Celebrate 10 Years of Stepping!

The UB Step Challenge is back and bigger than ever, with more prizes and more fun! Open to anyone in the UB and WNY communities, this free challenge helps you stay active, track your steps and compete for rewards.

Join solo or with a team—it's up to you! Throughout the month of April, simply log your daily steps, see your progress on the leaderboard, and challenge yourself to move more.

Upcoming Events:

Bike Days – 4/7 North, 4/8 South, 4/25 Downtown 10A-2P N/S 1-3PM Downtown

South Campus Wildflower Bed Cleanup: 4/24 @ 3:00PM with rain date of 4/28 @ 3:00PM

Lake La Salle Cleanup: 5/6 @ 3:00PM with rain date of 5/8 @ 3:00PM

Plant Exchange: 5/21 @ 3:30.

Mark your calendars! The New Employee Welcoming Event is happening on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Center for Tomorrow - and we need your help to make it amazing!

Our planning committee is kicking things off on Friday, June 13, at 12:30 p.m. If you're curious about what we do or want to get involved, we’d love to have you join us!

👉 Reach out to Kelli Cott at kellicot@buffalo.edu or Lynette DePonceau at lynette@buffalo.edu to learn more.

Special Presentation by: Stacey Modicamore – UB Facilities- Assistant Director, Facilities Operations, University Facilities

Presented a talk and video on the new Foamstream system being implemented on campus –

Foamstream is a non-herbicide chemical free non-toxic means of weed and plant control. IPM Program (invasive plant management).

Video: “Foamstream in Action by Russo Power Equipment”

UB PSS Mentoring Program: Mentors Wanted

• Have you ever wished someone assisted you with the challenges and opportunities you faced professionally?
• Do you wish you had the opportunity to gain some insight about UB’s culture or advancing your career at the university? please consider being a Mentor!

What is a Mentor? A mentor is an experienced and trusted person who gives another person advice, guidance or support, over a period of time.

The PSS Mentor Program needs qualified Mentors for a growing list of proteges. The goal of the program is to provide formal or informal mentoring to UB Professional employees. The program will match members of UB’s professional staff who have the experience, knowledge and insight that assists protégés in meeting their goals. These goals may be in career, leadership or professional development areas, skills and organizational development, project completion, community involvement, exploring issues such as interpersonal relationships or goal setting. Active mentoring supports employee goals and development, and ultimately, UB’s mission.

More information about the program can be found here! Download and complete the mentor/protégé questionnaire and send it to the committee to be matched with a colleague!

Questions? contact Travis Eisele at teeisele@buffalo.edu or Kimberly Krzemien at kkrzemie@buffalo.edu

SUNY system administration has confirmed that the SUNY Telecommuting Policy, has been extended to June 30, 2025. Where applicable, employees and supervisors should discuss continuation of existing approved telecommuting plans. If an existing approved plan will be continued, a new telecommuting agreement is not required.

The land on which the University at Buffalo (UB) operates is the traditional territory of the Seneca Nation, part of the Haudenosaunee (Hoe-dee-no-SHOW-nee) Confederacy, which also includes the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Tuscarora Nations. Five nations of the Haudenosaunee people lived in the same place for centuries. The sixth nation to join this confederacy was the Skaruhreh, or Tuscarora, after they were forced out of the Carolinas in the 1720’s by colonists. The word, Haudenosaunee, translates to “people who build a house.” The six nations confederacy built their houses throughout the land that on July 9, 1776, became New York State. The state and federal governments took the native people’s houses and the land surrounding them. Many Haudenosaunee died and most of the survivors were forced to live on reservations.

As Americans, New Yorkers, and as professional staff members of the University at Buffalo, we can no longer claim ignorance of the atrocities to which indigenous people were subjected or of the origin of the land that we work and learn on today. Recognizing and acknowledging the harm done in the past, and working against the injustices which continue today, is how we create change. As one effort to achieve that goal, the Professional Staff Senate (PSS) adopted a Land Acknowledgment drafted by the PSS Inclusion and Diversity Committee with extensive consultation of Dr. Theresa McCarthy, Interim Department Chair and Director of UB’s Department of Indigenous Studies. PSS leadership has committed to using this land acknowledgement as appropriate and has been posted on the PSS website to be available for all PSS members to reference and use: