Training Catalog

Preparing for your first business trip with UB, or just need a refresher on the policies? Look no further—this self-paced eLearning course is just for you! Whether you’re new to business travel or haven’t reviewed the policies in a while, this course offers a comprehensive overview of key guidelines and essential information to ensure you’re fully prepared for your journey.

Are you someone who travels for work on behalf of UB? Do you book your own travel arrangements and submit your own travel expense reports? Attend this training to use the travel and expense reimbursement system (Concur). You will be able to prepare and submit your own pre-travel request forms, book business travel, and compile and submit travel expense reports in Concur.

Take an online tour through the Line Assignment application and learn how to log in and utilize the selection criteria to get a line for your position.

Take a tour through the New Employee Welcome Application to learn how to submit a request for a welcome packet for new employees.

This online course is intended to familiarize you with the rules and standards of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) by reviewing the standards and how they apply to you.

This online course is intended to familiarize you with the essentials of budget revisions and the eBudget application.

The RF Approver Step eReq Quick Guide provides a basic understanding of eReq terms, workflow actions and helpful hints for the Principal Investigator and/or the individual delegated by a Principal Investigator as an eReq approver for RF accounts. Comprehensive training takes place, by request, for new eReq operators on a one on one basis.

The Research Foundation Procurement Card Guidelines are designed to provide guidance in the proper use of the Research Foundation PCard for new and current cardholders. Comprehensive training takes place on a one-on-one basis.

Faculty and staff who are affiliated with the state can learn about eligibility for retirement from the university, actions needed before retiring and state-funded retirement benefits. Attend this class if you are beginning your preparations for retirement or want to learn more about the retirement process.

ShopBlue 101 is the first step to mastering our e-procurement system. This online course will help you navigate ShopBlue efficiently, from creating requisitions to tracking orders.

The State Procurement Card Guidelines are designed to provide guidance in the proper use of the State PCard for new and current cardholders. One-on-one training occurs between the new cardholder and Procurement Card Administrator when the PCard is ready for distribution.

This online course will show you how to reconcile and certify your State Procurement Card (PCard) transactions in the SUNY Finance and Management system on the SUNY Employee Services Web Portal.

The guide for How to Select a Supplier For My Electronic Requisition (eReq) provides step by step instructions on how use the Supplier tab. There are five screens in the Supplier tab: Supplier Search, Supplier Add/Edit, Supplier Home, UB Supplier File Search, Supplier Advanced Search.

Learn how to use UB's Travel and Expense Reimbursement System (Concur) to book business travel, and submit business travel and non-travel expenses for reimbursement.

The Travel Guidelines provide an overview of how to arrange and pay for travel expenses when engaged in official UB business. This customized training can range from 30 minutes to two hours in length.  It can be for an individual, a small group or a large group.  

Improve your communication skills using the DISC assessment to provide insight into your preferred communication style and learn how to determine the ideal approach to use with each of your colleagues.

Learn how to leverage your preferred approach to communication and effectively interact with others in a more positive and productive way.

Watch this short introduction for faculty and staff to technology tools for work, teaching and research at the University at Buffalo.

This online training helps you understand the types of data you may encounter while working at UB. In addition, you will learn about the regulations that govern how we protect data. 

This online training will help you recognize the tactics used by others to obtain sensitive and protected information. In the university environment, most of us deal with sensitive information on a daily basis — sometimes without realizing it. We all have a responsibility to ensure that UB data remains secure.  

This online course is intended to familiarize you with the rules and standards of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) by reviewing the standards and how they apply to you.

Learn about the SUNY project that is part of the Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011.

Take the online training on New York State's Hazard Communication and Right-to-Know program, intended for the entire New York State workforce.

This mandatory training for employees is required by New York State to ensure that all employees complete sexual harassment prevention training on an annual basis.

This mandatory training for employees is required by the State University of New York (SUNY).

This online class reviews UB’s time and attendance rules for state faculty and staff to help you understand how to properly manage your days off from work.

This online training reviews UB’s Workplace Violence Policy and helps you to identify potentially violent situations so that you can help to keep our campus safe and secure. 

Environment, Health & Safety provides a 1.5 hour class for individuals with job duties that could cause them to come into contact with blood or other potentially infectious fluids.

This 1.5 hour class provides basic right-to-know training on hazardous chemicals and provides instructions on how to safety handle and package laboratory wastes.

Personnel who use Class 3b and 4 laser systems are required to take initial laser safety training.

Mandatory annual training for personnel who access radiation posted areas (non-radiation workers).

Take the online training on New York State's Hazard Communication and Right-to-Know program, intended for the entire New York State workforce.

UB is committed to ensuring a safe, secure and healthy environment for all our employees. We have made training available online for you to take at your convenience to help you understand how we work together to achieve this goal.

Take the online training on New York State's Hazard Communication and Right-to-Know program, intended for the entire New York State workforce.

This online training introduces you to the Child Protection Policy, which is designed to support UB’s commitment to protect the safety and welfare of children on campus.

Watch this short introduction for faculty and staff to technology tools for work, teaching and research at the University at Buffalo.

