Building and Sustaining a Diverse Workforce
To create a diverse workforce at Buffalo State, Dolores E. Battle, senior adviser to the president for equity and campus diversity, says effort and leadership are required. Her office leads the charge in implementing the college’s core value of respect for diversity and individual differences. Battle says that diversity means more than numbers.
Focus on First Year: Foundations of Inquiry
Power, Sex, and Global Warming. Old, Weird America. Planning for the Future: Business I. Are You What You Eat? The Human Relationship to Food. Do these four topics have anything in common? The answer is yes. They are all sections of BSC 101: Foundations of Inquiry, a class required of all Buffalo State first-year students. They were also among the first sections to fill during fall registration.
Restaurant Institute Serves Up Collaboration
Buffalo State is getting ready to launch a program designed to help would-be restaurateurs open independent establishments and manage them effectively. The Restaurant Institute, which begins its pilot program in January, is an initiative that includes the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the Hospitality and Tourism Department, Campus House, and the Research Foundation.
Technology Center Moves Forward: Search for Architectural Firm Announced
A new $43 million technology center for Buffalo State moves forward as the college and the State University of New York Construction Fund begin a national search for an architectural/engineering firm to complete technical specifications for the proposed building now that funding has been approved.
Announcements
- From the President: Curricular Actions
- College Telephone Use Policy
- University Policy on Fees, Charges, and Deposits
- College Senate: New Online Forum Launched
Across Campus
- Burchfield-Penney Presents RendezBlue, a Weekend of Film, Music, and Performance
- Bookstore Carries Edun LIVE, Eco-Friendly Products
- Building and Sustaining a Diverse Workforce
- Restaurant Institute Serves Up Collaboration
- Technology Center Moves Forward: Search for Architectural Firm Announced
Research and Creativity
- NSF Grant Targets Water Quality in Thailand and Cambodia
- Research Pinpoints Financial Literacy as Key to Preventing Student Credit Card Debt
- Focus on First Year: Foundations of Inquiry
Achievements
- Cheryl Albers, Associate Professor, Sociology
- Michael Johnson, Associate Professor, Modern and Classical Languages
- Patricia Medina, Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations
- Raquel Schmidt, Associate Professor, Exceptional Education
- Carol Townsend, Chair and Associate Professor, Design
- Sandra Washington, Director, McNair Scholars Program
In the News
Buffalo State Hosts Anti-Graffiti Workshop
There are “taggers” and then there is gang graffiti, and most people don’t know the difference, say law enforcement officials who sponsored a workshop Thursday at Buffalo State College. About 25 law enforcement officials from the City of Buffalo and surrounding suburbs, as well as community leaders, attended the daylong workshop in the college’s Butler Library. The purpose was to help them identify graffiti and network to combat it.
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