| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.57 |
| Liaison | Steven Sypniewski |
| Submission Date | Jan. 24, 2025 |
SUNY Buffalo State
PA-11: Health, Safety and Wellbeing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Sarah
Reid Campus Planner Campus Planning |
11.1 Student wellbeing and assistance programs
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s physical health services for students:
Does the institution make behavioral health services available to students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s behavioral health services for students:
Does the institution make sexual and reproductive health services available to students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s sexual/reproductive health services for students:
Does the institution make contemplative and/or spiritual activities available to students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s contemplative and spiritual activities for students:
Does the institution have a campus safety committee that brings together students from vulnerable groups and management in the development and review of policies and procedures related to student safety and violence prevention?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s student safety and violence prevention committee:
Committee for Campus Safety and Community Policing. This committee reviews current campus policies and procedures for compliance and make recommendations for the improvement related to:
- educating the campus community, abotu sexual assuat, personal safety and crime prevents,
- reporting sexual assualts and interactings with victims during investigations,
- referring complaints to appropriate authortieis,
- counseling victims and responding to inquiries from concerned persons.
This group will also represent the Buffalo Sate community in creating, evaluating, and implementing a community-orientated policy designed to create an environment focused on crime prevention, problem solving and education.
the committee will consist of students, staff and Dean of Students as Chair.
Does the institution have an emergency assistance fund that provides grants or interest-free loans to students who are experiencing financial difficulties?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s emergency assistance fund for students:
We have a Back on Track grant that students can access with documentation that will provide them emergency funds. This is a one time program and is funded by the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Does the institution have a food bank/pantry, meal donation program, or similar initiative that provides food at no cost to students experiencing food insecurity?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s student food security initiatives:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
11.2 Employee wellbeing and assistance programs
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s physical health services for employees:
Does the institution make behavioral health services available to employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s behavioral health services for employees:
Does the institution make free or reduced cost fitness activities available to employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s fitness activities for employees:
Does the institution make contemplative and/or spiritual activities available to employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s contemplative and spiritual activities for employees:
The campus offers various programs throughout the year for faculty and staff. The links below are examples of programming for this school year.
https://dailybulletin.buffalostate.edu/meditation-and-self-care-workshop-september-12
https://dailybulletin.buffalostate.edu/join-us-winterim-2024-january-16
Does the institution have an institution-wide health and safety committee or network of committees that brings together workers and management in the development and review of workplace health and safety policies and procedures?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s workplace health and safety committees:
https://www.suny.edu/benefits/whs/
The Chemical Biological Safety committee convenes each quarter to review and update the universities Chemical Hygiene plan. The committee also reviews: the eyewash/safety shower program, Laboratory Safety Inspection process, Fume Hood program, Hazardous Waste program, Right-to-Know / Hazard Communication program and Incident and Accident Reports. There is also an open forum discussion on Chemical Safety and Biological Safety; as well as reviewing protocols for each department.
The Radiation Committee meets quarterly to meet the regulatory requirements of the universities Radioactive Materials License 1052. The committee discusses RAM and X-Ray Producing Equipment use on campus, ALARA review, sealed source leak testing, radioactive waste disposal, equipment calibrations and meter operations, and reviews the RAM/X-ray user manuals.
Does the institution have an emergency assistance fund that provides grants or interest-free loans to employees who are experiencing financial difficulties?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s emergency assistance fund for employees:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
11.3 Smoke free environments
Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s smoke-free policies:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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