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Vol. XLV, No. 17 January 13, 2000 |
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Bulletin Online The publication's new electronic format is part of the college's continued effort to integrate technology into daily operations. The change also will expedite communication of weekly announcements to the campus. Campuswide e-mail announcements will notify employees when new issues are posted and will include the Web address (URL). The process for submission of articles, copy deadline, and publication dates remain the same. Guidelines for these appear at the end of each Bulletin and will be included in the electronic format. Please contact college relations with any question or concerns: Cleveland Hall 515, ext. 4201, or collrel@buffalostate.edu. An NT account is required to access the Bulletin online. Any employee who currently does not log on to the campus network should contact the HELP Desk at helpdesk@buffalostate.edu.
Message from the Provost E. H. Butler Library Quick
Classes SHERLOCK Tuesday, 1/25, 12:15 p.m. Finding Journal Articles Friday, 1/28, 1:00 p.m. LEXIS-NEXIS Thursday, 1/27, 6:00 p.m. Expanded Academic ASAP Tuesday, 2/1, 12:15 p.m. ERIC Wednesday, 1/26, 5:00 p.m. Introduction to the World Wide
Web Thursday, 1/27, 12:15 p.m. Intermediate Web Monday, 1/31, 5:00 p.m. APA Style Wednesday, 2/2, 5:00 p.m. The Search for Primary
Documents Monday, 1/31, 3:00 p.m.
NYS Employees' Retirement System
Seminars
These seminars will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Radisson Airport Hotel on Genesee Street in Cheektowaga. To attend, please contact the Human Resource Management Office at ext. 4821 by Thursday, February 10. Retirement System Seminar "Planning
for Tomorrow—Today" Tuition Assistance Program Application
Deadline
College Policy on Discrimination and
Harassment Buffalo State College General
Policy against Discrimination and Harassment Among the goals of the college is the empowerment of a diverse population of students to enable them to succeed as citizens of a challenging world. The college is dedicated to maintaining an atmosphere of intellectual vitality, collegiality, and collaboration. It will not have attained its goal until and unless all in its midst obtain fair and equitable treatment in employment and education. For this reason, Buffalo State condemns, and pledges to fight against, all acts of invidious discrimination, bias, intolerance, or harassment. Racial discrimination is a particularly serious problem. The goals of the college are undermined, and human dignity is offended, where employment or educational benefits, opportunities, or privileges are denied or restricted on the basis of race, color, or national origin, or where a racially hostile environment exists. Racial or illegal discrimination of any sort limits the opportunity for individuals to realize their personal potential and denies them the rigors, joys, and fulfillment of intellectual curiosity. Therefore, it is the policy of Buffalo State to provide an employment and educational environment free from invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital or veteran status. It shall be a violation of this policy for any agent, student, or employee of Buffalo State to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital or veteran status against any individual with respect to the terms of employment, education, or benefits of any program or activity at Buffalo State. To implement this policy: 2. All members of the college community are expected to contribute to the college environment to move it in the direction of respect for all. 3. All persons within the college community who perceive that they have been subjected to discrimination or harassment based on age, race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, marital or veteran status, or sexual orientation are urged to present their concerns to the Equity and Campus Diversity Office. 4. All faculty, staff, and students who know of a member of the community who believes that he or she has been subjected to discrimination or harassment are expected to encourage that person to go to the Equity and Campus Diversity Office and, if need be, to offer personal assistance to that person in making the visit to the Equity and Campus Diversity Office. 5. All supervisory and management staff have a responsibility to educate faculty, staff, and students about the value of diversity to the institution. To meet this responsibility, supervisors, department heads, and management staff are expected to:
This policy can be viewed or downloaded from the Equity and Campus Diversity Office Web page at www.buffalostate.edu/offices/equity. EEOC Policy Guidelines on Sexual
Harassment (Amended)* a. Harassment on the basis of sex is a violation of Section 703 of Title VII. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. b. In determining whether alleged conduct constitutes sexual harassment, the commission will look at the record as a whole and at the totality of the circumstances, such as the nature of the sexual advances and the context in which the alleged incidents occurred. The determination of the legality of a particular action will be made from the facts on a case-by-case basis. c. [Reserved.] d. With respect to conduct between fellow employees, an employer is responsible for acts of sexual harassment in the workplace where the employer (or its agents or supervisory employees) knows or should have known of such conduct, unless it can show that it took immediate and appropriate corrective action. e. An employer also may be responsible for the acts of non-employees, with respect to sexual harassment of employees in the workplace, where the employer (or its agents or supervisory employees) knows or should have known of the conduct and fails to take immediate and appropriate corrective action. In reviewing these cases, the commission will consider the extent of the employer's control and any other legal responsibility that the employer may have with respect to the conduct of such non-employees. f. Prevention is the best tool for the elimination of sexual harassment. An employer should take all