Changing role
By AMANDA WOODS | Mar. 17, 2010After five years of serving as the vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at UB, Michael E.
After five years of serving as the vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at UB, Michael E.
Words of remembrance filled the Center for the Arts Mainstage Theater on Tuesday as family, friends and colleagues of former University President William R. Greiner gathered for his memorial service.
The UB community will reflect on the legacy and accomplishments of former president William R. Greiner at a memorial service that will be held at the Center for the Arts on Feb. 2 at 3 p.m.
Jacob Goldman found himself underwater this semester – in more ways than one.
The New York State budget crisis will hit home for UB students and employees in the wake of Gov. David Paterson's decision to cut SUNY's spending by $90 million.
It was all business on Monday as UB Council members gathered to discuss the long-term goals of the university and the steps they must take to reach them.
It was all business on Wednesday when the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) met to discuss the recent projects and developments UB is currently undertaking.?
Tom Burrows, the director of the Center for the Arts (CFA), addressed the development of the CFA as part of the UB 2020 plan during a Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting this past Wednesday.According to Burrows, the scheduled 11-year development of the CFA will significantly contribute to UB's plan for communal integration."One of the best ways to reach out to the community and get people to come to our campus is through the CFA," Burrows said.
Frustrations over hectic exam schedules were the topic in focus during the Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting in Capen Hall on Wednesday.
When outgoing President William R. Greiner sat down in a cozy Allen Hall studio for his final "Talk of the University" broadcast, he was greeted by voices familiar to citizens across Western New York.Among the listeners who called the WBFO program Wednesday night were New York's two Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton.Both senators took a break from an all-night legislative marathon on Capitol Hill to praise the outgoing president and wish him good luck.
While most State University of New York students noticed this year's $950 tuition increase, the first general tuition increase in seven years, the university has yet to see any benefits, according to Provost Elizabeth Capaldi.Capaldi discussed the struggles of breaking even within the confines of a dropping budget at Wednesday's meeting of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee in Capen Hall.