-hour days (7:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) and one 3½-hour day (8:15–11:45 a.m.) for employees who work 37½ hours per week (45-minute lunch break included). Employees who work 40 hours per week must work four consecutive 9-hour days (7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) and one 4-hour day (8:00 a.m.–noon, 30-minute lunch break included).

Note: Agreements for classified employees stipulate that workdays for nonshift employees may begin between 6:00 and 10:00 a.m.; therefore, the examples listed above may be altered by mutual consent provided the workday begins within this time frame.

Departments that wish to participate in the program must submit proposed schedules to the appropriate dean or vice president for approval. Alternate summer work schedules must demonstrate that arrangements are consistent with departments' operating needs. Make no commitments to employees until you have received approval from your vice president. Alternate summer work schedules must be submitted to the vice president's office by Friday, May 12.

Alternate work schedules must adhere to the following guidelines:

1. All leave accruals will continue at the usual rate; however, leave charged must reflect the number of hours an individual was scheduled to work on a particular day.

2. Supervisory staff should closely monitor attendance (tardiness and sick-leave use) to ensure that the number of hours worked is not inappropriately reduced. All supervisors should ensure that hours worked or used are properly recorded and/or accruals appropriately charged.

3. Overtime eligibility will continue to be based on the number of hours worked above the regular fixed workweek in accordance with existing regulations.

4. To assist human resources and payroll in auditing time sheets and attendance forms, each vice president should forward a copy of approved alternate schedules to the Human Resource Management Office, Cleveland Hall 403.

Please contact Mike Daley or Emmanuel Hillery, ext. 4822, with questions regarding this matter.

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FAST Center Computer Training
Training Schedule for May
Computing Services offers monthly computer training classes. Unless otherwise noted, all classes will be held in CyberQuad, E. H. Butler Library 318. Please bring an IBM-formatted, 3.5" disk. Contact Paul Reynolds at ext. 3361 or reynolap@bscmail.buffalostate.edu to register for any of these classes. If you use e-mail, you must include your full name, e-mail username, title, department, and telephone number. Incomplete messages will not be accepted. You also may register online at www.buffalostate.edu/offices/cyber. You will receive a reply only if there is a problem with your request.

KimMarie Markel is available to assist with Web pages Tuesdays from 9:00 a.m. to noon and Thursdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.; call ext. 6676. Paul Reynolds is available Mondays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to noon; call ext. 3361. Please make an appointment.

Introduction to Word
Monday, May 8
9:00 a.m.–noon
Learn how to create and edit Word documents. This class includes editing page layouts, creating tables and columns, inserting images, and much more.

Introduction to PowerPoint
Tuesday, May 9
1:00–4:00 p.m.
This class will show the basics of PowerPoint, including creating and editing slides and adding sounds, transitions, and special effects.

Introduction to Excel
Thursday, May 11
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Excel is the worksheet application that comes with Office 97. Learn how to set up a basic worksheet, use the built-in functions, format data, and use data to create charts and graphs.

Introduction to Access
Friday, May 12
1:00–4:00 p.m.
This class covers the basic concepts of database design and discusses things to consider when creating a database. Learn how to create tables, forms, queries, reports, and labels.

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Introduction to Outlook
Thursday, May 18
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Outlook is the new campus standard for e-mail and scheduling activities. Learn how to set up Outlook, use e-mail, set up personal address books and mailboxes, and use the calendar. You must have an NT account and an Exchange Server account to attend this class.

Intermediate Word
Friday, May 19
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Learn how to create tables of contents, set up and define columns, and create headers and footers. Other topics will be included depending on the needs of the attendees.

Intermediate Web Page Design
Monday, May 22
9:00 a.m.–noon
Learn how to create image maps, tables, and forms and the basics of CGI scripting. You must have attended Introduction to Web Page Design to attend this class.

Intermediate Access
Tuesday, May 23
1:00–4:00 p.m.
This hands-on session will show how to link multiple tables, use referential integrity when creating joins, and create forms within forms to facilitate accessing data. You must have attended Introduction to Access to attend this class.

Advanced Web Page Design
Friday, May 26
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Complete the work started in the introductory and intermediate Web design classes. Participants will be given server space and will learn how to upload and download files so they can be seen on the Internet. You must have attended both the introductory and intermediate Web page design classes to attend this class.

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Requisition Deadlines
Requisitions for supplies, materials, services, and equipment from fiscal year 1999/00 funds must be received in the Purchasing Office by the following dates:

$20,000 or greater (noncontract)*	Friday, April 28
$20,000 or greater (contract)*	Friday, June 2
Less than $20,000*	Friday, June 16

*Purchase requests for computer equipment and equipment replacement requirements, and purchases through Boise Cascade for office supplies, XPEDX for copier paper, and American Express (AMEX) Procurement Card also must adhere to these deadlines. Please plan accordingly.

Important note: It is the responsibility of departments to ensure that all requisitions for fiscal year 1999/00 are received in the Purchasing Office by Friday, June 16. Requisitions received after the deadline will not be processed. Requests received through campus mail after the deadline will be returned.

Contact Marcia Slawinowski or Terri Locher in the Purchasing Office at ext. 4113 with questions.

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SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
We are proud to announce that two Buffalo State students, Clare M. Cavanaugh and Ayanna Sholá Perrin, were selected to receive the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. These students and their families have been invited to join me at a ceremony at SUNY Plaza in Albany on Tuesday, May 2, when the awards will be conferred by SUNY Chancellor Robert L. King.

Cavanaugh received the Horace Mann Award for Outstanding Senior in Exceptional Education and is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society. An exceptional-education major, Cavanaugh has demonstrated her academic abilities through her coursework and activities in the Exceptional Education and Elementary Education and Reading Departments.

Her portfolio was selected for the Elementary Education and Reading Portfolio Fair, and she presented her work at the first Student Research and Creativity Celebration at Buffalo State in 1999. Her leadership roles include vice president of Kappa Delta Pi, treasurer and president of the Student Council for Exceptional Children, and vice president of the New York State Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children. She has a 3.84 grade point average overall, 3.97 in her major.

Perrin, a dual major—exceptional education, and elementary education and reading—with a concentration in Spanish, received the Geraldine and Gustave Werner Scholarship award for her commitment to special education. Perrin is bilingual in English and Spanish, and is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society. Her poetry won a prestigious contest and will be published in the New Authors category of the International Library of Poetry Anthology, Echoes of Yesteryear. She has a 3.77 GPA overall, 3.75 in her major.

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