This online training helps you understand the types of data you may encounter while working at UB. In addition, you will learn about the regulations that govern how we protect data. 

This online training will help you recognize the tactics used by others to obtain sensitive and protected information. In the university environment, most of us deal with sensitive information on a daily basis — sometimes without realizing it. We all have a responsibility to ensure that UB data remains secure.  

This mandatory training for employees is required by New York State to ensure that all employees complete sexual harassment prevention training on an annual basis.

This mandatory training for employees is required by the State University of New York (SUNY).

This online training reviews UB’s Workplace Violence Policy and helps you to identify potentially violent situations so that you can help to keep our campus safe and secure. 

Uncover your natural talents using the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment and personal reflection exercises.

This workshop will help you learn effective meeting facilitation and delivery strategies such as: building an actionable agenda, creating role clarity and using structured content to make meetings fun, productive and meaningful.

Join us for virtual sessions focused on wellness, working remotely and other professional development topics.

Join us for virtual sessions focused on wellness, working remotely and other professional development topics.

This class will delve into time management skills that can help us work more efficiently while managing our to-do lists. The course will touch upon prioritization and organization techniques, as well as how to communicate and advocate for our needs in the workplace.

This program is intended to empower colleagues at any level who are looking to polish their efforts for thriving in the workplace. If you are just starting your career and making the transition to a professional work environment, you will find helpful tips to navigate the nuances within the office. If you are a seasoned employee, you will find this program to be a welcome refresher.

This in-person workshop will teach you about bias, recognize its origins and explore what biases drive you. This workshop will dive into the actions we can take to work towards inclusion in our minds and our environments. We will explore personal identity, how our minds can trick us into reinforcing our beliefs and actions we can take to counter these forces.

Our emotional intelligence helps us manage our emotions at work, build productive relationships with colleagues, and handle difficult decision-making. Informed by the work of Daniel Goleman, Patrick King, Carolyn Stern, and Susan David, this course will help learners understand emotional intelligence and how to grow their capabilities. We will broaden our emotional vocabulary, learn emotional agility, problem-solving, empathy, building trust, and more.

Join us for virtual sessions focused on wellness, working remotely and other professional development topics.

Join us for virtual sessions focused on wellness, working remotely and other professional development topics.

This in-person workshop will teach you about the principles of influence, trust building and effective communication strategies.

In this interactive session, you will be introduced to what a Safe Zone is and how creating one and being a part of the Safe Zone Network, has a positive impact at the individual, group and institutional level.

These are fast and easy to follow online training videos that will help solve common Microsoft problems. They are available to you from any computer with an internet connection at any time of day or night - when it is convenient for you.

Diversity is essential to excellence in the University setting. This series of four videos illustrates why creating a plan for conducting a successful search is critical, as well as the importance of building an awareness of implicit bias and how to minimize its effects. 

This six-class series prepares managers to effectively manage employee performance.

The ways you document activities and interactions that occur in your department can have a significant impact on your ability to effectively manage your employees’ performance. When you complete this online session, you will understand how to properly use documentation as a performance manager. 

Hire for competence and fit by improving your selection process. Learn how to reduce hiring mistakes by more accurately assessing a candidate’s potential.

Excellence—embracing and exhibiting the highest level of quality in research, teaching and service—can be achieved only when diverse perspectives are engaged. This workshop, conducted by Anne M. Etgen, Professor Emerita of Neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, illustrates why we recruit faculty for diversity and excellence, obstacles to achieving faculty diversity, how schemas affect the careers of women and underrepresented minorities, and what we can do to address these issues.  Supplemental materials are provided to assist search committees during the faculty search process. 

You will learn how the UB Employee Assistance Program (EAP) can help you, the supervisor, manage challenging and sometimes very stressful workplace situations that can impact your ability to manage your people well and get the job done.

Join us for virtual sessions focused on wellness, working remotely and other professional development topics.

Join us for virtual sessions focused on wellness, working remotely and other professional development topics.

The campus walking program features a one-mile walk around either North or South Campus. Each week we walk at our own pace and meet other colleagues from around campus.

These group classes will improve your cardiovascular fitness and endurance, and balance. Bring a yoga mat and water. Masks are optional. Offered in partnership with Recreation and Intramural Services.

Join us for virtual sessions focused on wellness, working remotely and other professional development topics.

Join us for virtual sessions focused on wellness, working remotely and other professional development topics.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes help caregivers take better care of themselves while caring for a friend or relative. Whether you provide care for a spouse, partner, parent, friend, or a child with special needs; at home or in a care facility, whether down the block or miles away, yours is an important role. This course is for family caregivers like you!

The Resilience Reset is a wellness program designed by Employee Engagment and Success for all Faculty and Staff at The University at Buffalo. The program will help you learn more about building resilience to reach your personal and professional goals.

Faculty and staff who are affiliated with the state can learn about eligibility for retirement from the university, actions needed before retiring and state-funded retirement benefits. Attend this class if you are beginning your preparations for retirement or want to learn more about the retirement process.

Utilizing a positive, values-based and non-judgmental approach, UB Work Life Coaches assist clients in pursuing goals related to the different dimensions of wellness, including physical, social and emotional health.