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Vol. XLV, No. 32 May 4, 2000 |
EPA Audit
In keeping with our commitment to campus health and safety, we urge all faculty, staff, and students to recommit their efforts to review and uphold our Environmental Health and Safety Policy. Let's do all we can to promote and foster a safe working and learning environment.
If you have questions or need assistance with compliance issues, please contact David N. Miller, director of environmental health and safety, at ext. 6113.
2000 President's Medal Awards
The President's Medal for Outstanding Undergraduate Student will be awarded to Ayanna Sholá Perrin, who will graduate magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in education. She is completing a dual major in exceptional education and elementary education and reading, with a concentration in Spanish. She was nominated by Professor Katherine C. Sacca of the Exceptional Education Department.
Finalists for the President's Medal for Outstanding Undergraduate Student were: Chad A. Becker, nominated by Associate Professor Susan M. Leist, English Department; Diana Bradley, nominated by Associate Professor Emeritus David W. Landrey, English Department; Clare M. Cavanaugh, nominated by Assistant Professor Laurie L. McCarty, Exceptional Education Department; and JennyLee Janish, nominated by Associate Professor Anthony T. Neal, Political Science Department.
The President's Medal for Outstanding Graduate Student will be awarded to Tania Diaz, who is completing her master of science in education in bilingual exceptional education. She was nominated by McCarty.
Finalists for the President's Medal for Outstanding Graduate Student were: Cheryl DiSarno, nominated by McCarty; Carthy Dorset, nominated by Associate Professor Wanda Davis, Educational Foundations Department; Gustavo Glorioso, nominated by Associate Professor Lin Xia Jiang, Fine Arts Department; Scott Payne, nominated by Associate Professor Peter Loehr, Elementary Education and Reading Department; and Corrine Terebas, nominated by Professor Lori M. Christmastree, Design Department.
EAP Workshop: Coping with Stress
Mary Ellen Kranock, C.S.W., will discuss stress, its effects, and suggestions for relief at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 in the Bengal Club, Sports Arena 226. Kranock led the well-attended session on depression during EAP Days in November. She is the program director of Lakeshore Behavioral Health.
Bring your lunch. Contact Linda O'Donnell at ext. 5109 or odonnelj@buffalostate.edu, or Elaine Henzler at ext. 6110, to register. This session is sponsored by the Buffalo State Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
The New York State EAP is a joint labor-management committee available to state employees, their families, and the agencies for which they work. This program also is available to state retirees. Each local program has trained EAP coordinators on site. Their job is to provide confidential information, assessment, and referral program information to any employee or supervisor seeking help with a personal or job-related problem.
If you need help with a personal or family problem, or have questions about the program, please contact one of the campus coordinators. All discussions are strictly confidential.
FAST Center Computer Training
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
Introduction to PowerPoint
Introduction to Excel
Introduction to Access
Introduction to Outlook
Intermediate Word
Intermediate Web Page Design
Intermediate Access
Advanced Web Page Design
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has advised Buffalo State that it is currently inspecting colleges and universities for compliance with environmental regulations. This is a large-scale initiative, and most campus departments should expect to be affected by the inspection. Substantial fines can be imposed on college and university budgets if violations are found. It is imperative, therefore, that all academic and service units of the college follow proper environmental procedures and guidelines.
The President's Medal awards will be presented at commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 13.
Feeling pressured? Always tired? Never enough time?
David Cummings
ext. 5122
Ann Ellement
ext. 4811
Elaine Henzler
ext. 6110
Confidential voice mail
ext. 6699
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The next College Senate meeting will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, May 5 in E. H. Butler Library 210.
Curriculum
Receives, reviews, and recommends approval or nonapproval of all courses and programs offered by the college, consistent with senate policies and procedures.
Instruction and Research
Concerns itself with aspects of policy that relate to the improvement of instruction and the development of services and resources necessary to carry out or enhance instruction and research.
Standards for Students
Reviews and recommends policies dealing with admission, readmission, retention, and probation, as well as with the graduation standards for undergraduate and graduate students.
Professional Welfare
Responsible for matters concerning faculty and staff welfare and well-being.
Budget and Staff Allocation
Gathers, analyzes, and recommends criteria for all data and policies needed to determine budget and staff allocations.
Bylaws and Elections
Conducts necessary elections provided for in the bylaws to ensure proper representation on the College Senate. Recommends changes in the bylaws designed to facilitate the democratic governance of the college.
Student Welfare
Examines matters and recommends policy concerning aspects of student life.
Academic Plan
Assumes leadership in the intermediate- and long-range planning of the overall academic function of the college. Areas include the mission of the college, master plan, regionalism, enrollment projections, and accreditation.