steps necessary to prevent sexual harassment from occurring, such as affirmatively raising the subject, expressing strong disapproval, developing appropriate sanctions, informing employees of their right to raise, and how to raise, the issue of harassment under Title VII, and developing methods to sensitize all concerned. g. In other related practices, where employment opportunities or benefits are granted because of an individual's submission to the employer's sexual advances or requests for sexual favors, the employer may be held liable for unlawful sex discrimination against other persons who were qualified for, but denied, that employment opportunity or benefit. This policy can be viewed or downloaded from the Equity and Campus Diversity Office Web page at www.buffalostate.edu/offices/equity. *Taken from the EEOC Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Sex, 29 CFR, chapter XIV, part 1604. Note: "No Real Winners: Sexual Harassment in Academe," a workshop for faculty and staff, will be held from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, February 17 in E. H. Butler Library 210. More information will be available shortly. Equity and Campus Diversity
Minigrants Applications may be obtained from the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, Cleveland Hall 415. The application deadline is Friday, February 11. Applications will be reviewed by the President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity, and recipients will be notified of awards by Wednesday, February 23. Staff Changes Elizabeth Taylor (Liz) has joined the office staff as a part-time employee. She has a master's degree in public policy from the University at Buffalo. Black History Month Throughout February, faculty are encouraged to reference in their courses the contributions of African Americans to their disciplines. Videos to supplement instruction are available in E. H. Butler Library and the Equity and Campus Diversity Office. Of particular note are the following: Black Is, Black Ain't
(California Newsreel, 1995)
Curricular Items New Courses: BUS 348 Electronic Commerce. Basic knowledge of the principles and practices of electronic commerce has quickly become an important skill for today's business graduates. This course introduces students to the principles and practices of electronic commerce, including EDI, electronic payment, online promotion, electronic shopping and distribution, online stores and malls, security, intellectual property rights, and legal issues. Students also become familiar with select tools and skills required for navigating the Internet and creating a World Wide Web site. GEG 426 ArcView Applications. This course provides students with experience, through the intermediate level, in the use of the desktop Geographic Information System, ArcView GIS, and its application in a variety of private and public industry sectors including retailing, health care, urban and regional planning, and transportation. HIS 316 History of Modern Canada. This course focuses on the history of Canada since confederation in 1867. Topics include Canadian political and social history in the modern age; Canada's foreign policy since confederation; Canada-U.S. relations; Quebec nationalism, twentieth-century Canadian cities; and multiculturalism in modern Canada. HIS 356 World War I. This course focuses on the causes, conduct, and implications of the First World War. Through a thematic and narrative treatment, students study the war and its implications for a global society in the twentieth century. Course Revisions: FLE 405 Methods and Materials for Teaching Foreign Languages in High School. Introduction to the elements of foreign language curriculum. Selecting, organizing, and presenting material; lesson planning; designing classroom activities; evaluating student progress; teacher-pupil relationships; adapting textbooks to meet national and New York State Education Department standards. Students in foreign language teacher certification programs should take this course concurrently with FLE 406 and immediately before FLE 407-408. FLE 406 Materials/Techniques for Teaching/Evaluating Foreign Languages in Middle School. A continuation and completion of FLE/SED 405 with special emphasis on the middle or junior high school student. Refinement of skills in teaching and testing foreign languages, with special emphasis on applying a communicative syllabus to middle school language programs to meet the required learning standards. Students in foreign language teacher certification programs should take this course concurrently with FLE 405 and immediately before FLE 407-408. FLE 407 Student Teaching of Foreign Languages in Junior High School. Teaching under supervision in a middle or junior high school five days per week, with additional participation in the college program; daily and long-view planning; unit teaching; classroom management and routine procedures; evaluation procedures; record keeping; participation in total school program. This course is taken concurrently with FLE 408. FLE 408 Student Teaching of Foreign Languages in High School. Teaching under supervision in a senior high school five days per week, with additional participation in the college program; daily and long-view planning; unit teaching; classroom management and routine procedures; evaluation procedures; record keeping; participation in total school program. Evaluation by college and school personnel. This course is taken concurrently with FLE 407. HIS 308 History of Early Canada. (new description) This course focuses on the early history of Canada, from before the commencement of European exploration to the end of the First World War. Topics include the cultural and religious heritage of Canada's native peoples; the histories of New France and British North America; the fight for responsible government; Canadian confederation; the challenges facing the new nation; and Canada in the First World War. Curricular Proposals Proposals received by the committee chair after Wednesday, March 22, 2000, will be considered business of the 2000–2001 College Senate Curriculum Committee. |
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