What We Offer
The Continuing Professional Studies Office offers an extensive lineup of workshops, retreat opportunities, and events planning and management.
Workshops
Our workshops are suitable for all staffing levels, in multiple configurations, so that we are able to meet your need to balance work and training days efficiently and effectively.
We are happy to meet with you, in-person or virtually, to discuss your particular needs and circumstances so that we can recommend, or even design, the right workshops for you.
Our Courses
- Address critical needs at each management level, while being versatile enough to improve performance across the board.
- Help achieve continuous workforce development
- Enhance onboarding new staff through our Lead Yourself workshop
- Help current staff looking to improve their positions through Leading from the Middle and Manager Skill Set training.
- Help identify the best candidates to promote from within
- Help improve performance for all staff at that level
Our Programming
- Can be offered in-person, at your place or ours
- Can be provided virtually
- Includes course and follow-up materials
- Includes certificates/verification of completion
- Offer the availability of lunch/refreshments for Buffalo State campus-held programming
Workshops
Buffalo State University offers a NYS Department of Environmental Conservation approved Wastewater Treatment Training Program conveniently located in Buffalo, NY. This consolidated, in-person training will occurs weekdays from 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. on the Buffalo State campus.
Spring Courses
Basic Operations of Wastewater Treatment Plants
March 6–March 17, 2023
Cost: $975
Required Text
Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plant, Vol I, 8th ed.
Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plant, Vol II, 8th ed.
Recommended Text
Advanced Waste Treatment by Kenneth D. Kerri
Basic Laboratory Procedures
March 27 – March 31, 2023
Cost: $575
Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Process - Course is Full
April 10 – April 13, 2023
Cost: $525.
Required Text: Activated Sludge by Tim Hobson
Payment
Payment can be made by credit card or an invoice can be sent to the employer. Should you need another payment option, please contact our office at (716) 878-5907.
For more information, you can email the CPS Program Coordinator, Cecilia Pershyn at pershycm@buffalostate.edu
Courses
- Building Trust and Being Trustworthy
- Culture: Setting Goals and Expectations
- Communication
- Performance Management
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
- Emotional Intelligence
This training can be offered in multiple configurations, depending on your needs:
Intro to Management Package
A one day overview of all six topics; followed by a second day concentrating on two specific areas of need as determined by a survey of participants and in consultation with your organization.
Management Refresh Package
Each topic is covered in a half day session, two per day, over the course of three weeks.
Manager's Total Package
Each topic is covered in depth, one day per week, for a total of six weekly sessions.
Courses
- Leadership as a Choice
- Effectively Delivering Your Message
- Facilitating Effective Meetings
- Storytelling with Data
- Mapping Institutional Mission to Department Strategy
- Motivating and Caretaking of Staff
This training can be offered in multiple configurations, depending on your needs:
Intro to Leadership Package
A one day overview of all six topics; followed by a second day concentrating on two specific areas of need as determined by a survey of participants and in consultation with your organization.
Leadership Refresh Package
Each topic is covered in a half day session, two per day, over the course of three weeks.
Leadership Total Package
Each topic is covered in depth, one day per week, for a total of six weekly sessions.
Courses
- Understand YOUR Leadership Style (MBTI, DiSC, Foursight)
- Crafting YOUR Mission, Vision, and Values
- Resilience
- Boundaries
- Transcending Conflict
- Self Care
This training can be offered in multiple configurations, depending on your needs:
Lead Yourself Intro Package
A one day overview of all six topics; followed by a second day concentrating on two specific areas of need as determined by a survey of participants and in consultation with your organization.
Lead Yourself Refresh Package
Each topic is covered in a half day session, two per day, over the course of three weeks.
Lead Yourself Total Package
Each topic is covered in depth, one day per week, for a total of six weekly sessions.
Powerful lessons in personal change
Stephen R. Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, continues to be a best seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology and focuses on timeless principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity.
"In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates."
Please contact us at cps@buffalostate.edu to discuss how we are able to provide this worthwhile training to your organization.
Retreats
Retreats, for any working group, allow the team to come together to leverage group intelligence via the cultivation of communication and commitment to accomplish any goal. Great retreats promote the spirit of teamwork and build a better understanding among employees of each other, as well as of the organization.
Retreats can take the form of a fun activity or a seminar-based one. Continuing Professional Studies is uniquely situated to provide both types.
Fun Activities
For programs that are meant to inspire a more convivial workplace, Buffalo State has the capacity to offer programming that spans the arts and sciences!
- Enjoy a night at a student theater production, preceded by a themed dinner at our Campus House.
- Reaching for the stars? Let us schedule a tour and a show in our Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium.
- For more hands-on interactivity, we can arrange a cooking class that will build some culinary skills and end in a delicious, group-prepared meal to share.
- Schedule a private tour of the renowned Burchfield Penney Art Center, followed by refreshments at our Campus House.
Seminar-Based Retreats
Our workshops offer seminar-based programming that can challenge employees of similar or mixed levels and positions, especially those who do not regularly interact, to inspire thoughtful conversations and the sharing of diverse ideas.
We are always happy to meet with your retreat planning committee to organize a truly unique and productive experience for your team.
Event Design & Management
In need of assistance in planning your event - conference, specialized training, meeting, or something else?
We offer:
- State-of-the-art presentation spaces of all sizes, including breakout rooms
- Meals/snack/beverage services
- Parking
- Locating just the right speakers, facilitators, or moderators, as needed
- Event website and registration
- Materials prep/printing