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The following Equity and Campus Diversity Minigrants have been approved for funding:

Capital Normal University/Buffalo State Exchange of Student Art Exhibition at Upton Gallery, Upton Gallery, Buffalo State College
Dates: October 25–November 6 
Approved Amount: $1,900
Submitted by Richard Ross, Associate Professor, Design, and Lin Xia Jiang, Chair and Professor, Fine Arts
In the summer of 2006, professors Jiang and Ross were awarded a grant from the Research Foundation of SUNY to investigate the possibility of a dual-degree program between Capital Normal University in Beijing and Buffalo State. Toward the end of Jiang’s stay, they curated a show of fine art and design student work at CNU for exhibition in Upton Gallery at Buffalo State. Ross remained in China to observe classroom instruction and teach a class of 23 graphic design freshmen in graphic icon development. The traveling student show from CNU is expected to include 120 works from four disciplines areas: fine art, environmental design, graphic design, and new media. The show is scheduled from October 25 to November 6 with an opening reception on October 30. In addition, three professors from CNU—Xueting Hao (graphic design), Yan Bai (traditional ink painting), and Chen Wei (oil painting)—are invited to give lectures and observe classroom instruction in our design and fine arts programs. Bai will also demonstrate her traditional ink painting technique. The Buffalo State student show (fine arts and design) will open at Capital Normal University on Tuesday, November 13. Jiang and Ross will transport the work to China and install the show with the assistance CNU students.

Ishmael Reed, Author, Critic, Musician, Activist, and Favorite Son Comes Home to Buffalo: A Collaboration between Buffalo State College and Erie Community College
Date: November 2
Approved Amount: $500
Submitted by Ralph Wahlstrom, Chair and Associate Professor, English
Ishmael Reed, preeminent American writer and musician, will read, entertain, provoke and inspire the students of Buffalo’s two urban SUNY campuses. He will share his literature in readings on both campuses; speak at the African American Cultural Center, 350 Masten Avenue, at 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening; and bring words and music together Friday at Buffalo State College from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Upton Hall 230. Reed’s work can be humorous, yet it cuts to the heart of inequity and hypocrisy in America. His essays are crisp commentaries on our society.

Women in Science and Mathematics Speaker Series 2007–2008
Dates: Various; TBA
Approved Amount: $2,000
Submitted by Karen O’Quin, Associate Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences
The Buffalo State Women in Science and Mathematics will bring to Buffalo State College five women who are active in science and mathematics. The first speaker will be a chemist, Associate Professor Penny Brothers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The second speaker will be Marianne Moore, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College, who studies plankton communities and how variables such as temperature, light, and predation affect them. The third speaker will be Michelle Millar, associate professor in the Chemistry Department at SUNY Stony Brook, whose current research is directed toward the design, synthesis, and study of new transition metal complexes. The fourth speaker is Jennifer C. Smith, assistant professor at the University of Texas, Austin, whose research interests involve undergraduate mathematics education and problem-based mathematics teaching. The fifth speaker will be Diane Ramos, assistant professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at Daemen College, who studies genes and cloning in butterflies.

Professional Development/Classroom Presentation with Award-Winning Educator Sharon Draper
Dates: Monday, February 4, and Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Approved Amount: $2,000
Submitted by Theresa Harris-Tigg, Assistant Professor, English
Award-winning author, speaker, educator, poet, and 1997 national Teacher of the Year Sharon Draper will kick off the local Black History Month Celebration and the 19th annual National African African-American Read-In Chain hosted by the Western New York Librarians’ Association, the Buffalo Public Schools, the Metro Buffalo Alliance of Black School Educators, and Buffalo State College. Draper will begin on Monday, February 4, conducting two speaking engagements at two Buffalo Public Schools sites. Later that evening, she will give a community presentation at the Merriweather Public Library.

On Tuesday, February 5, she will conduct a series of three programs at Buffalo State College: a presentation for students in the English Department in the morning, a professional development presentation for English department faculty in the afternoon, and a professional development presentation for preservice teachers, college supervisors, cooperating teachers, and alumni from Buffalo State College’s English Department, School of Education, and Graduate School in the evening.

Information about Equity and Campus DiversityMinigrants can be found on the Equity and Campus Diversity Web site.