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Vol. XLV, No. 36 July 27, 2000 |
NHF Reorganization Approved
We expect significant growth, notably in hospitality, with the support of the Statler Foundation. Fashion will merge with the Technology Department, where, we believe, it will gain infrastructure support and develop a distinctive niche. The reorganization is effective July 1, 2000.
I am pleased to inform the college community that President Howard has approved the plan to reorganize the Nutrition, Hospitality, and Fashion Department within the Faculty of Applied Science and Education. In broad outline, nutrition and hospitality, respectively, shall become stand-alone departments, the former chaired by Professor of Nutrition Suk Oh and the latter chaired per interim by Associate Professor of Business Kevin Mulcahy.
UUP and M/C Discretionary Salary Increases
The timetable and application forms for UUP and management/confidential discretionary salary increases are now available on the human resource management Web site at www.buffalostate.edu/~humresmt. The time frame for review is July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000.
We will not send out directory update cards as we have in the past. This is your only opportunity to ensure that our records are current and correct until next year.
If you did not receive an HRMS data sheet, please contact the Human Resource Management Office at ext. 4822.
Information and publication schedules for the Bulletin and @buffalostate.edu can be found at www.buffalostate.edu/~collrel/toolbox/publications. The Web site also contains new online forms for calendar and achievement submissions for @buffalostate.edu.
Campuswide E-mail Policy
As a service to the campus community, the College Relations Office will review, edit, and distribute via campuswide e-mail brief messages regarding official news of an immediate nature.
College relations attempts to keep e-mail messages to a manageable number for all faculty and staff; therefore, to avoid superfluous or redundant messages, campuswide e-mail should be limited to previously unannounced, official news of general interest whose immediacy precludes its appearance in the Bulletin or @buffalostate.edu.
Lengthy messages (longer than 150 words) should be shortened, and a contact for additional information should be included.
When messages can be better conveyed via another method, college relations will contact requesters and inform them that their messages will be disseminated in another manner, or will refer them to another resource.
Examples of messages that college relations may suggest appear, instead, in the Bulletin or @buffalostate.edu:
Please give college relations 48 hours to evaluate, edit, and distribute messages.
College relations will not disseminate messages or material that is of questionable taste, has the potential to be divisive, or does not further the mission of the college.
Examples of honoraria include compensation for delivering a speech, writing an article, or attending a meeting. Salary, wages, or fees earned from outside employment are not considered honoraria. Faculty are not required to declare honoraria received within their academic disciplines.
Obtaining prior approval of requests to receive honoraria is optional; however, the college encourages employees to seek approval from their respective vice presidents before engaging in activities that lead to the receipt of honoraria.
If you have questions, please contact Michael Daley in the Human Resource Management Office at ext. 4822.
Please note that the application deadline for the incentive is 21 days prior to the effective date of retirement. Those who wish to retire September 1, 2000, must apply by August 11.
Walk As One
Several members of the Buffalo State community serve on the board of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) and will participate in Walk As One on Saturday, July 29. The walk is an annual event held to demonstrate to the community that we walk together in the fight against bias, bigotry, and racism. We invite Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff to join in this event. Participants will meet on Lincoln Parkway behind the Albright-Knox Art Gallery at noon; the walk will begin at 1:00 p.m. Please call Phillip Santa Maria, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, at ext. 4618 for additional information.
New Staff Assistant Appointed
The Equity and Campus Diversity Office is pleased to announce the appointment of Beverly Weeks as staff assistant. She will provide support for campus search committees and other programs and projects. Weeks holds a master's degree in education with a focus on guidance and counseling from St. Bonaventure University. She comes to Buffalo State from Medaille College, where she held various administrative positions over the past 22 years.
At Buffalo State, we sharpen the mandate of the state and endorse the policy that prohibits administering evaluative examinations on Rosh Hashanah (Friday, September 29, 2000), Yom Kippur (Monday, October 9, 2000), and Good Friday (April 13, 2001). The full text of this policy can be found on page 51 of the 1999–2001 undergraduate catalog.
Faculty are urged to remind students of their responsibility to notify faculty in advance of the need for absences because of religious observances, to allow sufficient time for opportunities for make-up examinations or work assignments.