Public Service Activities
Helps make college faculty, staff, and students aware of public service activities available at the college.
Academic Services
Recommends policies designed to make academic support services more useful and available to academic programs.
International Education
Develops the content of overseas academic and faculty exchange programs and makes recommendations regarding admission of and services to foreign students attending Buffalo State.
Buffalo State Chancellor's Awards Committees
Excellence in Teaching and Distinguished Teaching Professor
Excellence in Librarianship
Excellence in Service
Distinguished Service Professor
Curricular Items
Course Revisions:
New Course:
Program Revisions:
The following courses have been received in the College Senate Office and will be forwarded to the Curriculum Committee for review and approval:
*Note: Correction to April 6 Bulletin: SED 408 was incorrectly listed as a revision from SED 408 to SED 407. The correct revision for SED 408 appears below.
The following courses and programs have been approved by the Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for final review and approval:
FLE 405 Methods and Materials for Teaching Foreign Languages in High Schools
FLE 406 Materials/Techniques for Teaching/Evaluating Foreign Languages in Middle Schools
FLE 407 Student Teaching of Foreign Languages in the Junior High Schools
FLE 408 Student Teaching of Foreign Languages in the High Schools
GEG 426 ArcView Applications
B.A. in Psychology (0723)
Minor in Psychology
Course Revisions:
SCI 313 Problem Solving in Earth Science. An activity-oriented course for elementary preservice teachers. In addition to practical demonstrations of appropriate earth science concepts, students will "do" earth science activities designed for elementary school-age children.
SCI 323 Science as Inquiry. The procedures of science as a search for knowledge of natural phenomena; comparison with other methods of inquiry; implications for nonscientists. Students will "do" science activities designed for elementary school-age children.
BIO 305 Molecular Biology. An in-depth study of the structure and function of eukaryotic genes at the molecular level. Topics include the cellular machinery of gene expression, processes that regulate gene expression, the structure and evolution of the genome, and genes that regulate development.
EDU 400/401 Practicum in Teaching. Supervised teaching experience in two elementary-grade settings at two developmental levels (one primary 1–3 for EDU 400; one intermediate 4–6 for EDU 401) five days per week for approximately 14 consecutive weeks. Effective demonstration of content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development, collaboration with school professionals, and reflectivity of practice are required. Only EXE/EDF 362 or EDU/EDF/EXE 372 (or EDU 417 for early childhood certification) may be taken with student teaching to total 15 credit hours. Required for childhood education majors or with special permission of the department chair. Childhood education extending majors and exceptional education majors are required to take EDU 404 instead of EDU 400/401. Dual majors in childhood education and early childhood must take EDU 410 and EDU 401.
EDU 404 Practicum in Elementary-School Teaching. Provides supervised teaching experience in an elementary-grade classroom five days per week for approximately seven consecutive weeks. Effective demonstration of content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development, collaboration with school professionals, and reflectivity of practice are required. Only EXE/EDF 362 or EDU/EDF/EXE 372 may be taken with student teaching to total 15 credit hours. Required for students seeking dual certification (childhood education/exceptional education) or middle-level certification.
SED 408 Practice Teaching Science in the Secondary School II.* Supervised teaching at least five days per week for one quarter in a high school science classroom; individual and group instruction; planning unit teaching; classroom management and routine classroom procedures; audiovisual aids; computer technology; evaluation and assessment of student progress; participation in total school program. Students also will attend a series of student-teaching seminars. Prerequisites: SED 405 with a grade of B or better; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 in the student's major field of study (3.0 in earth sciences); successful completion of the last NYSTCE; successful completion of English and mathematics basic skills competency; if referred, satisfactory completion of or exemption from SLA 100, Student Speech Clinic.
Program Revisions:
New Courses:
HUM 488 Internship. Provides students with guided and supervised field experiences (experiential learning) as part of their degree programs. An internship shall consist of supervised on-site activities for qualified students and an academic component consisting of training sessions, seminars, and reports. Prerequisites: Upper-division status and permission of instructor and program coordinator.
HUM 490 Senior Seminar. Required senior-level capstone course to provide students with a culminating experience for the major. Students explore research methodologies and examples of research in the humanities. Students may choose to research and develop their own articulated areas of engagement in the humanities, taking HUM 495 (Undergraduate Project) concurrently.
Pre-elementary Education/Elementary Education (0200)
Humanities (0717)
HUM 300 Humanistic Perspectives. A junior-level course required of humanities majors. Students study and develop a chronological grasp of major movements in art, literature, philosophy, music, and religions of the world. The interaction of these disciplines during a given period are explored.
