Please join the Biology Department and the Great Lakes Center for the seminar "A Recent Invader Finds Its Ecological Niche in the Great Lakes: ?Hemimysis anomala, the Bloody Red Shrimp," presented by Alicia Pérez-Fuentetaja, professor of biology at Buffalo State College, on Friday, March 13, from 2:00 to 2:50 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 214. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome.

Abstract
Hemimysis anomala is one of the recent invaders to the Great Lakes from the Ponto-Caspian region of Europe. Originally introduced through ballast water from transoceanic ships, it has spread to shallow areas in all five Great Lakes, Lake Superior being the last to be invaded in 2017. An omnivorous organism that exhibits strong photophobia and a tendency to form swarms, the bloody red shrimp is occupying the nearshore niches of the lakes they invade, areas that are not used by the native mysid the opossum shrimp (Mysis diluviana). To understand the potential impacts of this new addition to the Great Lakes, we studied H. anomala’s diet and habits, as well as its capacity to dramatically alter food webs.

Carol Townsend, associate professor of design foundations, will present the next Artists on the Road: Travel As a Source of Inspiration lecture for spring 2020, "Spain: 'Bucket List' Destination—an Artist’s Eye View, from the Alhambra to La Sagrada Família," on Tuesday, March 10, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Upton Hall 230. She will discuss her explorations in Barcelona, Valencia, Granada, Seville, Madrid, and Toledo.

The Artists on the Road series is co-sponsored by the Art and Design Department and the Center for Global Engagement.

The 2020 annual Professional Development Schools Consortium Conference will be held Friday, September 25. Please consider submitting a proposal to share your school-university partnerships work. Details and the link to submit proposals can be found on the Professional Development Schools website.

The Equity and Campus Diversity Office invites all members of the campus community to the panel discussion "Challenges That Remain and What We've Overcome," the second Diversity Dialogue of the semester, focusing on women past, present, and future, on Tuesday, March 10, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall.

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in an interactive panel discussion and ask questions of panelists from Buffalo State and the greater Buffalo community to learn and share more on the theme of women's contributions to history and challenges that remain looking toward the future. 

For more information, please visit the Equity and Campus Diversity website.

Please join health and wellness majors for a Spring Health Fair on Monday, March 9, from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. in the Campbell Student Union lobby. The event is designed to enhance college students’ health and well-being and will feature engaging and interactive exhibits created by health and wellness majors. Participants will learn ways to stay healthy throughout the semester. For more information about this event, please call 878-4758. 

Student Leadership and Engagement, United Students Government (USG), and the Anne Frank Project are excited to announce the celebration of Commuter Appreciation Week March 16–20 at Buffalo State College. Our commuter students make up more than half the student body and are a major part of the college culture. While we always appreciate them, we will host a special week of programs to celebrate them with the entire Buffalo State community.

Programs will include:

• Parking Lot Giveaways (between the Classroom and Technology buildings)
• Commuter Outreach Tabling during Bengal Pause
• USG Movie Night featuring Queen and Slim
• USG Midterm Relaxation during Bengal Pause
• Commuter Connections Lunch on Friday

The week's full schedule can be found on Student Leadership and Engagement's website.

Please encourage your commuter students to stop by to grab some coffee and a snack. If your office would like to participate in any way or has questions, please contact Student Leadership and Engagement.

The Teacher Education Council will meet Friday, March 13, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. Standing committee reports and an update from Dean Paterson will be presented. The upcoming transition to the second student teaching placements (and the concomitant reporting requirements) will be discussed.

All members of the Teacher Education Unit (TEU) are welcome and encouraged to attend!

"Understanding the 2020 Census" is a series of Daily Bulletin posts meant to help educate the campus about the 2020 census. Please share this information with your colleagues, students, and neighbors. 

Census 101 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
The census is a count of all individuals living in the United States, regardless of age or citizenship status. This count has been done every 10 years since 1790. Beginning Thursday, March 12, households will have the opportunity to respond to the census survey online at my2020census.gov or by phone. Most communities will not receive paper forms in the mail as they have in past census years. Data collected in the census affects many aspects of our daily life, including

• how many students receive Pell Grants; 
• federal funding for roads, bridges, and public transportation;
• health-care services and programs offered within the community;
• representation in the House of Representatives and state legislatures, as well as drawing the lines of school and legislative districts.

Census Help Desk
To educate and encourage participation, the Buffalo State Complete Count Committee has create a Census Help Desk. This resource will allow students, faculty, staff, and community members to ask questions and stop by to complete their census survey responses at locations throughout campus and the community. See where we will be on campus and in the community during the month of March. April dates will be released soon.  

Stay up to date on the latest information about the 2020 census on the Civic and Community Engagement website, on our Instagram profile, and with the hashtag #buffstatecounts.

Buffalo State College has a new policy regarding its use of cookies (PDF, 150 KB) and has updated its Privacy Policy (PDF, 207 KB). Also relevant to the Cookie and Privacy policies are the Buffalo State Data Risk Classification Policy (PDF, 131 KB) and companion document, Guidelines for Storing and Transmitting College Data (PDF, 382 KB).

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
Two at-large College Senate positions, one University Faculty Senate position, and one University Faculty Senate alternate position will become vacant on August 31, 2020. All full-time faculty and professional staff members are eligible to run for these seats provided they meet other eligibility requirements (see below).

At-large senators represent the entirety of the college. University Faculty senators are senators within both the Buffalo State College Senate and the SUNY University Faculty Senate. The alternate attends SUNY University Faculty Senate meetings only in the absence of the university faculty senator.

A call for nominations and information about candidates’ statements will be posted on the College Senate website. The call for nominations begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 13, and continues through 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 17. Elections for these positions will run from 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 20, to 11:59 p.m. Friday, April 24.

Senate elections conducted by the schools of Arts and Humanities, Education, Natural and Social Sciences, and the Professions as well as the Professional Staff Caucus (PSC) should be concluded before the College Senate election cycle (April 20).

Eligibility: Current College Senate members who are completing two consecutive terms in their respective positions are not eligible for reelection. For additional information on eligibility requirements, please consult the College Senate bylaws.

Campaigning: The College Senate Elections and Bylaws Committee strongly discourages using college e-mail services for campaigning. Please limit campaigning to the candidate statement posted on the College Senate website, available to the college community on Monday, April 20.

Please note: Individuals running for a senator position in another election may not also run for at-large senator or university faculty senator positions while the other election is being conducted. If the other election concludes during the period when nominations for at-large or university faculty senator are still being accepted, eligible individuals may self-nominate for either position.

If you are interested in being a candidate, please contact Vince Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139. We look forward to your participation in the vital process of campus governance.